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| Apr 6, 2026 |
NC Governor Endorses Adult-Use Cannabis Market Proposed by Council North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is twisting the legislative arm a little tighter in hopes of bringing order to the state’s rampant THC market following a preliminary state report that was released on April 2. The North Carolina Advisory Council on Cannabis, which the democratic governor established through an executive order in June, found that the Tar Heel State has one of the largest unregulated cannabis markets in the nation at roughly $3.2 billion in annual sales, according to the 2023 U.S. Cannabis Report. |
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| Apr 6, 2026 |
Maine Lawmakers Reject Bill To Legalize Marijuana Consumption Lounges A Maine Republican lawmaker is calling out colleagues for killing his bill that would have allowed marijuana consumption lounges to operate in the state. |
| Apr 6, 2026 |
Can Cannabis Save Us From the Antibiotic Apocalypse? As the world confronts antimicrobial resistance, researchers are increasingly exploring plant-based compounds for their potential antimicrobial properties. Yet many of these plants remain heavily restricted, limiting research, clinical trials, and public access. Hemp is one clear example. Its cannabinoids have shown antimicrobial potentials in laboratory studies against certain bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. |
| Apr 6, 2026 |
Can I grow my own marijuana in NY? What to know about laws, regulations Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in 2021, dispensaries have been popping up all around New York state's Southern Tier. If you're tired of paying dispensary prices, however, you might be wondering ? is home cultivation legal in New York? |
| Apr 5, 2026 |
Louisiana Senators Approve Bill To Allow Medical Marijuana Use In Hospitals For Terminally Ill Patients A Louisiana Senate panel has advanced a bill to allow patients with terminal and irreversible conditions to use medical marijuana in hospitals. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved the legislation, SB 270 from Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D), with amendments, in a voice vote on Wednesday. |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
Australia’s Bioxyne signs manufacturing agreement with Aurora Cannabis
Bioxyne Limited (BXN), an Australian life sciences and health products business, through its wholly owned subsidiary Breathe Life Sciences (BLS), announced that it has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Canada’s Aurora Cannabis Inc. Under the agreement, BLS will manufacture pharmaceutical-grade medicinal cannabis products for supply into international markets. The initial products will be medicinal cannabis oils, then expanding into other categories like GMP-manufactured cannabis vapes. The companies have agreed to expand the scope of the manufacturing agreement and the onboarding process for the supply of these additional product lines. |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
“There is more to Portugal's medical cannabis story than recent turbulence” Germany imported 200 tonnes of medical cannabis in 2025. A portion of that volume arrived from a Portuguese processor whose license had been revoked, offloaded below cost as it got reinstated. The episode drew attention, and conclusions followed. Joao Duarte from PTMC thinks most of those conclusions are wrong. "Eight tons is not even 5% of what Germany consumes in a year," he says. "For that to trigger price dumping, the math simply doesn't work." |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
Hemp’s AI Moment Is Already Here and It’s Bigger Than Cultivation Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how hemp is grown. What is less obvious and far more important is how it is beginning to reshape how the industry thinks, operates and earns trust. At the 2026 Industrial Hemp International Conference, held in Denver on March 26-27, a panel on AI and the evolution of the hemp industry made that shift clear. What began as a discussion of tools quickly became broader: a conversation about how intelligence, machine-driven and human, will define the next phase of the industry. |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
Trump Proposes To Keep Protecting State Medical Marijuana Laws From Federal Interference While Blocking DC From Legalizing Recreational Sales President Donald Trump is requesting that Congress continue to protect state medical marijuana programs from federal interference while also maintaining a policy that has blocked local officials in Washington, D.C. from legalizing recreational cannabis sales. |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
Arrests over marijuana use hit record high in Japan Police arrested a record 6,832 people for marijuana-related cases in 2025, with 70% of them under the age of 29 and increasingly accessing the drug through social media, National Police Agency data showed. The NPA data, released on Thursday, showed the figure more than doubled from 2017, when it was 3,008. Among the 6,800-plus people, 1,373 were 19 years old and younger while 3,633 were in their 20s. |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
Fresh Lawsuit Filed Challenging Michigan’s New Cannabis Tax
Michigan’s legal cannabis sector has launched a second legal challenge against a recently implemented 24% wholesale tax. According to the lawsuit, the levy, which took effect at the start of the year, pushes the overall tax burden on marijuana beyond limits established in the state constitution. Rose Tantraphol, speaking on behalf of the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association, said the system effectively layers one tax on top of another. She explained that the wholesale levy operates similarly to a sales tax, meaning it is applied before the standard 6% retail tax. As a result, customers end up paying tax on top of an already taxed product, a practice commonly referred to as tax pyramiding. |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
Highway 4 reopened following blockade and cannabis raid Highway 4 through the Potlotek First Nation has reopened following a series of blockades that slowed down traffic Thursday. The RCMP said in a post on social media that as of Friday morning Highway 4 was no longer blocked. |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
Hawaii Senators Push Congress To Federally Legalize Marijuana And Clear Past Convictions Hawaii senators have approved a pair of resolutions calling on Congress to federally legalize marijuana, support state efforts to clear people’s conviction records and take steps to facilitate access to banking services for companies in the cannabis industry. |
| Apr 3, 2026 |
The Europe Trap: Why U.S. Cannabis Companies Keep Getting It Wrong Europe is the hottest market around for most US cannabis companies, including the tech companies. They enter Europe expecting a familiar landscape, assuming the multiple countries in the EU market will align with their state-by-state experience back home. And they are nearly always unpleasantly surprised. Investors and developers are consistently making the mistake of treating Europe as “America, but later”. |
| Apr 2, 2026 |
Züri Can Extended By Two Years As Results Point To Black Market Deterrence Zurich’s municipal parliament has voted to extend its flagship adult-use cannabis pilot, Züri Can, by a further two years to October 2028, and to provide an additional CHF 800,000 in funding, in a 101-13 vote that laid bare the fault lines in Swiss cannabis politics. After applying to extend the ‘Züri Can: Cannabis with Responsibility’ pilot last October, following what officials describe as encouraging early results in reducing illicit sales and improving public-health outcomes, the council held a vote on March 18, 2026. |
| Apr 2, 2026 |
First Nation blocks main highway to Halifax over cannabis crackdown A First Nation says it is blockading part of a main highway into Halifax to protest police raids against unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Indigenous communities. |
| Apr 2, 2026 |
How Educational Institutions Are Embracing Legal Marijuana As the cannabis sector continues to expand, universities and colleges across the U.S. are adjusting their academic offerings to keep pace with a growing need for trained professionals. The industry currently supports an estimated 425,000 full-time positions nationwide. This has prompted higher education institutions to introduce targeted programs that prepare graduates for roles in medical use, product innovation, regulatory compliance, cultivation, and retail operations. |
| Apr 2, 2026 |
Highway blockades persist following cannabis raid in Cape Breton First Nation There are reports of multiple blockades taking place in Nova Scotia on Thursday afternoon following a cannabis raid in Potlotek. In a post on X, Mounties said Highway 102 near exit 10 is reduced to one lane of traffic due to a protest and people on the roadway, adding that anyone driving in this area is asked to use extreme caution. |
| Apr 2, 2026 |
The UK’s ‘Cannabis Martyr’ Keeps Opening Weed Cafes. Britain Keeps Locking Him Up. Gary Youds is best known as the UK’s “cannabis martyr.” That’s because he has continually sacrificed himself for the cause of cannabis legalization. He is currently spending his sixth stint in jail for operating an illegal cannabis cafe in Liverpool. |
| Apr 2, 2026 |
Canadians could claim part of $8-million cannabis settlement Canadians who invested in cannabis stock could cash in on a hefty settlement. Law firm Berger Montague announced the approval of an $8-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Canadian cannabis company Wayland Group Corp. (formerly Maricann Group Corp.). It was approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on March 19. |