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Government of Colombia Declares Clever Leaves Colombia as ‘Project of National and Strategic Interest’

PRESS RELEASE Priority Status Highlights Government Support; Accelerates Execution of Strategic Projects and Regulatory Processes NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clever Leaves (the “Company”), a leading multi-national operator and licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids, announced today that…

Risks and Rewards of International CBD Markets

August 20, 2020
Henry Baskerville
Canada, Colombia, Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Uruguay
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Investors in the CBD market are beginning to take a sharp look at the international arena as restrictions loosen and usage of CBD products grows in Europe, Latin America and beyond.As with all investments, there are risks to be considered…

Big Ideas: Apply For Your Mexico Cannabis License NOW

August 6, 2020
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Mexico
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By Adrián Cisneros Aguilar, Harris Bricken correspondent attorney For the past 15 years, the global “War on Drugs” has shaped Mexico’s national security landscape. The Mexican government’s offensive against illegal drugs has taken two paths: head-on clashes with the cartels and…

Aphria, Aurora And Other Big Ag Cannabis Companies Pull Out Of Jamaica

Canadian Licensed Producers (LP) of cannabis are leaving Jamaica in droves, due in part to stalled governemental decisions on export licenses. Aphria (TSE: APHA), is "halting all further investments in Latin America and the Caribbean," said a former employee exclusively…

Mexican Farmers Are Growing Cartel-Free ‘Ethical’ Weed

April 26, 2020
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Mexico
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Cannabis production in Mexico is making a comeback, and this time it’s cartel-free. Independent farmers are now producing high-quality “ethical” weed—without the involvement of the country’s violent cartels. As the country prepares to create a legal weed market, cannabis producers and…

Most senators in Mexico say yes to cannabis legalization framework

The legalization of marijuana is one step closer after three Senate committees broadly approved a draft bill that seeks to regulate the plant for medicinal, recreational and industrial use. At a joint meeting of the Justice, Health and Legislative Studies…

Mexico Senate Leader Seeks to Legalize Marijuana This Spring

January 27, 2020
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Mexico
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Mexico’s Senate is set to debate bills to legalize marijuana and regulate outsourcing in the coming period from February to April. The Senate will debate a bill co-authored by Senate Majority Leader Ricardo Monreal to regulate planting, production, labeling, sales…

Patients rally in Ecuador for legal use of medical cannabis

December 16, 2019
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Ecuador
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QUITO, Ecuador — Unrelenting pain in her hips and weeks of insomnia left Nelly Valbuena desperate for relief from her metastatic breast cancer. The university professor found freedom from her disease’s cruel side effects in an unexpected remedy: CBD, a…

Brazil approves medical marijuana rules, blocks cannabis cultivation

December 4, 2019
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Brazil
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian pharmaceutical regulator Anvisa on Tuesday approved regulations for the roll-out of medicinal cannabis-based products but in a separate vote blocked a proposal to allow domestic medical marijuana plantations. Anvisa’s approval of rules to regulate…

Mexico Just Missed Its Deadline to Legalize Marijuana — Now What?

November 4, 2019
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Mexico
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The marijuana industry has been hitting milestones and breaking down barriers throughout North America with regularity in recent years. To our north, Canada became the first industrialized country to give recreational marijuana the green light on Oct. 17, 2018. More recently, on…

Mexico Unveiled Its Recreational Cannabis Bill: 8 Things You Need to Know

October 23, 2019
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Mexico
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Over the past two years, milestones and history have been made with regularity for the cannabis industry. Last year, for example, we witnessed Canada become the first industrialized country in the world to give the green light to recreational marijuana. Regulations concerning…

Mexican Senate set to pass bill to legalize marijuana in next few days

October 16, 2019
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Mexico
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Mexico’s Senate will vote for a bill to fully legalize marijuana in the next few days, a key lawmaker told Reuters, marking a major step toward changing the country’s approach to the drug by removing it as a source of…

Mexico May Be Just Weeks Away From Legalizing Marijuana

October 14, 2019
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Mexico
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Last year, we saw marijuana history made many times over. Canada became the first industrialized country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana nearly one year ago, while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its very first cannabis-derived drug. The…

Facing stiff competition, will Colombia’s marijuana industry go up in smoke?

A intense scent hangs in the air at the 15-hectare La Chacra medicinal cannabis farm in central Colombia, where marijuana plants blossom in the warm closeness of its huge, heavily-secured greenhouse. It is one of the world’s biggest crops, but…

Colorado’s average price of a pound of wholesale marijuana grows for fourth straight quarter

September 18, 2019
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Colombia
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Like a hiker with a fourteener fix, the price of wholesale pot just keeps climbing in Colorado, according to the state statistics. Between May 1 and July 31, the average price of a pound of dried marijuana sold wholesale to…