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| 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 |
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| 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. |
| May 20, 2025 |
Can cryptocurrencies solve cannabis business banking challenges? New Jersey cannabis retailer Pipe Dreams has implemented a system that converts digital currencies to dollars instantly at checkout, allowing the store’s customers to use cryptocurrency for their marijuana purchases. |
| May 19, 2025 |
German Cannabis Market Establishes Foundation for Global Industry Expansion (Op-Ed) There is arguably no cannabis market in the world that is experiencing a more compelling growth trajectory than the market in Germany, the largest economy in Europe. The rapid expansion of Germany’s cannabis market, which began in earnest with the adoption of the German Cannabis Act (CanG) in April 2024, shows no signs of slowing today. |
| May 19, 2025 |
Weed In A Can: How Cannabis Drinks Are Changing The Ritual Of Drinking On a shelf between craft beer and kombucha, something else is showing up in more fridges, bar tabs and DoorDash carts: cannabis. Not flower, not gummies: drinks. Fizzy, fruit-forward, sometimes microdosed, sometimes not. Once confined to dispensaries and health stores, THC beverages are moving into everyday life, and fast. |
| May 18, 2025 |
Medicinal cannabis prescribing practices under scrutiny after scripts issued 'every 4 minutes' Australian medical practitioners are writing scripts for high-strength medicinal cannabis products with alarming speed, raising concerns some are putting "profit over patient safety", according to the regulator. |
| May 17, 2025 |
Cannabis can be used as a psychedelic in therapy, but it's not for everyone, some mental health providers say Some Canadians who suffer from mental illness are turning to psychedelic therapy that utilizes cannabis instead of better-known psychedelics such as psilocybin. |
| May 16, 2025 |
Ford government to overhaul how cannabis stores look in Ontario The Ford government is set to loosen strict rules that force cannabis stores to cover their windows, offering a long-called-for change that the industry hopes will lead to better safety for its staff. |
| May 15, 2025 |
7-Year-Old Boy Killed In UK Cannabis Lab Explosion; Drug Dealer Jailed For 14 Years In a tragic incident in Newcastle, a cannabis production operation led to a fatal explosion that claimed the lives of seven-year-old Archie York and 35-year-old Jason Laws, according to The Metro. The explosion occurred in the early hours of October 16, 2024, at a flat on Violet Close, Benwell, where Reece Galbraith, 33, was manufacturing cannabis concentrates using highly flammable butane gas. |
| May 15, 2025 |
Ontario pushes local cannabis, booze in budget as LCBO revenues slide To flag Ontario cannabis products amid a trade war with the United States, Premier Doug Ford’s government has developed an “Ontario Grown” label to slap on products with at least 75 per cent provincial content. |
| May 15, 2025 |
Jarred Shaw, Dallas native and basketball player in Indonesia, could face death penalty over cannabis candyv An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested after allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, Indonesian authorities said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad. |
| May 14, 2025 |
Unlicensed cannabis dispensary shut down on Rideau Street; Drugs and trafficking equipment seized The Ottawa Police Service has shut down an unlicensed cannabis dispensary operating on Rideau Street, seizing illicit drugs, cash, and drug trafficking equipment. |
| May 14, 2025 |
AGLC seizes 162 kilos of cannabis with estimated street value of $1.5M More than 162 kilograms of cannabis were seized by members of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) at a southeast Calgary home on April 30. |
| May 14, 2025 |
Stronger Than Ever? Cannabis Companies Quietly Build Back Better Fundamentals We’re a long way from the cannabis stock boom of 2018, when Canada’s legalization of the drug sent pot stocks soaring. Today, while many of those companies remain, they’re valued at just a fraction of their former highs. However, in many cases, these companies are now fundamentally stronger, prompting savvy investors to reconsider whether the sector deserves a fresh look after several challenging years. |
| May 13, 2025 |
US Cannabis Industry Revenue Grows to $30B, Jobs Stall at 425,000
While cannabis employment dipped slightly in 2024, the industry posted $30.1 billion in legal retail sales—a 4.5% increase year-over-year. The job decline of 3.4% (15,443 roles) reflects a broader shift toward operational discipline amid regulatory challenges and market recalibration. |
| May 13, 2025 |
Jose Mujica, Uruguay's former leader, rebel icon and cannabis reformer, dead at 89 As president, Mujica adopted what was then a pioneering liberal stance on issues related to civil liberties. He signed a law allowing gay marriage and abortions in early pregnancy, and backed a proposal to legalize marijuana sales. The gay marriage and abortion measures were a big shift for Catholic Latin America, and the move on marijuana was at the time almost unprecedented worldwide. |
| May 13, 2025 |
Kamloops Mounties execute search warrants at cannabis stores on Tk'emlups reserve Police appear to be targeting grey-market cannabis shops operating on Tk’emlúps land. Mounties were out executing three search warrants on Tuesday morning, one at a home at 635 Shuswap Rd. and two others at cannabis businesses — Boomers Buds on Chief Louis Way and Five Star Smoke Shop on Ricardo Road. |
| May 13, 2025 |
The online drug trade behind QR code stickers plastered on streets across the UK Steve first spotted the eye-catching stickers while walking to the shops in Burton upon Trent. Plastered on bins and lamp posts, they featured a shiny, green cannabis leaf with a QR code and the words "get your delivery". |
| May 12, 2025 |
Analysis: Legalization Has Largely Displaced Canada’s Illicit Cannabis Market Most Canadian cannabis consumers have transitioned to the legal marketplace in the years following nationwide legalization, according to new data published online in the International Journal of Drug Policy. |
| May 12, 2025 |
Trump Replaces Prosecutor Who Threatened Medical Marijuana Dispensary With Fox News Host Who Joined Cannabis Company’s Board President Donald Trump has named a Fox News host with involvement in the cannabis industry to replace a U.S. attorney who threatened a Washington, D.C. medical marijuana dispensary with potential federal prosecution. |