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| Jun 24, 2025 |
The Cannabinoid That Isn’t THC or CBD: What Businesses Can Do to Prepare Cannabigerol (CBG) is not just a compound; it’s a spectral presence. A paracannabinoid. It shows up early in the life of the cannabis plant, before the more famous molecules take shape. It’s there at the beginning, then vanishes, transformed into THC, CBD or CBC. Some say they’ve seen it, felt its presence, some remain skeptical, and most consumers wouldn’t know it was ever there. It barely registers on a certificate of analysis. And yet, wherever phytocannabinoids are found in nature, CBG or something like it tends to haunt the scene. |
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| Jun 24, 2025 |
Tilray sets medical cannabis milestone in Italy
Tilray Medical, a division of major cannabis player Tilray Brands (TSX:TLRY), has become the first company to receive authorization from Italy’s Ministero della Salute to distribute medical cannabis flower for therapeutic use. |
| Jun 23, 2025 |
Cannabis sales reach new high in April
Statistics Canada’s most recent updated figures for monthly cannabis retail trade show sales reaching a new high of nearly $470 million in April 2025. |
| Jun 17, 2025 |
Aurora Cannabis Faces Class Action Over Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Risk
Aurora Cannabis is facing a class action led by a Canadian military veteran, who alleges that the company didn’t adequately warn consumers about Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS), a condition the plaintiff says was caused by its products. |
| Jun 13, 2025 |
Tilray Brands' Stockholders Approve Reverse Stock Split; Company Pauses Implementation as It Evaluates Timing and Stock Price Tilray Brands, Inc. (“Tilray” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), a global lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company at the forefront of the beverage, cannabis and wellness industries, today announced that the vote for an amendment of the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in order to implement a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio ranging from 1-to-10 to 1-to-20 (the “Reverse Stock Split”), passed at the special meeting of stockholders. The Company also announced a pause on the implementation of the newly-authorized reverse stock split while further exploring all options related to timing of the reverse split as it evaluates timing and stock price. |
| Jun 13, 2025 |
Newsom administration moves to permanently ban hemp THC in California California wants to permanently ban hemp THC from the state, making it illegal to sell hemp drinks and potentially costing the state more than 18,000 jobs and billions of dollars in lost revenue. |
| Jun 12, 2025 |
How the cannabis industry benefits small-town Canada As Canada grapples with US tariffs and widespread layoffs, cannabis is emerging as an industry that could help smaller communities weather the storm. |
| Jun 11, 2025 |
Could Australia Be the Next Country to Impose Tariffs on Canadian Cannabis?
Australia’s medical cannabis market is thriving, with revenues expected to grow from around US$600m in 2024 to more than US$1.2bn by 2028, according to Prohibition Partners’ Global Cannabis Report: 5th Edition. |
| Jun 10, 2025 |
What Canada’s Legal Cannabis Market Can Teach U.S. Producers and Policy Makers Close to seven years after cannabis was legalized for recreational use in Canada, many lessons of what went right and wrong north of the border offers a range of lessons for American cannabis producers and policy makers. |
| Jun 10, 2025 |
Infused pre-rolls ignite California’s marijuana market
Infused pre-rolls are rapidly gaining popularity and reshaping sales trends in the California marijuana market. From Dec. 1, 2024, to Feb. 28, 2025, the California marijuana market generated $1.1 billion in total sales, experiencing a decline of 0.5%, according to a report from pre-roll machine manufacturer RollPros using data from Colorado-based cannabis market research firm BDSA. |
| Jun 3, 2025 |
Manitoba passes bill to ban new convenience store cannabis sales licences In April, the Manitoba government said it was placing a temporary freeze on any new “controlled access” retail cannabis licences for at least six months while the new provincial government looked into the issue more. These licences for retail cannabis stores allow for cannabis to be sold in convenience stores and gas stations that carry other non-cannabis products. |
| Jun 2, 2025 |
Canada’s cannabis sector contributes $9.1 billion to GDP in first three months of 2025 The most recent, seasonally adjusted figures from Statistics Canada show that the cannabis industry’s contribution to Canada’s GDP was $9.104 billion in the first three months of 2025. This is an increase from $8.3 billion in 2024. |
| Jun 2, 2025 |
SNDL asks for cannabis production to be removed from Olds property zoning On June 9 at 1 p.m., the Town of Olds' council will hold a public hearing on a proposal to rezone two parcels of land in the southeast industrial park owned by SNDL Inc., formerly known as Sundial Growers Inc. |
| Jun 1, 2025 |
https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2025/07/03/this-brazilian-startup-is-turning-a-population-of-211-million-into-a-cannabis-data-goldmine/ While much of the world watches Germany and the U.S. inch forward on cannabis reform, Brazil has quietly become home to a fast-growing and highly structured medical cannabis market. And helping drive that transformation is a mobile app (not a clinic, cultivator or multinational) that’s redefining patient access in one of the world’s most complex regulatory environments. |
| Jun 1, 2025 |
Cannabis stores growth in Canada <img src="http://cannabislink.ca/pics/cannabis_stores_chart.png"> Credit: https://www.wealthsimple.com/ |
| May 27, 2025 |
Entourage Health Launches Medical Cannabis Coverage with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Entourage Health Corp. ("Entourage" or the "Company"), a Canadian producer and distributor of award-winning cannabis products, is pleased to announce its medical subsidiary Starseed Medicinal ("Starseed") has added the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 353 ("IBEW 353") to its full-service medical cannabis program. |
| May 22, 2025 |
Opportunities abound in Canadian cannabis, but many budtenders feel left behind According to a new survey from a recruitment agency, budtenders in Canada want better pay, better hours, and a more straightforward path to advance in the industry. |
| May 21, 2025 |
Craft brewers seeking to cash in on hemp-derived THC beverage market As more consumers shift away from alcohol, craft brewers seeking new avenues for growth are venturing into producing hemp-derived THC beverages. For many craft brewers, the move into THC-infused drinks is a logical extension of their expertise. |
| May 21, 2025 |
Punitive taxes are killing the legal cannabis industry Illicit producers still control between one quarter and a half of the market, partly because a punitive excise tax regime raises costs for legal producers |
| May 20, 2025 |
New report calls for cannabis excise reform A new report from Deloitte and the Cannabis Council of Canada (C3) is calling on the federal and provincial governments to make changes to the federal cannabis excise rate in Canada and to lower other regulatory fees. |