Quick Hit #3: canna week recap

The Quick Hit is a recap of the cannabis week, both here and abroad.

NORML France has collected nearly 15,000 signatures on her petition against the cannabis fine in France. This is more than many petitions on cannabis in France, but it is very little compared to the 700,000 to 900,000 daily consumers who will all be subject to this fine if it were to pass.

Grace (yes, Grace) is interested in Plantasur, the most French company of Spanish cannabis companies.

In Switzerland, possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis has been decriminalized and non-penalized since 2013. The cantons are just starting to apply this rule following a decision by the Federal Court.

Whereas Malta has just legalized cannabis, the Croatian militants protest to expand the country's medical cannabis program.

Cannabis isn't necessarily bad for young people: 600 American students will receive a scholarship funded by cannabis sales.

On the other hand, when it comes to the environment, there’s room for improvement. 4% of Denver’s electricity is now dedicated to cannabis. The good news is that the amount of electricity used per kilogram of cannabis is decreasing.

The app Telegrass, a Telegram-based app that makes it easy to buy weed in Israel, had gotten some great publicity in Haaretz last September. Telegrass has a whole network of resellers, an HR department, and even an alert system to prevent sexual harassment. Part of the network has fallen last week, but the app never really went offline and is still up and running.

In the United Kingdom, medical cannabis is not yet legal, but the first investment firm dedicated to funding medical cannabis initiatives has just raised £1 million. The United Kingdom is already the largest producer of medical cannabis in Europe, although his government does not recognize his virtues.

Even though the United States is leading the charge for cannabis legalization—after having led the charge for its prohibition—things don’t happen overnight. At age 12, Alexis Bortell was suing the government to legalize medical cannabis and assert her rights. She was dismissed but he's going to appeal.

Kansas rejected the use of THC for medical purposes but will likely allow CBD.

Pennsylvania, where medical cannabis is legal, decided to do more research on cannabis within its universities. Technically, the DEA could prevent the use of federal funds to conduct research on a substance that remains prohibited at that level.

In Massachusetts, cities are banning cannabis stores while they set up their licensing systems. Legal cannabis sales will begin next July.

In California, one finds fewer and fewer stores’edibles. Some municipalities ban this type of store, and those that allow them restrict them to remote industrial zones. Another challenge is the taxes on cannabis products, which make it difficult for this type of business to turn a profit.

Still in California, an old abandoned town was to serve as the site for a massive tourist complex surrounding cannabis. The pThe project is nevertheless abandoned, The developer who bit off more than they could chew.

The company Insys, a producer of fentanyl partly responsible for the opioid crisis in the United States, and Who spent $500,000 in Arizona to make the legalization of cannabis fail, looking to produce synthetic cannabinoids.