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| Sep 11, 2025 |
Huge legal cannabis farm told to cut smell or risk closure A massive legal cannabis farm in the Netherlands has been told to reduce the odor coming from its facility or risk closure after more than 2,000 complaints from hundreds of residents, according to a regional Dutch environmental agency. |
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| Sep 8, 2025 |
Why are teenagers robbing Calgary's cannabis stores? There has been a rash of violent robberies committed at cannabis stores throughout Calgary in the last few years, despite a regulatory change in 2022 that was supposed to curb such crimes. |
| Sep 8, 2025 |
Tech-driven loyalty programs are key to cannabis retail Borrowing from the playbook of industries like airlines and hospitality, an increasing number of cannabis retailers are upping their loyalty program game as a means of engaging customers to keep them returning to their stores. |
| Sep 7, 2025 |
Whoopi Goldberg's Cannabis dream turned into legal battle The View co-host’s marijuana company WhoopFam battles former Paterson mayor over failed dispensary deal in explosive legal showdown |
| Sep 5, 2025 |
Where Is Cannabis Legal? A Guide To All 50 States Texas officially became the 40th state in the country to allow medical marijuana sales, thanks to an expanded program that went into effect in September. |
| Sep 5, 2025 |
Massachusetts Attorney General Certifies Ballot Measures To Recriminalize Recreational Marijuana Sales The attorney general of Massachusetts has certified and prepared summaries for dozens of proposed 2026 ballot initiatives—including a pair that would roll back adult-use marijuana legalization in the state. |
| Sep 5, 2025 |
Case Studies In International Cannabis: What The World Can Teach Us The global cannabis marketplace is no longer a niche conversation reserved for activists and academics. It’s here, it’s big business, and it’s evolving in ways that continue to surprise even the most seasoned observers. Countries around the world are experimenting with legalization and regulation, and while there is no single playbook, the lessons are beginning to pile up. What we see is a diverse collection of approaches, shaped by culture, economics, politics, and international obligations. |
| Sep 4, 2025 |
Health Canada continues to increase inspections of federal licence holders The number of Health Canada inspections of federally licensed cannabis facilities and licence holders increased in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, compared to previous years. |
| Sep 4, 2025 |
Study: Using Cannabis Prior To Drinking Results in Significantly Less Alcohol Consumption Subjects drink less alcohol and experience fewer alcohol cravings after consuming cannabis, according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. |
| Sep 4, 2025 |
Cannabis workers seeking union recognition strike in Ann Arbor Several employees of a Michigan marijuana company are hoping to accomplish a still-rare feat in the state’s nearly 6-year-old recreational cannabis industry: to unionize. |
| Sep 4, 2025 |
Thailand's 'cannabis king' elected prime minister Thai lawmakers have elected a former businessman and political veteran known as the “cannabis king” as prime minister, the country’s third leader in just over a year. |
| Sep 2, 2025 |
Strike fears hit B.C. cannabis industry, with 2022 disruption still fresh in mind British Columbia’s legal cannabis industry is bracing for the potential impacts of a large-scale public sector strike. |
| Sep 2, 2025 |
Organigram Global Releases Landmark Report: Legal Cannabis Added $16B to Canada’s GDP in 2024 Organigram Global Inc. (NASDAQ: OGI) (TSX: OGI) , Canada’s largest cannabis company by market share, today released "High Impact, Green Growth: The Economic Footprint of Canada's Cannabis Industry," a national report done in partnership with the Business Data Lab at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The report, which examined figures for 2024, underscores the legal cannabis sector’s role as a major driver of jobs, economic growth, and innovation, highlighting why it should be included as a pillar of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s One Canadian Economy vision. |
| Sep 1, 2025 |
Canadian household spending on cannabis reaches nearly $2 billion Canadian household final consumption expenditures for cannabis reached a new high of over $1.7 billion in the second quarter of 2025, continuing an upward trend. The majority of that ($1.6 billion) was from the adult-use market, while $119 million came from the medical market. |
| Aug 31, 2025 |
Don't Throw Away Those Cannabis Leaves – They’re Packed With Rare Compounds Chemists at Stellenbosch University (SU) have uncovered the first evidence of a rare group of phenolic compounds, known as flavoalkaloids, in Cannabis leaves. |
| Aug 29, 2025 |
Soccer Makes History: First German Team Sponsored by a Cannabis Brand In Germany, as in so many other countries, soccer transcends sport and is woven into the fabric that brings neighborhoods together, integrates diverse communities, and builds a sense of national identity. 1. FC Union Berlin is living proof of that. |
| Aug 27, 2025 |
Colombian President Slams Congress for Stalling on Cannabis Legalization Colombia is among the countries that have had the most back-and-forth on cannabis regulation—perhaps rivaled only by Mexico (and, of course, the US). Congress has already debated the issue a grand total of eight times, but has never reached a real outcome. |
| Aug 25, 2025 |
Compounds in Cannabis Promote Healthy Aging, New Study Discovers Cannabis compounds are showing early promise for healthy aging, a new study has found. However, much more research is needed to learn how results might differ depending on the frequency of use and the individual. |
| Aug 24, 2025 |
No Rise in Teen Cannabis Use Following Legalization New York, NY: The adoption of state-specific cannabis legalization laws is not associated with rising rates of marijuana use by adolescents, nor is it associated with increases in problematic cannabis use among adults, according to data published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. |
| Aug 24, 2025 |
Cannabis helped me after my NFL career. It can help more people if Trump reclassifies it. President Donald Trump said the federal government is “looking at” reclassifying cannabis, but that it’s still too "early" to decide. He called it "a very complicated subject" and noted that "some people like it, some people hate it." |