CannabisLink.ca - Current Affairs 2026

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Aug 11, 2026	Alcohol Retailers And Wholesalers Support Bill To Keep Hemp THC Drinks Federally Legal Several major alcohol industry participants are backing a new bill in Congress that would exempt hemp beverages from a currently scheduled ban on THC products derived from the plant while enacting new provisions to tax and regulate the cannabis drinks like alcohol.
Aug 11, 2026	Curaleaf looks to buy Aurora Cannabis, takes bid directly to shareholders STAMFORD — Curaleaf Holdings Inc. says it intends to launch a takeover bid for Edmonton-based cannabis company Aurora Cannabis Inc. Curaleaf said in a news release on Tuesday it plans to make an offer to purchase all of Aurora’s issued and outstanding common shares. If successful, the move would create a combined cannabis company with a footprint in 17 countries across Europe, North America and other international markets, it said.
Aug 10, 2026	Why Is Cannabis Still Illegal in the UK? The History Behind Medical Cannabis Law The 2018 law change generated headlines suggesting cannabis had been legalised. It had not, and the confusion has persisted ever since because the actual change was narrow, technical and easy to misreport. Understanding what happened requires separating two systems that operate side by side and are frequently conflated.
Aug 10, 2026	Senate extends temporary lifeline for hemp THC – and sets up fight with cannabis industry Key points: The U.S. Senate voted early Saturday to extend a deadline for when hemp THC products become illegal until December. Supporters, including major lawmakers and the alcohol lobby, believe they can convince the House to also delay a ban and regulate the products Setting up a showdown between state-regulated cannabis and the hemp industry, cannabis industry forces pledged to lobby Congress to keep the hemp ban intact.
Aug 10, 2026	N.S. correctional officer sentenced to 3 years for bringing cannabis into facility In what a Supreme Court judge called an “egregious breach of…trust,” a Nova Scotia correctional officer brought contraband cannabis into his facility, receiving a three-year federal sentence in the process.
Aug 9, 2026	The CDC’s New CHS Report Has a Cannabis Problem: It Doesn’t Know What Patients Actually Used The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new report on August 6, 2026, examining emergency department visits involving cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, better known as CHS. Predictably, the findings are already ripe for another round of alarming cannabis headlines. There is just one enormous problem. The CDC does not actually know what cannabinoid products caused the cases it counted. That distinction matters.
Aug 9, 2026	New Law Opens More Doors for New York Cannabis Businesses New York is expanding opportunities for licensed cannabis microbusinesses to reach consumers through approved community events under legislation Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law. S.10113/A.11217 allows eligible microbusinesses to participate in Cannabis Showcase Events, including approved pop-ups, farmers markets and public market events.
Aug 8, 2026	Senate Passes Spending Bill With One-Month Delay to Federal Hemp Crackdown WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has passed a government funding bill that would give the nation’s embattled hemp industry roughly one more month before sweeping federal restrictions on hemp-derived THC products take effect.
Aug 8, 2026	After 2 Decades of Raids and Prison Stints, Liverpool's 'Cannabis Martyr' Is Still 'Fighting for Freedom' Gary Youds says his cannabis café is “what the future looks like the day after the drug war.”
Aug 7, 2026	California approves first cannabis self-checkout kiosk Cannabis dispensary Perfect Union Northside in Sacramento has introduced what its parent company describes as California's first regulator-approved cannabis self-checkout system, according to a New York Post report. MWG Holdings Group received clearance to deploy the RFID-based technology, which allows customers to purchase cannabis products through a process resembling self-checkout at supermarkets and convenience stores.
Aug 7, 2026	Why a Massachusetts town owes the cannabis industry $2 million A tony Boston suburb must return more than $2 million in fees collected from three legal cannabis business after failing to demonstrate it properly spent the money. The city of Newton’s bill to cannabis retailers, which court records show was imposed by a Middlesex Superior Court judge on Tuesday, is the latest example of Massachusetts cannabis businesses challenging localities over “community impact fees” – and winning.
Aug 7, 2026	Dr. Oz Asks Senators To Delay Hemp Product Ban So Seniors Can Get CBD Products Covered Through Medicare Dr. Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is asking U.S. senators to reject an amendment that would keep a forthcoming ban on hemp products on track to take effect in November. “Passage of this amendment would undo significant gains that have been made to make clinically-appropriate full-spectrum hemp-derived CBD accessible to the senior citizens and individuals with disabilities that rely on the Medicare program for their healthcare,” Oz wrote in a letter to senators.
Aug 7, 2026	The Convenience Revolution Has Finally Reached Cannabis Most of what Americans buy now arrives without anyone leaving the house. Dinner comes in twenty minutes. Groceries are ordered on a phone and left at the door. Prescriptions refill automatically. Convenience has become the baseline expectation across nearly every retail category, and consumers notice immediately when a product fails to meet it. Cannabis was one of the last categories to catch up. For most of the legal era, buying THC meant driving to a dispensary, waiting in line, and paying in cash. That is changing, and platforms like Edibles.com are part of the reason why. Launched in March 2025 and based in Atlanta, the wellness-focused marketplace ships vetted, third-party-tested hemp-derived THC products directly to consumers across more than 30 states, including many where no dispensary exists.
Aug 7, 2026	SQDC to Host First Networking Event for Cannabis Producers The Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) is hosting a networking and educational event for cannabis producers in Montreal on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. The one-day event, split into a morning plenary session and an afternoon networking session, is focused on those selling cannabis into the Quebec market, as well as those interested in doing so.
Aug 7, 2026	Square Tells Businesses To Stop Selling Hemp And CBD Products In Light Of Upcoming Federal Ban The popular point-of-sale and payments service Square says it will no longer allow CBD and other hemp-derived products to be sold on its platform, according to an email obtained by Marijuana Moment. The communication, sent to a business that uses Square, cited an upcoming change to federal law that will recriminalize many hemp products that were previously legalized by Congress.
Aug 7, 2026	Police Used Flock Cameras to Track Wisconsin Man’s Out-of-State Cannabis Purchases Police in Wisconsin used Flock camera feeds to determine that a man who regularly traveled to Michigan and back was likely trafficking cannabis, which remains strictly prohibited in Wisconsin, according to a 404 Media report.
Aug 6, 2026	Why Low-Dose Cannabis Is Becoming The Industry's Growth Engine For decades, cannabis brands competed on one metric: potency. More THC meant a better product, at least for experienced consumers chasing a stronger high. But in today's maturing legal market, some of the most successful companies are taking the opposite approach, betting on precision instead of potency to win over adults who don't regularly consume cannabis.
Aug 6, 2026	Virginia and Texas Are About to Become Cannabis Battlegrounds. Here's Which Stocks Are Positioned to Win. Forget California and Colorado. Those markets are already well established. If you're looking for where the cannabis industry could find its next meaningful growth opportunities, Virginia and Texas deserve a much closer look. Each state is following a different regulatory path, but both could become important drivers of industry growth over the next few years.
Aug 6, 2026	Hemp fight sparks GOP ‘blowup’ as Trump pushes to delay ban President Donald Trump is urging Senate Republicans to delay a federal hemp ban he signed into law, personally calling one senator as the White House pushes for broader cannabis reform. According to Axios, Trump phoned Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) to explain why his administration is in favor of a proposed delay to the so-called hemp ban. Trump reportedly explained the White House is working on updates to federal cannabis policy and the November ban could “complicate” their plans.
Aug 6, 2026	New law allows for marijuana sales at farmer's markets & other community events SYRACUSE, N.Y. — On Thursday, August 6, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation designed to strengthen New York’s regulated cannabis market by offering more venues to legally sell and purchase products. The bill, S.10113/A.11217, ensures that licensed cannabis microbusinesses are eligible to fully participate in Cannabis Showcase Events (CSEs). These permits allow licensed operators to engage directly with consumers at approved pop-ups, farmers’ markets and public market events, while strengthening partnerships with local municipalities. The law recognizes the unique role microbusinesses play in New York’s cannabis marketplace and expands opportunities for them to participate in these community-centered events.

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