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Large Scale Deal has Created the Largest Marijuana Company in the World
Two Canadian marijuana companies merged to create a $ 6 billion corporation. A buyer on the deal is Aurora Cannabis, which acquires CanniMed Therapeutics, a small cannabis producer, the BBC said.
International cannabis expo held in Athens
A visitor (l) speaks with an employee about products containing cannabis at the 1st International Cannabis Expo, in Athens, Saturday. The Greek government has announced it is set to propose changes to legislation covering the use and production of medicinal cannabis, which will allow the legal cultivation of industrial hemp. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP]
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Legal cannabis ‘to generate $40 bln, 400,000 jobs in US’
The legal cannabis sector is expected to generate $40 billion and more than 400,000 jobs by 2021 in the United States, according to a study released Jan. 2.
Afghanistan has Reached a Record on the Production of Opium Poppy
Opiate production in Afghanistan has risen by 90% and reached a record 9,000 tonnes in 2017, according to the UN. Executive Director of the United Nations Drugs and Crime Unit, Yuri Fedotov, announced these figures at a session of the UN Security Council on Afghanistan.
Suspect held over cannabis in Kastoria
Police in Kastoria, northern Greece, on Friday detained a 27-year-old man after finding 20 kilograms of cannabis in his car. Officers confiscated 37 packages containing the drugs that had been hidden under the back seat.
Authorities are seeking to determine whether the 27-year-old belongs to a drug smuggling racket.
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Vancouver - the New Amsterdam for Lovers of Marijuana
In front of the British Columbia Provincial Court in downtown Vancouver, a city that regularly holds top positions in the world's best places for life, there is a farm market dedicated to marijuana or "craft cannabis," as traders love to determine, reports profit.bg.
The Pentagon: The Taliban Control at Least a Third of Afghanistan
The Taliban are controlling not less than a third of Afghanistan, the Pentagon has admitted, reports sega.
In order to limit their financial resources, US aviation launched bombings against drug production workshops.
Marijuana took its First Victim
American medics from Colorado (US) say they have established the world's first death due to marijuana. They published their research in the journal Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, which also reported Newsweek.
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First Cannabis expo to take place in Athens on January 12-14
The 1st International Cannabis Exhibition is scheduled to take place in Athens, in January.
The exhibition will take place for the first time in Greece and will be held from the 12th to the 14th of January 2018 at the Tae Kwondo indoor gym in Athens.
Poland Legalises Medical Cannabis
Polish pharmacists will be allowed to treat people with cannabis after the drug was legalised for medicinal purposes, The Independent writes.
Under new regulations that came into force on Wednesday cannabis from imported plants can be processed at Polish pharmacies - as long as it has been logged with the country's Office for Registration of Medical Products.
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