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| Feb 28, 2026 |
Authorities destroy 1,000 hills of cannabis in Bukidnon
ILIGAN CITY–Some 1,000 hills of fully grown cannabis were uprooted by policemen following a raid in a remote village of Bukidnon province on Saturday morning. |
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| Feb 27, 2026 |
Health Canada continues to ramp up inspections, revocations of personal/designated cannabis cultivation licenses
Health Canada’s efforts to clean up the personal and designated medical cannabis grow licence program have continued to pick up steam. According to a briefing note from October, 2025, Health Canada had refused or revoked over 4,100 medical cannabis registrations under the Cannabis Regulations, including approximately 3,400 for reasons of public health and public safety as of March 31, 2025. |
| Feb 27, 2026 |
8 Michigan Senators Plan to Repeal State's 24% Cannabis Tax
Michigan Senate Democrats and Republicans are teaming up on legislation to halt the governor’s plan to fix the "damn roads" by making licensed cannabis businesses and consumers foot the bill. |
| Feb 27, 2026 |
Texas Grapples with Increasing Cases of Marijuana DUI
As Texas lawmakers review how cannabis is regulated and enforced, safety advocates are drawing attention to what they describe as a mounting and often overlooked risk on the state’s roads: drivers impaired by marijuana. Texans for Safe & Drug Free Youth, a statewide prevention group, argues that limiting access to cannabis products remains the most reliable way to curb use and its consequences. |
| Feb 27, 2026 |
Kansas City May Allow 24-Hour Pot Shops
Kansas City might soon have 24-hour cannabis dispensaries. According to KMBC News, the city's Neighborhood Planning and Development Committee is scheduled to consider an ordinance that would allow certain dispensaries to operate around the clock. The revised rules would only apply to dispensaries that are located at least 1,000 feet from residential zones. |
| Feb 27, 2026 |
Excessive cannabis taxes will make legalization’s 'problems' much worse
Alarmed by marijuana legalization's unintended or unforeseen consequences, the New York Times recently called for widespread tax hikes on legal cannabis. That's a recipe for disaster. |
| Feb 27, 2026 |
Louisiana Lawmaker Files Bill To Create Three-Year Marijuana Legalization Pilot Program
A Louisiana lawmaker has introduced a bill to create an adult-use marijuana legalization pilot program in the state to determine whether the reform should eventually be expanded and permanently codified. |
| Feb 27, 2026 |
Majority Of Pennsylvania Voters Back Legalizing Marijuana, New Poll Shows
A majority of Pennsylvania voters say they’re ready for the state to legalize adult-use marijuana, according to the latest Quinnipiac University Poll. |
| Feb 27, 2026 |
Monsanto Never Cracked Weed. 2026 Might Open the Door
If corporations own the seeds of almost everything we eat, why hasn’t anyone managed to do the same thing to cannabis? Until now, cannabis has lived in a kind of legal and cultural side universe where the usual machinery of seed monopolies never fully clicked into place. That universe is ending. The changes converging around 2026, especially the shift to regulating seeds by THC potential and the slow march toward rescheduling, represent the first plausible structural opening for a Monsanto-style player in weed. |
| Feb 27, 2026 |
Injured workers turn to cannabis when conventional treatments fall short
As legal cannabis becomes more entrenched in Canada, injured workers appear to be integrating it into their recovery in complex and largely self-directed ways. A new qualitative study led by Institute for Work & Health (IWH) scientist Dr. Nancy Carnide draws on interviews with 45 Ontario workers who used cannabis to manage symptoms of a work?related injury. The participants were originally identified in a prior survey of workers with accepted lost-time compensation claims and were re-interviewed four to five years after their injury. |
| Feb 26, 2026 |
Clinical Evidence vs. Food Law: Europe’s CBD Dilemma
The CBD sector has had a turbulent few weeks on both sides of the Channel, with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) terminating four novel food applications, just days after announcing incredibly restrictive new safety limits. |
| Feb 26, 2026 |
Virginia Tech Leverages Novel Way to Study Marijuana Effects on Driving
As more states legalize cannabis, researchers are racing to understand what that shift means for road safety. While laws have changed significantly, scientific evidence on how cannabis influences behavior behind the wheel has lagged. A new study led by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute seeks to close that gap by tracking drivers in their everyday routines. |
| Feb 26, 2026 |
Alberta to eliminate 2% early payment fee for cannabis producers
The Alberta Government announced on Thursday, February 26, 2026, that it will be getting rid of its 2% early payment fee for producers selling into the province as of April 1, 2026. The fee applies to payments from Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC) to producers for their products sold in the province within 15 days, rather than the standard 60-day turnaround. |
| Feb 26, 2026 |
Legalizing Marijuana In Pennsylvania Would Generate Almost Half A Billion Dollars In Revenue By 2028 Under Governor’s Plan, State Analysis Finds
Legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania under the governor’s latest budget plan could bring in nearly half a billion dollars in annual revenue by 2028, according to a new analysis from the state’s Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) that estimates a significantly larger cash windfall compared to projections from Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) own office. |
| Feb 26, 2026 |
Standing on the Moon in Japan: Hemp, History, and the Long Game in Japan
I arrived in Tokyo in November for the Japanese International Hemp Expo (JIHE) 2025 with a familiar mix of jet lag, curiosity, and professional reflex. After decades working at the intersection of cannabis, law, and global markets, I’ve learned that the plant reveals more about a society than almost anything else. Where it’s embraced, feared, regulated, or whispered about tells you volumes about culture, history, and power. |
| Feb 25, 2026 |
Mainstream Media's New Era of Reefer Madness
For more than 50 years, NORML has been 'setting the record straight' on cannabis. Today, this job is more important than ever. You've no doubt seen the headlines. More and more, sensational claims about marijuana are going unchallenged in mainstream reporting. Fortunately, NORML is there to respond. |
| Feb 25, 2026 |
Union raises safety concerns as solo shifts introduced for BC Cannabis Store workers
Some BC Cannabis Store staffers will be working solo for the first time since legalization, following a provincial policy change that is raising safety concerns for the union that represents store employees. |
| Feb 25, 2026 |
Colorado lawmakers to discuss proposal for more cannabis-friendly events
Colorado lawmakers to discuss proposal at the Colorado State Captiol for more cannabis-friendly events to smoke marijuana in public. |
| Feb 25, 2026 |
New bill increases fines, enforcement powers for illegal cannabis in Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia government has tabled legislation to strengthen cannabis enforcement amid its crackdown on illegal dispensaries across the province. Justice Minister Scott Armstrong says his bill increases fines and allows peace officers like constables and conservation officers to enforce cannabis rules alongside police. |
| Feb 24, 2026 |
Tax hike crashed Michigan marijuana sales
An unprecedented cannabis tax hike that took effect in Michigan on Jan. 1 significantly depressed legal sales, recent state data shows. Michigan marijuana retailers reported about $227 million in sales in January, according to state Cannabis Regulatory Agency data. That’s a nearly 16% decrease from the $270 million in sales recorded in December, according the CRA. |