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| Feb 15, 2026 |
Nepal: Watch cannabis rituals unfold during Shivaratri in Kathmandu Crowds thronged Kathmandu's Pashupatinath Temple for Shivaratri, where worship, music and a rare legal tolerance of marijuana marked the festival. |
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| Feb 15, 2026 |
Nepal Celebrates Shivaratri With Cannabis Rituals Amid Religious Fervor |
| Feb 15, 2026 |
Study challenges negative cannabis stereotypes, claiming link to brain benefits Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus analyzed cannabis usage, brain scans and cognitive test results for more than 26,000 adults between the ages of 40 and 77, using data from the UK biobank. The study found that cannabis users — particularly those who reported moderate lifetime usage — showed larger volumes in several brain regions. |
| Feb 14, 2026 |
Scientists revive prehistoric cannabis enzymes and uncover more medical uses Long-lost cannabis enzymes are back, and they pinpoint when the plant first gained the chemistry to make THC, CBD, and CBC. These three compounds drive the psychoactive and medical effects of cannabis. |
| Feb 13, 2026 |
Group petitions for provincial medical cannabis program
Life comes with a lot of lows, and pain and there are a lot of B.C. patients who depend on cannabis to see them through. A group of these patients are petitioning the provincial government to administer a provincial medical cannabis program as per the Canada Health Act. |
| Feb 13, 2026 |
Gorilla Gardens opens Alberta's first cannabis farmgate store in Okotoks |
| Feb 13, 2026 |
Kentucky Officials Ask Lawmakers to Expand Medical Marijuana Program
Kentucky marijuana officials are urging lawmakers to broaden the list of medical conditions that qualify patients for a medical cannabis card. In a letter sent Thursday to top legislative leaders, the OCM outlined its case for expanding eligibility under the state’s relatively new program. |
| Feb 13, 2026 |
Access, Saturation, Consolidation: Why Denmark Foreshadows the Future of Europe's Medical Cannabis Markets As Europe's medical cannabis markets continue to mature, an increasingly familiar pattern is beginning to emerge. First, access opens and demand surges. Then operators and products flood into the market, leading to the compression of both the price for patients and the margins for businesses. This, inevitably, is followed by consolidation as those without the deep pockets to weather the price crush give way to those who do. |
| Feb 12, 2026 |
California's biggest pot shop is dead after burning cash for years Planet 13 was supposed to revolutionize legal cannabis. The marijuana superstore opened five years ago in Orange County with fanfare and predictions that its walls of TV screens and massive footprint would change how everyone bought weed. |
| Feb 12, 2026 |
US (MS): State House of Representatives pass two medical cannabis-related bill Two bills related to Mississippi's medical cannabis program passed in the House of Representatives this week. One bill extends the timeframe for a patient's follow-up visit to keep their medical cannabis card valid, while a second bill creates a system where patients suffering from debilitating or terminal conditions not already on the state's list of approved conditions can petition to try medical cannabis. |
| Feb 12, 2026 |
Ghana to start licensing process for medical, industrial cannabis cultivation The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) to start implementing the licensing regime for medicinal and industrial cannabis cultivation in Ghana. |
| Feb 12, 2026 |
Navigating New Hemp Laws- A Major Shift for the Cannabis Industry A fast-growing market built on hemp-derived cannabinoid products is about to face a federal reset. Over the past several years, consumer demand for products such as hemp-derived THC gummies, beverages, vapes, and flowers helped create thriving new retail categories across mainstream outlets and e-commerce. |
| Feb 12, 2026 |
New Zealand: Guests, growers spend the day at rural cannabis facility The sun was out, the breeze was soft, and a group of international delegates enjoyed a day of speeches, networking, and alfresco dining among rows of cannabis plants. |
| Feb 12, 2026 |
France's Long-Awaited Medical Cannabis Reimbursement Framework to Be Revealed Next Week French authorities will present a first draft of the long-awaited pricing and reimbursement decree for medical cannabis on February 18, marking a critical milestone in the country's drawn-out transition from pilot programme to permanent framework. |
| Feb 12, 2026 |
Washington state lawmakers weigh legalizing home cannabis grows Growing recreational cannabis at home is illegal in Washington state - but lawmakers in Olympia are considering a bill this year to legalize it. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
California Activists Warn of Environmental Damage from Illegal Cannabis Farms Pot has been legal in California for a decade, but a sprawling black market persists for crops cultivated outside the law. In a February 9 report from CalMatters, environmentalists and politicians sounded the alarm regarding the challenges they face in mitigating environmental damage caused by illegal marijuana farms. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
Cannabis retail's frontline workers are carrying more than we think In the early days of legalization, the budtender was cast as the friendly guide in a brave new world, part educator, part concierge, and part cultural translator. Over eight years later, that role has hardened into something far more complex: regulator, brand ambassador, salesperson, and sometimes security buffer, all at once. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
Canada's Medical Cannabis Research Is Changing the Global Debate For more than a decade, medical cannabis has existed in a strange policy limbo. Patients have benefited from it. Physicians have debated it. Regulators have tolerated it. But the kind of rigorous, longitudinal evidence that typically moves medical consensus has been slower to materialize - particularly evidence grounded in real-world patient outcomes. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
Bipartisan Wisconsin Lawmakers Circulate Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana Bipartisan Wisconsin lawmakers will soon be introducing a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession for first-time offenses. |
| Feb 11, 2026 |
South Dakota Senators Reject Bills To Repeal Medical Marijuana Program After Federal Rescheduling And Limit THC Potency South Dakota lawmakers have rejected a pair of bills that would have ended the state’s medical marijuana program if the plant is federally rescheduled and to set strict THC potency caps on cannabis products for patients. |