Canopy Growth to Buy Acreage Holdings for $3.4 Billion
Canadian licensed producer Canopy Growth announced this week its intent to acquire U.S.-based Acreage Holdings in a $3.4 billion deal… Read More
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7 in 10 British Columbia Residents Happy with Legalization
British Columbians appear satisfied six months into Canadian cannabis legalization, as 64 percent of survey respondents had a favorable opinion… Read More
Canada Sees 17% Price-Per-Gram Increase Post-Legalization
Both legal and illegal cannabis prices throughout Canada are up more than 17 percent since legalization, from C$6.85 pre-legalization per… Read More
Canadian Banks Shut Out U.S. Cannabis Companies Due to Federal Law
At least two Canadian banks are refusing to do business with U.S.-based cannabis companies due to cannabis’ Schedule I status… Read More
Israel OKs Home Grows Under Cannabis Decriminalization Reforms
On April 1, Israel decriminalized adult cannabis use including home-growing and low-level possession, according to a Forbes report. Under the… Read More
Canadian Government Proposes THC-Based Tax Rate for Edibles
Canada’s Liberal government has included a THC-based tax rate for edibles and topical products in its 2019 budget, which are… Read More
Canadian Cannabis ETF Considers Adding U.S. Firms
Horizons ETFs Management Canada Inc., which provides cannabis exchange-traded fund Horizons Life Sciences Index ETF, is hoping to add U.S.… Read More
Tilray Acquires Hemp Company for $317 Million
Canadian Licensed Producer Tilray has acquired Manitoba Harvest, a large hemp food maker, for $317 million in the LP’s largest… Read More
EU Parliament Follows World Health Organization, Recommends Descheduling Cannabis
Due to the World Health Organization’s recommendation to deschedule cannabis and all associated chemicals, the European Union has passed a… Read More
Idaho Police Seize Legal Hemp Shipment, Jail Truck Driver
In what is becoming a worrying trend after the seizure of a legal hemp shipment in Oklahoma earlier this month,… Read More
World Health Organization Recommends Reclassifying Cannabis
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the removal of the cannabis plant and its resins as a controlled… Read More
Thailand Invalidates All Cannabis Patents in Response to Public Outcry
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has issued a decree ordering the Department of Intellectual Property to invalidate all patents for… Read More
New Zealand Company Approved for THC-Rich Cannabis Imports
Hikurangi Cannabis Company in New Zealand has had its cannabis license adjusted to allow the company to import high-THC cannabis… Read More
GW Pharmaceuticals Files Patent for THC, CBD in Thailand
Thailand has given patent-pending status to several applications for specific cannabis extracts made by GW Pharmaceuticals and partner Otsuka Pharmaceutical,… Read More
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Is Latest Caribbean Nation to Decriminalize
The small Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) recently passed legislation to decriminalize cannabis, Forbes reports. St. Vincent… Read More
Germany Delays Medical Cannabis Roll-Out
The licensing of medical cannabis cultivators and distributors in Germany will be delayed for at least another six months, Deutsche… Read More
Israel Approves Cannabis Exports
The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, unanimously approved the export of medical cannabis products on Tuesday, The Washington Post reports. Israel is a… Read More
Thailand Parliament Approves Medical Cannabis
On Tuesday, Thailand’s parliament voted to legalize medical cannabis in the country, according to the BBC. Southeast Asia is known… Read More
Tilray Strikes Global Distribution Deal With Pharma Giant Sandoz
Tilray has entered a partnership with Sandoz Canada and extended an existing medical cannabis distribution deal to include the rest… Read More
New Zealand Will Put Legalization On 2020 Ballot
New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little said voters will get to decide whether or not to legalize adult-use cannabis during… Read More
New Zealand Expands Medical Cannabis; Adult-Use Referendum Expected
New Zealand lawmakers have passed a comprehensive medical cannabis law that will allow for immediate use by terminally ill patients,… Read More
Aurora Strikes Supply Deal With Mexican Pharmaceutical Company
Aurora Cannabis has announced that it completed a medical cannabis supply deal with Mexican pharmaceutical company Farmacias Magistrales, according to… Read More
Quebec May Outlaw Public Cannabis Consumption, Raise Age to 21
On Wednesday, the Quebec provincial legislature began discussing a bill to outlaw public cannabis consumption and raise the legal age… Read More
Canadian LP Aphria Accused of Fraudulent Financials
Gabriel Grego of Quintessential Capital Management has accused Canadian producer Aphria of playing a shell game with shareholders by purchasing… Read More