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We hope you had a great 420!

Last week we celebrated 420, and another year in the fight to reduce stigma against cannabis. It's important to remember some key milestones we've achieved across the globe since 2023.

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However, the journey isn't over yet. Here's to further progression to ensure equitable access, fair regulations, and reduce stigma of cannabis worldwide.

Germany Legalisation

Anyone working in the cannabis space will be well aware of the huge strides made in Germany, with the passing of the law decriminalising limited cannabis possession for adult-use.?

Though deemed a somewhat quasi-legalisation due to the remaining uncertainties in how the new regulations will unfold in practice, we’ve delved Behind the Headlines to explain how this new law will affect the industry. Click here to read more!

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• FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes FTC’s final rule will generate over 8,500 new businesses each year, raise worker wages, lower health care costs, and boost innovation
• Over one in three Canadian adults use cannabis, and Cannabis-related drug offences drop as a result of legalisation. Read more cannabis news and statistics from StatsCan.
• Portugal grows tonnes of medical cannabis for export but it remains out of reach for local patients, according to Euronews .
• Police arrest international gang in $686 million medicinal cannabis scam, Reuters reports. The British National Crime Agency (NCA), said 180,000 people invested in JuicyFields, calling it "a notorious and elaborate Ponzi fraud scheme".
• GOV.UK advises that hemp licensing changes will help grow the UK economy, and licensing reform will maximise the economic and environmental potential of the crop.
• Morocco Reports First Legal Cannabis Harvest, InternationalCBC says.
• Pakistan Launches Regulatory Body For Cannabis Trade to fuel economic growth, aiming to capitalise on the growing market for medical and industrial cannabis products.
• The Cannabis Review reports on what Germany’s new cannabis law means from a patient’s perspective.
• Founder of a British CBD firm who lost his license to export into the UK has won his judicial review against the UK Home Office, with the authority conceding his products were legal.
• US cannabis industry added 23,000 jobs last year, a sign of stabilisation, Green Market Report says.

Legalisation Across the Globe

With so much focus on Germany at the moment - it may seem difficult to keep up with global cannabis news. We’ve compiled the status of cannabis legalisation across the globe in this Lumino blog post.

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