Every Monday, Zeweed brings you the best in cannabis, hemp and CBD news with this week’s Cannaporter, Hemp Today, Oakland Side, Hempgazette, Business of Cannabis, Cannabiz, Hemptoday and Le Nouvel Economiste.
Brazil: A bill authorizing cannabis cultivation submitted to parliament in November.
Bill 399/15, which legalizes the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes in Brazil by companies and governments, will be voted on in the House in November. The information was confirmed to Cannabis & Saúde by the president of the Special Commission on Cannabis, Paulo Teixeira (PT-SP), and by the advisor to MP Luciano Ducci (PSB-PR), the text’s rapporteur. The Cannaporter article is available here.
Germany: Cannabis producers’ carbon footprint, the industry’s future challenge
German company HempConnect has just launched its first crowdfunding campaign, with the aim of offering every company involved in the hemp wellness and medical cannabis markets the opportunity to calculate its carbon footprint. Read the Hemp Today article here.
USA: The city of Oakland wants to do away with THC testing.
Oakland, which has long been at the forefront of cannabis legalization, is about to set an example with a bill to ban cannabis testing in the workplace. The Oakland Side article is available here
USA: New York State bans trade in THC Delat-8.
This psychotropic but legal cannabinoid, which is classified in the same category as CBD in the USA, is banned from consumption and distribution in New York, even if this means breaking federal law. The Hemp Gazette article is available here.
USA: Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogen rally for federal legalization.
The cannabis industry has received support from two famous weed enthusiasts: Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman. The two actors appear in a clip urging Congress to legalize cannabis. “Cannabis legalization is long overdue! But if we make enough noise, we can make it happen! ” detailed actor Seth Rogen, co-founder of cannabis distribution company Houseplant The article is available here from Business Of Cannabis is available here, The video is available here
Canada: In Ontario, too many cannabis dispensaries are killing the business.
By authorizing a large number of dispensary licenses, the Canadian region of Ontario is seeing many of its private cannabis retailers go out of business. The reason: too much supply for stagnant demand. The Business Of Cannabis article is available here.
Australia: Pharmacists trained to sell CBD by the University of Sydney.
In a bid to train healthcare professionals in the virtues of cannabidiol (CBD), The Lambert Initiative (a research group on the therapeutic effects and applications of cannabis) at the University of Sydney is offering training courses to pharmacists on the proper use of CBD. The Cannabiz article is available here
South Africa: Hemp plantations to clean up toxic mining soils?
A South African scientist is launching a project to use the draining and purifying potential of hemp to clean up soil in abandoned former gold mining areas, and how growing hemp could boost economic development in these largely uninhabited regions. The Hemp Today article is available here
France: The CBD boom in France: analysis and outlook.
The first CBD trade show in France took place in October, and with the industry booming, entrepreneurs and investors are fine-tuning their strategies with ever-increasing investments. The Nouvel Economiste article is available here.
