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| 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. |
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| 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 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." |
| Aug 24, 2025 |
Why Cheech And Chong’s $100 Million Cannabis Empire Is No Joke Weed has always paid off for the godfathers of stoner comedy. Now they’ve built a company that sells THC-infused edibles, drinks and of course some tasty bud, all of which brings in some serious green. |
| Aug 22, 2025 |
Google Ads to launch cannabis advertising pilot in Canada Google Ads is launching a limited pilot program in Canada, allowing cannabis-related product types or services to utilize the online advertising platform. |
| 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. |
| Aug 21, 2025 |
From confusion to conversion: How behavioral science is reshaping cannabis retail
The cannabis industry doesn’t have a product problem — it has a communication problem. With so many products on the shelf and no consistent system to help consumers make choices, people are left overwhelmed, confused or misinformed. For wellness-curious consumers, this creates hesitation at the point of purchase and limits long-term engagement. |
| Aug 21, 2025 |
Steinbach City Council votes against cannabis plebiscite Manitoba - City of Steinbach councillors voted against having a cannabis plebiscite after receiving a letter requesting one. |
| 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. |