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Jul 28, 2026	Canadian Cannabis Sales Reach $485 Million in May 2026 Canada sold $485 million worth of cannabis in May 2026, according to the most recent figures from Statistics Canada. This represents a 1% year-over-year increase compared to sales in May 2025 and a 1% month-over-month decline from April 2026. National sales were down slightly from the previous month’s $490.8 million, driven by declines in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and BC.
Jul 28, 2026	A Cannabis Flavonoid Stopped Up to 99% of Cancer-Cell Growth in Lab Tests Standard Seed Corporation (SSC), a cutting edge AI botanical-research company, believes it has identified a compound native to cannabis which could inhibit the growth of cancer cells by over 90% in some of the most aggressive forms of cancer. Test results from the National Cancer Institute’s NCI-60 one-dose screen, a standard bank of 60 human cancer cell lines the institute has used for decades to screen candidate cancer treatments, found that SSC’s cannflavin-enriched extract stopped more than 95% of cell growth in an aggressive brain cancer and up to 99% in several leukaemias, with weaker but real effects across lung, breast, ovarian, kidney, colon and prostate.
Jul 28, 2026	Banning Hemp THC Products Drives Consumers Toward Licensed Marijuana Businesses, Poll Shows With the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products looming in November, a growing number of states are enacting their own laws to ban intoxicating cannabinoid derivates. And most cannabis consumers in those jurisdictions are shifting their purchases toward licensed marijuana businesses, according to a new poll.
Jul 28, 2026	Federal Bill Filed to Create Comprehensive Framework for Hemp THC Products U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) last week introduced legislation that would establish a comprehensive federal regulatory framework for hemp-derived consumable products. The bill comes as federal reforms on hemp THC sales are set to take effect in November.
Jul 28, 2026	Self-Checkout Approved by DCC at Perfect Union Northside, Making it the First California Cannabis Dispensary to Launch RFID-Powered Technology SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MWG Holdings Group today announced that its Perfect Union Northside dispensary in Sacramento has become the first licensed cannabis retailer in California approved by the DCC to launch RFID-powered self-checkout technology through EXO, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of cannabis retail.
Jul 28, 2026	Nepal’s Cannabis Laws Are ‘an Insult to Shiva.’ Nixon’s War on Drugs Forced Them. On the night of Maha Shivaratri, cannabis smoke rises over Pashupatinath as it has for centuries. Nepal sold hashish under government license until 1973, when Washington leaned on Kathmandu and the shops closed. Activist Hemant Shahi and Ed Rosenthal on the fight to give the plant back to the god it belongs to.
Jul 27, 2026	How To Talk to Teens About Cannabis How To Talk to Kids About CannabisPHOTO PixabayCultureHow To Talk to Teens About Cannabis Be honest — and make sure you know what you’re talking about — when you’re talking with children about cannabis use. ByChris RobertsPublished on July 27, 2026 Nobody hates talking frankly to children more than their parents — and nobody but their parents have more incentive to tell a convenient lie. You may deny it, but let’s be real: one of the “secrets” of effective parenting is the Platonic lie, the noble sacrifice of honesty for harmony. Maybe you don’t really know the right answers, maybe you’d prefer not to say, maybe it’s already 9 p.m. on a weeknight, the kitchen is still messy, and your four-year-old wants an existential treatise before bed. So you take the easy way out and make something up. These are hollow victories, won with cheap shortcuts, that ring only in the near term.
Jul 27, 2026	New Labour Administration Can End Britain’s Failed Cannabis Experiment The first challenge facing a new prime minister is not whether Britain should embrace cannabis. It already has. Millions of Britons use cannabis every year despite decades of prohibition. The question facing Andy Burnham’s government is whether that market should continue operating in the shadows or be brought under public regulation.
Jul 27, 2026	The cannabis industry is having a price compression crisis. What’s the solution? U.S. cannabis sales declined year over year for the first time on record, falling from $32 billion in 2024 to $29.94 billion in 2025, according to data compiled in the MJBiz Factbook. The drop marks a turning point for an industry that has spent more than a decade posting steady and uninterrupted growth at the cash register even as valuations declined. But the cause isn’t shrinking demand or vanishing consumers. It’s collapsing prices, as cannabis consumers in some states bought more product than ever before even as sales revenue declined, analysts told MJBizDaily.
Jul 27, 2026	Teen Marijuana Use Continues To Decline As More States Legalize It For Adults, Federal Study Shows Opponents of marijuana legalization often argue that allowing adults to consume cannabis without punishment will cause more underage teens to use it—but that isn’t what is happening, according to the latest results of a new federal drug survey. The 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), released on Monday, shows that 8.7 percent of people between the ages of 12 and 17 use marijuana within the past year. That’s down from 14.2 percent in 2011, the year before the first U.S. states legalized recreational cannabis.
Jul 27, 2026	Texas Court Denies Emergency Request by Hemp Businesses to Delay THC Ban A Texas judge has denied hemp businesses' request to keep selling consumable hemp products under current rules while their lawsuit against the state's Department of State Health Services proceeds, clearing the way for DSHS to begin enforcing its new regulations.
Jul 27, 2026	Surge in cannabis imports from the US and Canada Ireland is experiencing a significant rise in cannabis importation, with more than 3.5 tonnes of the drug confiscated to date this year. An Irish Examiner analysis of Garda and Revenue seizure data shows there have been four months this year where, each month, over 500kg of cannabis has been seized.
Jul 27, 2026	How Washington Killed the Colombian Cannabis Boom And Created the Cocaine Cartels by Accident In the 1970s, Colombia’s Sierra Nevada became the source of the world’s most famous cannabis. Then Washington’s War on Drugs destroyed the trade and helped create the cocaine cartels that replaced it.
Jul 26, 2026	Iowa Democratic Lieutenant Governor Candidate Defends Marijuana Legalization Plan From Criticism Dave Muhlbauer, Democratic candidate for Iowa lieutenant governor, defended gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand campaign’s cannabis legalization plan and discussed the importance of accessible behavioral health treatment for children Thursday during a campaign visit to the Ember Recovery facility in Cambridge.
Jul 26, 2026	Double the limit: Vermont bets bigger cannabis buys will beat the black market Under the new law, which ups the maximum one-day amount of cannabis purchased from 1 ounce to 2, customers at licensed dispensaries can make fewer visits and have more flexibility while they shop in the state, said state officials and some cannabis business operators. The change was intended in part to encourage Vermonters to purchase products through licensed retailers rather than the illicit market, said James Pepper, chair of the Vermont Cannabis Control Board.
Jul 25, 2026	One of N.J.’s largest weed companies is bankrupt, laying off 86 workers One of the state’s largest cannabis companies has announced a round of layoffs as it struggles through bankruptcy. Columbia Care, also known as The Cannabist Company, notified state officials that it plans to lay off 86 employees at its Vineland facility by October, according to a notice filed with the state. The company, which operates in multiple states, filed for bankruptcy in March.
Jul 25, 2026	New Bill: Senator Cory A. Booker introduces S. 5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act We have received text from S. 5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act. This bill was received on 2026-07-16, and currently has 16 cosponsors. Here is a short summary of the bill: This bill would substantially change federal law around cannabis by removing many of the current criminal and regulatory restrictions and replacing them with a new federal framework for legal cannabis businesses, products, taxes, research, and public health oversight.
Jul 25, 2026	Big cannabis has cozied up to the GOP Major cannabis companies have donated millions to PACs aligned with President Donald Trump, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings. But the donations are not just a symptom of an increasingly pro-marijuana administration; they’re also indicative of an ongoing lobbying war between the marijuana, hemp and alcohol industries.
Jul 24, 2026	New congressional bill would regulate hemp instead of banning it A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is offering the hemp industry a new path forward just months before sweeping federal restrictions on intoxicating hemp products are set to take effect. Representatives Andy Barr (R-Ky.) and Angie Craig (D-Minn.) this week introduced the Lawful Hemp Protection Act, legislation that would establish a federal regulatory framework for hemp-derived cannabinoid products while replacing the federal hemp restrictions scheduled to take effect on November 12.
Jul 24, 2026	Mass layoffs at two California cannabis manufacturers Two major California cannabis manufacturers are laying off more than 100 workers amid a continued downturn in the country’s largest adult-use marijuana market. CraftForce Services, the manufacturing arm of Santa Rosa, Calif.-headquartered CannaCraft, will lay off nearly 60 employees at its Santa Rosa operations on Sept. 20, according to a federally mandated Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice. And NorCal Cannabis Co., operating as GB2 LLC and also based in Santa Rosa, will lay off about 49 employees on Sept. 13, according to a WARN notice first reported by The Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

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