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Canada Invests $24.5M Into Cannabis Research

Fri / May 24th

Canadian officials have earmarked C$24.5 million (US$18 million) for cannabis research to fund 26 projects throughout the nation, according to… Read More

Massachusetts Approves First Sale of Licensed Cannabis Firm

Fri / May 24th

Massachusetts licensed cannabis company Sira Naturals has been sold to Cannabis Strategies Acquisition Corp. marking the first time the state… Read More

Quebec Lawmakers Reconsider Public-Use Ban

Wed / May 15th

Lawmakers in Quebec, Canada are planning to amend the language banning public cannabis consumption and raising the legal age for… Read More

Survey: Canadians Less Interested in Edibles Post-Legalization

Fri / May 10th

Interest in edible cannabis products among Canadians appears to have waned with just 36 percent of participants in a Dalhousie… Read More

Health Canada: Cannabusinesses Need Full Grow Site Before Applying

Thu / May 9th

Would-be cannabis industry operators in Canada will have to show that they have a fully built cultivation site that meets… Read More

Ezra Soiferman: Appreciating Cannabis and Hemp With Art

Thu / May 2nd

Ezra Soiferman is a renowned Montreal-based photographer, documentarian, and worked as the world’s first cannabis artist-in-residence for Tweed. He recently… Read More

Canadian Police Report No Increase in Stoned Driving Post-Legalization

Fri / Apr 26th

Canadian police have reported no significant changes in the number of cannabis-related impaired driving crimes post legalization, the Canadian Press… Read More

Survey: 51% of Americans Consider Cannabis Smell a “Problem”

Fri / Apr 26th

According to a PSB Research, Civilized, Burson Cohn & Wolfe, and BuzzFeed News survey, 51 percent of Americans believe the… Read More

Cannabis Beverage Producers Alliance Call for Changes to Canadian Edible Rules

Thu / Apr 25th

A coalition of Canadian cannabis and alcohol companies are pushing for changes to the nation’s proposed rules for cannabis-infused beverages,… Read More

Canopy Growth to Buy Acreage Holdings for $3.4 Billion

Fri / Apr 19th

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

7 in 10 British Columbia Residents Happy with Legalization

Thu / Apr 18th

British Columbians appear satisfied six months into Canadian cannabis legalization, as 64 percent of survey respondents had a favorable opinion… Read More

Former Vermont Gov. Dean Joins Tilray Board

Mon / Apr 15th

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has joined the board of licensed Canadian cannabis company Tilray, according to a VTDigger report.… Read More

Canada Sees 17% Price-Per-Gram Increase Post-Legalization

Thu / Apr 11th

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

Mon / Apr 8th

At least two Canadian banks are refusing to do business with U.S.-based cannabis companies due to cannabis’ Schedule I status… Read More

Cresco Lab Acquires Origin House in Largest-Ever Public Cannabis Company Takeover

Tue / Apr 2nd

Chicago, Illinois-based Cresco Labs is set to acquire California’s Origin House in an $850 million, all-stock deal, the company announced… Read More

Canopy Growth Partners with ‘Pineapple Express’ Makers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

Thu / Mar 28th

Canopy Growth has announced a partnership with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on a cannabis company called Houseplant. Rogen and… Read More

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Investing $1.5M for Cannabis Research

Wed / Mar 27th

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada is investing $1.5 million in funding to the nation’s Institutes of Health Research for… Read More

Canadian Government Proposes THC-Based Tax Rate for Edibles

Mon / Mar 25th

Canada’s Liberal government has included a THC-based tax rate for edibles and topical products in its 2019 budget, which are… Read More

DNA Test to Predict Cannabis Effects Launched in Alberta Dispensaries

Mon / Mar 18th

A DNA test conducted in under an hour that claims to predict certain effects from cannabis that differ person to… Read More

Health Canada Warns Cannabis Online Age Gates Not Good Enough

Wed / Mar 13th

Canada’s national Health Department sent a letter to all licensed cannabis producers in the country that normal age gates —… Read More

Law Firm Sues U.S. Customs Over Lifetime Bans for Canadian Cannabis Workers

Wed / Mar 13th

The American law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection over the organization’s failure to… Read More

Martha Stewart & Canopy Growth Form CBD Partnership

Mon / Mar 4th

Lifestyle celebrity Martha Stewart is teaming up with Canadian licensed producer Canopy Growth to produce a line of CBD products… Read More

Quebec Bill 2 to Ban Public Cannabis Consumption Under Fire by Patients

Tue / Feb 26th

Quebec’s Bill 2, written to raise the legal age for cannabis consumption and ban public smoking, is the target of… Read More

Survey: 1 in 6 Canadians Have Used Cannabis Since Legalization

Mon / Feb 25th

Statistics Canada released updated cannabis consumer data compiled over the months since legalization in October, according to a Motley Fool report. The… Read More