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| Jul 2, 2026 |
Cayman Islands Government Commission Lays Out Options For Marijuana Reform Following Voters’ Passage Of Decriminalization Referendum Officials in the Cayman Islands have published a report on options for marijuana reform following voters’ approval last year of a referendum supporting cannabis decriminalization. The self-governing British territory’s Law Reform Commission (LRC) on Wednesday issued a discussion paper titled, “Cannabis Reform: Options for a Harm Minimisation Framework”—and they are accepting public comments on its findings through September 1. |
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| Jul 2, 2026 |
How weed and psychedelics quietly reshaped the language of wellness Back in 2014, when Colorado opened the nation’s first legal recreational cannabis dispensaries, a new vocabulary began emerging. People extolled cannabinoids, terpenes and the endocannabinoid system. They gushed over the “entourage effect,” and championed “full-spectrum” products. Dispensary budtenders got trained to consult customers about everything from experiential differences between sativa and indica to how varied terpene combinations in hundreds of cannabis strains could ripen a diversity of feelings: happiness, serenity, energy, creativity and so on. |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
House Passes Youth Safety Bill That Could Complicate Marijuana Businesses’ Online Outreach The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at protecting children online that could create complications for advertisers trying to promote legal marijuana and other regulated substances. Lawmakers voted 267-117 on Monday to approve the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, sponsored by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY). |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
Comparing the Legal U.S. And European Cannabis Markets
When it comes to the emerging legal cannabis industry, the United States and European markets clearly stand out. Both regions are experiencing significant policy and regulatory modernizations, and along with them, industry opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors and industry service providers. |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
Experts say THC percentage is the wrong way to shop for cannabis Experts in cannabis science, genetics, and regulation say that THC percentage is a poor and often misleading guide for shopping cannabis products, and that the industry's fixation on potency numbers is holding consumers and dispensaries back. |
| Jul 2, 2026 |
Cannabis drinks overtake beer at U.S. cookouts, for now
Americans are increasingly reaching for canned cannabis drinks instead of beer this summer, a shift that could be short-lived once a new federal law takes effect later this year. THC-infused beverages, once found only in specialty shops, now sit on shelves at mainstream supermarkets across the United States. The drinks contain tetrahydrocannabinol, the compound responsible for marijuana's intoxicating effects, but no alcohol. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
KOREA: Bill seeks to replace imported medical cannabis with domestically produced alternatives
An opposition lawmaker has proposed legislation that would reclassify cannabis-derived medicines with proven medical benefits as psychotropic drugs, paving the way for their domestic production and supply. Rep. Kim Hyeong-dong of the opposition People Power Party (PPP), a member of the National Assembly's Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee, said Monday that he had introduced an amendment to the Narcotics Control Act for that purpose. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
Global Cannabis Markets Face Predictable Price Compression as New Markets Mature As cannabis markets continue to open around the world, operators and investors are increasingly asking the same question: How long will attractive margins last? The answer may be more predictable than many industry participants realize, as laid out in the new report from the Global Cannabis Network Collective (GCNC) and Whitney Economics. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
Switzerland Launches Eighth Cannabis Pilot, Testing Home Delivery for the First Time Switzerland has granted approval for a new five-year, 5000-participant adult-use cannabis pilot trial, marking the eighth since the groundbreaking project began in 2023. Announced on June 16 by the Swiss Cannabis Research Association, CanLeg will take place in the Canton of St. Gallen, and will be the first pilot to test the home delivery of cannabis products to consumers. It will also mark the second pilot project to be run by the organisation, having launched the country’s largest study so far, Cannabis Research Zürich, in 2024. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
Guam Issues First Cannabis Cultivation Permit 7 Years After Legalizing Guam cannabis regulators have approved the territory’s first-ever cannabis permit to operate, seven years after adult-use cannabis was legalized on the island, the Pacific Daily News reports. The Cannabis Control Board unanimously approved the operating permit for Guam’s Real Deal LLC, which does business as Deep Green Guam, during its regular meeting on Wednesday. The company holds a Type IV cultivator license, allowing it to grow cannabis in an operation of up to 10,000 square feet. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Continues to Roll Out Medical Cannabis Following Its Legalization Four months after the adoption by the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Following the legalization of medical cannabis, authorities are now working to develop the regulatory framework needed to make cannabis-based medications available to patients at pharmacies. |
| Jul 1, 2026 |
New Hemp-Derived Beverages Include Tiny Amount of THC BLNCD Naturals and Foundry Nation today announced a new collection of cannabis beverages that include a relatively tiny amount of hemp-derived THC. The company said that by pairing THC with minor cannabinoids, terpenes, adaptogens, and other functional ingredients, the new beverages were designed to deliver an elevated experience. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Winnipeg police officer convicted of stealing cannabis from scene 'betrayed' trust: judge A veteran Winnipeg police officer who proclaimed his innocence during a trial and said he hoped to return to his job has been convicted of stealing cannabis from a drug scene alongside a now-disgraced constable he was partnered with in 2022. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Historic U.S. Cannabis Rescheduling Hearing Begins
In December 2025, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for, among other things, expediting the process to reschedule cannabis from its current status as a Schedule I substance at the federal level to Schedule III. The executive order marked the most significant federal cannabis policy change since the enactment of the Controlled Substances Act over 50 years ago. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Pennsylvania Democratic Senators Put Pressure On GOP To Allow A Vote On Legalizing Marijuana Every Pennsylvania Democratic senator is joining together in support of a procedural move that aims to increase pressure on Republicans to allow a vote on legalizing marijuana in the state. Led by Sen. Sharif Street (D), the lawmakers filed what is known as a discharge resolution that seeks to bring a bipartisan cannabis legalization bill out of committee, where it is stuck, and onto the floor for a vote. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
The DEA Begins Hearings on the Federal Rescheduling of Cannabis The hearings of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) American report on the federal reclassification of the Cannabis officially began on June 29. These hearings, which will continue until July 15, must determine whether the agency should finalize the proposal to legalize cannabis, which is currently prohibited at the federal level, the Schedule I to the Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Marijuana Leads To ‘Robust Improvements’ In Lower Back Pain And ‘Near-Total’ Cessation Of Opioids, Study Finds People with chronic lower back pain who don’t respond to traditional therapies such as opioids experience “large, sustained, and statistically robust improvements” when they switch to inhaled cannabis, according to a new study. Researchers at Rabin Medical Center in Israel looked at longitudinal data from 241 patients with treatment-resistant lower back pain from 2020 to 2025. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Jamaican woman fined in Barbados after pleading guilty to cannabis charges
A 63-year-old Jamaican woman has been fined BDS$21,000 after pleading guilty to multiple cannabis-related offences in Barbados. The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) said Doreen Veronica King of #2 Wavel Ave, Kingston, was arrested and formally charged by its Narcotics Unit following offences allegedly committed on June 27. King was charged with possession of cannabis, possession with intent to supply, trafficking and importation of cannabis. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
Cannabis Consumers Are Way More Likely To Dine At Restaurants That Offer THC Drinks As An Alcohol Alternative, Poll Shows A new poll of marijuana consumers shows they are overwhelmingly more likely to want to dine at restaurants that offer cannabis-derived THC drinks as an alternative to alcohol. The new survey, conducted by cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD, found that 54 percent of people who use marijuana and live in state-legal markets would be much more likely to visit a local restaurant that offered THC beverages. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
German state authority says cannabis flower must be dried where it's grown, tightening the screws on EU GMP washing Cannabis flower released as medicine in Hesse must be dried and trimmed at the place the plants are harvested, the Hessian State Office for Health and Care says in a June 8 guidance letter, unless a producer can prove beyond doubt that skipping or splitting the drying causes no loss of quality. |
| Jun 30, 2026 |
‘Nobody’s going first’: Cannabis cafes bleeding cash waiting to open, six months after regulations passed Amsterdam-style cannabis lounges are still coming to Massachusetts — just much slower than many business owners expected. It’s been six months since the Cannabis Control Commission approved regulations for these businesses. Yet almost no towns have passed zoning changes for the ventures to move forward — and the commission has not opened the licenses up for applications. Both municipalities and the commission say they’re waiting for the other to move forward. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
Lawmakers reintroduce cannabis banking reform A bipartisan group of senators and congressmen has reintroduced cannabis banking reform legislation, following the federal reclassification of medical cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
Nebraska Allows Grower to Start Medical Cannabis Cultivation Nebraska cannabis regulators have approved the first licensed cultivation company to begin growing cannabis nearly 19 months after state voters endorsed legalization for medical use. During a meeting on Monday, members of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously confirmed that MahaMota Cultivation Company had successfully completed its inspection process, clearing the way for the company to grow the state’s first legal medical cannabis crop. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
Thailand Threatens Cannabis Shops with Severe Penalties Thailand continues to shape its regulations on the Cannabis, with in fine a strictly regulated medical cannabis model. The Department of Traditional and Alternative Thai Medicine (DTAM) recently issued new enforcement guidelines establishing stricter penalties for companies that fail to comply with the 2025 national regulations governing cannabis as a controlled substance. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
DEA And FDA Highlight How Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol And Opioids During Rescheduling Hearing’s Opening Day Lawyers for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Monday highlighted testimony on marijuana’s medical benefits and its relative safety compared to other substances such as alcohol and opioids on the opening day of a hearing on the Trump administration’s cannabis rescheduling proposal. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
Lawmakers reintroduce cannabis banking reform
A bipartisan group of senators and congressmen has reintroduced cannabis banking reform legislation, following the federal reclassification of medical cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-OR, alongside Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, and Steve Daines, R-MT, introduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2026 to give banks legal clarity to serve state-legal medicinal and recreational cannabis businesses. Rep. David Joyce, R-OH, introduced companion legislation to the House, with seven colleagues. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
Tilray acquires HelloMD to expand medical cannabis platform NEW YORK and TORONTO - Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLRY; TSX:TLRY) announced today the acquisition of HelloMD Corporation, a digital healthcare and patient engagement platform focused on medical cannabis, according to a press release statement. Tilray was the successful bidder in HelloMD’s formal sale process and plans to acquire HelloMD’s Canadian medical cannabis assets following formal Court approval on June 29, 2026. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition comes as Tilray, with a market capitalization of $549.89 million, trades at $4.61 per share following a challenging six-month period that saw the stock decline nearly 50%. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
Israel Reopens Dumping Investigation into Canadian Medical Cannabis
Israel’s Commissioner for Trade Levies and the Ministry of Economy and Industry have opened a new investigation into allegations of dumping of medical cannabis into the Israeli market from Canada. As first reported by Cannabis Magazine, Commissioner Danny Tal is launching the investigation less than six months after a District Court rejected Israeli growers’ attempts to impose a tax on imports. The new complaint argues that circumstances in Israel’s medical cannabis market have changed, with local production decreasing, consumer prices rising, and the local industry facing “collapse”. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
Feds begin landmark cannabis reform hearings – here’s what to know The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) kicks off hearings today that could reshape federal cannabis policy for years to come. The government moved state-legal medical marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III earlier this year. Now, the feds are poised to debate whether all cannabis (i.e., adult-use) should be reclassified as well. |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
The Unexpected Reason Medical Cannabis Cuts Employee Sick Days by 7 Percent Employers still struggling with the dilemma of how to test and potentially sanction worker use of marijuana in states where the drug has been legalized might want to follow the lead of workplace tokers and just chill out. It turns out authorized use of cannabis for medical reasons actually reduces the days those employees call in sick—leaving managers shorthanded when they do—and has no effect on recreational user absence. Consider that pot’s unexpected payoff amid the continued spread of legal cannabis consumption |
| Jun 29, 2026 |
The Not-So-Hidden Economics of Nova Scotia’s Uncaptured Cannabis Market
Nova Scotia’s Premier, who has been waging a media campaign to draw attention to the province’s robust unlicensed cannabis sector for several months now, says he has no idea how much the province is losing to the black market. “It would be impossible to determine just how much volume is being sold illegally in Nova Scotia,” Tim Houston recently told reporters, due to its unregulated nature. While the premier is obviously correct that a fully accurate calculation of sales in the illicit market is not possible, a general overview is. The most recent national polling shows 72% of consumers who had purchased cannabis at least once in the past year reported purchasing cannabis from a legal source. In comparison, only about 3% reported getting it from an illicit source. Only 2% reported getting their cannabis from a storefront in a First Nations community. |
| Jun 28, 2026 |
The Ritual: The Joint Tip’s Journey from Problem-Solver to Creative Canvas and Beyond There was a time when the business end of your joint — the part that touched your lips — consisted of nothing more than rolling paper material wrapped around the weed, tapered and twisted off. If (but only if) you’d had enough practice, you’d manage to smoke that hand-rolled number all the way down to its roach without inhaling little bits of errant herb or burning your lips or fingers or both. Then things changed. Somewhere along the joint’s evolutionary timeline, the tip — aka the crutch, but not a filter, that’s a different beast altogether — a tiny, stiff piece of paper tucked between plant and pout emerged from the primordial pot-party ooze and went on to profoundly change the joint game forever. |
| Jun 28, 2026 |
How to Buy Weed in Tokyo: Japan’s Harshest Cannabis Laws & Why You Should Never Try Let us be direct: there is no safe way to buy weed in Tokyo. Japan maintains some of the world’s strictest drug laws, and unlawful cannabis conduct can carry multi-year imprisonment. While cannabis culture thrives in legal markets worldwide, and platforms like Herb help people explore strains, products, and dispensaries, Japan remains firmly closed to any cannabis activity. This guide explains exactly why you should never attempt to acquire cannabis in Tokyo and what happens to those who try. |
| Jun 27, 2026 |
Nova Scotia raises illegal cannabis fines to $50,000, adds new offences Nova Scotia proclaimed higher fines and new offences under its Cannabis Control Act on June 25, targeting illegal cannabis sales and aiming to reduce youth access to unregulated products. |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
New study challenges widely repeated claim about cannabis As attitudes toward cannabis shift, the arguments against it do too. In the 1930s, anti-marijuana campaigns often portrayed cannabis use as a cause of violent crime. Nowadays, claims about cannabis being laced with the dangerous opioid fentanyl are circulated in many communities. However, a new study may have debunked this theory. The study, published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, tested 118 cannabis samples for 16 illicit substances. This included LSD, methamphetamine, and PCP. |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
Canadian Cannabis Supplies Majority of UK’s Medical Market
According to a new report from B2B platform Prohibition Partners, cannabis from Canada accounted for approximately 70–80% of the UK’s total medical cannabis supply in 2025. As the UK medical cannabis market expands, exports from Canada to the UK increased by 562% from 2024 to 2025, reaching 17.07 tonnes. In 2025, Canada accounted for 96% of the UK’s total annual import growth, driven by consistency, price, and positioning. The report draws much of its data from a UK Home Office FOI request and its own internal platforms. |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
Cannabis Remains Most Widely Used Drug Worldwide, New Report Reveals
An estimated 256 million people worldwide used cannabis in 2024, outpacing opioids (63 million), amphetamines (32 million), cocaine (25 million) and ecstasy (21 million), according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Furthermore, the number of people using cannabis worldwide grew by 40% over the course of a decade, while the prevalence of its use increased from 3.8% of the population aged 15 to 64 in 2014 to 4.8% of the population in 2024, according to the UNODC World Drug Report 2026 that was released June 26. |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
The British medical cannabis market is expected to exceed 140,000 patients by 2026 The medical cannabis in the UK continues to expand, with the number of patients expected to exceed 140,000 by the end of 2026. According to the latest UK Medical Cannabis Market Update 2026 According to a report published by Prohibition Partners, imports, product availability, and patient access all reached record levels in 2025, further solidifying the United Kingdom’s position as one of the medical cannabis markets the fastest-growing in Europe, after Germany. |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
Massachusetts could become the first state to reverse marijuana legalization when it votes in November Massachusetts could become the first state to repeal its law allowing the sale of recreational marijuana after activists claimed to have secured enough petition signatures to force a referendum. Should the anti-cannabis movement succeed in getting the issue onto November’s midterm election ballot papers, the state could become the first to overturn legalization of the drug, which it voted in to allow in 2016. |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance Urges Regulatory Overhaul to Boost Industry Growth
The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) is calling for a redefinition of “industrial hemp” to allow for higher THC limits up to 1%, and for modernizing and streamlining the licensing process for hemp farmers. The proposal is part of CHTA’s submission in response to Health Canada’s May 2026 call for feedback on streamlining aspects of Canada’s industrial hemp regulations as part of the government’s red-tape reduction efforts. The deadline for that feedback is Tuesday, June 30, 2026. |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
‘A Giant Ship With a Rusty Rudder’: What Six Weeks of Cannabis Rescheduling Has and Hasn’t Changed On June 29, 2026, one of the most consequential hearings in the history of US cannabis policy, the crucial DEA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearing that could determine whether adult-use cannabis joins state-licensed medical cannabis on Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, begins proceedings. The hearing, set to take place in Arlington, Virginia and run until July 15, will address ‘whether the remainder of marijuana, as defined in the CSA, should be transferred from its current place on Schedule I of the list of controlled substances to Schedule III.’ |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
Second US cannabis company uplisted to NYSE to begin trading Tuesday Shares in California cannabis cultivation powerhouse Glass House Group will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the company announced. The second U.S.-based plant touching marijuana company to list on the NYSE after Florida marijuana multistate operator Trulieve Cannabis Corp., Glass House recently restructured to become a medical cannabis-only company. |
| Jun 26, 2026 |
Ontario Cannabis Store workers secure gains in new collective agreement
Workers at the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS), OPSEU/SEFPO Local 553, ratified a new collective agreement on June 26 following a contract campaign in which they united together to press for improvements to their working conditions. |
| Jun 25, 2026 |
Health-Related Workplace Absences Decline Following Medical Cannabis Legalization Portland, ME: The adoption of state laws regulating medical cannabis access is associated with declining trends in workplace absences, according to data published in the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. Researchers from the United States and India assessed whether either medical cannabis laws or adult-use legalization laws are associated with changes in health-related workplace absenteeism. |
| Jun 25, 2026 |
Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Features Only Prohibitionists, Triggering Concern A forthcoming federal hearing on cannabis policy is facing criticism after the DEA approved participation exclusively from individuals and organizations that have voiced skepticism about marijuana legalization, leaving reform advocates and industry representatives out of the discussion. The hearing, set for June 29 in Virginia, will focus on issues tied to the federal classification of marijuana. The proceedings could influence future decisions affecting cannabis businesses, taxation rules, banking access, and broader regulatory policy across the country. |
| Jun 25, 2026 |
Cannabis Inherits Its Future: What the Eye Can’t See
For most of cannabis history, the source of the drug was a black box. Everyone knew the sticky resin glands coating the flower — the trichomes — were where potency came from. But the process inside them — how the cells are organised, where exactly the chemistry happens, how raw materials move through the gland — remained unclear. |
| Jun 25, 2026 |
New York state launches center for cannabis care and health The state Office of Cannabis Management on Thursday announced the launch of its Center of Excellence for Cannabis Care and Health Equity, calling it a first-in-the-nation initiative designed to support healthcare as cannabis use becomes more common across New York. Announced in Gov. Kathy Hochul's 2026 State of the State, the new center will educate healthcare providers and public health professionals about cannabis. The center "brings together healthcare providers, public health experts and researchers to improve cannabis education and strengthen health outcomes," according to state's website dedicated to it. |
| Jun 25, 2026 |
B.C.’s cannabis industry has a new growth strategy—going global
As taxes and competition squeeze cannabis margins at home, exports are becoming the provincial industry's most promising high. |
| Jun 25, 2026 |
Report: Cannabis Industry Jobs Fell 2.7% Year-Over-Year Employment in the legal cannabis industry fell slightly in 2025 – down 2.7%, according to Vangst and Whitney Economics’ annual U.S. Cannabis Jobs Report. The report ties the job losses to a 3.3% decrease in U.S. cannabis sales and price compression. |
| Jun 25, 2026 |
The Irish Parliament recommends decriminalizing all drugs A committee of the Irish Parliament, the Joint Committee on Drug Use (Parliamentary Committee on Drug Use) published its final report, setting forth 161 recommendations aimed at fundamentally transforming the way the Irish government approaches the use of psychoactive substances. At the heart of the document is the decriminalization of the possession of all drugs for personal use. |
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