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| Aug 22, 2025 |
Canada's largest cannabis retailer expands Raj Grover, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of High Tide, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the company's expansion into the German medical cannabis market. |
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| Aug 21, 2025 |
AGLC walks back "Proudly Alberta" cannabis price cut
Alberta’s cannabis agency is walking back part of a recently announced effort to promote local cannabis products by temporarily lowering its provincial markup on select items. |
| Aug 20, 2025 |
Michigan cannabis testing lab loses licenses, owners banned in long-running dispute A years-long battle between a cannabis testing company and the Michigan marijuana regulator has ended, with the state revoking the licenses held by the lab and permanently banning its owners from participating in the industry, the state cannabis regulator announced Aug. 20. |
| Aug 19, 2025 |
Disruptive Theme of the Week: Cannabis Staging a Comeback Cannabis ETF spent the first half of the year in the performance doldrums. But they have rallied of late on news that the Trump administration is open to reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Despite the fact that marijuana is legal in most states, it is still federally categorized as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act along with drugs like heroin. |
| Aug 19, 2025 |
Weed in Canada is five times stronger than 20 years ago The article said the level of THC — the ingredient that induces the high — has roughly quintupled in the past 20 years. The level of tetrahydrocannabinol in weed from the early 2000s was roughly four per cent. Nowadays, the THC level in most legal dried cannabis in Canada is about 20 per cent, said the article. |
| Aug 18, 2025 |
More Young Adults Are Opting For Cannabis Drinks Over Alcohol At After-Work Happy Hours, Poll Shows Younger Americans are increasingly using cannabis-infused beverages as a substitute for alcohol—with one in three millennials and Gen Z workers choosing THC drinks over booze for after-work activities like happy hours, according to a new poll. |
| Aug 18, 2025 |
Overwhelming Majority (80%) of Canadian Cannabis Now Sourced from Legal Distributors in Major Turnaround Nearly 80% of Canadian’s now source their cannabis solely from the legal market, marking a stark shift away from the illicit market seven years after legalisation. |
| Aug 15, 2025 |
Cannabis Shops Sue New York Over Rule Change That Could Shut Them Down A group of cannabis dispensary owners sued New York State regulators on Friday claiming they could be forced out of business because their storefronts were too close to schools after state officials admitted recently that they had been incorrectly measuring the required distance. |
| Aug 15, 2025 |
Over 1,000 cannabis shops closed, nearly 1 tonne seized in nationwide crackdown The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has conducted a sweeping inspection of cannabis-related businesses across the country, checking 5,218 out of 18,763 establishments between June 16 and August 13, 2025. |
| Aug 13, 2025 |
Dear Abby: My husband is addicted to cannabis — and it makes me want a divorce DEAR ABBY: My husband is going to be 70 next month. He is in good physical shape but has taken up smoking marijuana every day. He says he is addicted. I have told him how much I hate that he uses dope. He quits for a while and then goes back to it. |
| Aug 13, 2025 |
GOP Congressman Files Bill To Reschedule Marijuana As Trump Considers Decision On Reform |
| Aug 13, 2025 |
Canada's cannabis industry contributes more than $76 billion to Canada’s GDP, generates nearly 100,000 jobs annually The cannabis industry contributed $76.5 billion to Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) and $23.1 billion to Ontario’s GDP between legalization in 2018 and 2024, according to a new report from the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) and Deloitte. |
| Aug 12, 2025 |
B.C's cannabis industry wants changes to how products are labelled There are calls coming from B.C.’s cannabis sector to change the way products are labelled. Those in the industry say there’s too much emphasis on THC, the psycho-active component in cannabis, and that other qualities should be highlighted instead. |
| Aug 12, 2025 |
Alberta cannabis store workers no longer required to submit criminal background checks Retail cannabis workers no longer require a criminal record check prior to employment, according to a policy change by Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC), with some industry experts saying the new policy is already making hiring easier. |
| Aug 11, 2025 |
Cannabis stocks rally on Wall Street Journal report that Trump is weighing drug reclassification Cannabis stocks rallied Monday after a Wall Street Journal report that President Donald Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana to a lower danger level. |
| Aug 10, 2025 |
A majority of British Columbians support restrictions on smoking and vaping, including cannabis British Columbians say they support strict limits on smoking and vaping, including cannabis. A new poll from Research Co. provides a useful snapshot into how British Columbians feel about smoking and vaping tobacco and cannabis in public and even semi-private places around the province. |
| Aug 10, 2025 |
Inflation? Not in the cannabis market. Here's why weed is so cheap. Everything seems to cost more these days - except one fragrant, nebulously legal recreational product. |
| Aug 8, 2025 |
Alberta to promote local cannabis this summer, temporarily lowering provincial markup
The Alberta government is launching a program to promote Alberta-grown-and-made cannabis products this summer. |
| Aug 8, 2025 |
Cannabis stores calling on province for better security Winnipeg- Cannabis stores have become commonplace, but are workers being protected? Some say there should be stricter safety protocols in place, as a new union campaign launches, pushing the province for change. |
| Aug 7, 2025 |
Study: Medical Cannabis Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life Improvements, Reduced Opioid Use Among Patients With Substance Use Disorders London, United Kingdom: Patients diagnosed with substance use disorders (SUD) report improved sleep quality, reduced anxiety, and decreased opioid use following the sustained use of medical cannabis products, according to observational data published in the journal European Addiction Research. |