Overview

• The tenth Mary Jane cannabis fair opened in Berlin on June 19, drawing four times as many visitors as its 2016 debut in a 20-square-meter WG room.
• Random exhibitor inspections targeted the sale of synthetic cannabinoids after last year’s controversy over unregulated products.
• Exhibitors showcased devices across the cannabis supply chain, including a robot capable of producing 40,000 pre-rolled joints per day, trimming machines, and automated packaging systems.
• Attendees tested their skills in a joint-rolling contest that recorded a 40-second fastest time and joined panels on legalization, business development, and medical cannabis.
• Boxing legend Mike Tyson drew crowds by publicly smoking a joint inside the hall, highlighting cannabis’s mainstream acceptance and celebrity endorsement.