Items tagged with cannabis industry and cannabis industry
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| New report aims to protect small cannabis from corporate takeover [26.10.2023] | When cannabis is legalized, a lot is at stake for the existing, state-level industry. The entrepreneurs who make up weed’s $33.8 billion market are p ... |
| A tale of two cannabis legalization experiments [17.10.2023] | It’s been five years since the Canadian government legalized and regulated non-medical cannabis cultivation, commerce, and consumption. California is ... |
| Cannabis in Canada: Debunking myths about the real impacts of legalization [09.10.2023] | Before Canada legalized recreational cannabis in October 2018, there was considerable debate about its potential effects. Some predicted it would tri ... |
| Cannabis firms are cut off from the US financial system, but relief is in sight [08.10.2023] | Imagine that you run a perfectly legal business but are unable to open a simple checking account at a national bank. Believe it or not, that’s the ca ... |
| The predatory perils of cannabis legalization in Jamaica [26.09.2023] | Jamaica revised its ganja laws to build a legal medicinal cannabis industry with the hopes of exporting to the world. Many assumed that Jamaica, and ... |
| German government anticipates huge windfall with legalization of cannabis [01.09.2023] | In November 2021, when it was announced the German government would send a law to the Bundestag to legalize the consumption and possession of marijua ... |
| A beachside city became California’s legal cannabis capital. Not everyone is stoked [03.08.2023] | Thanks to the most lenient policies in California for recreational marijuana, Santa Barbara county is now the state’s undisputed capital of legal can ... |
| Canadian marijuana entrepreneurs shift focus to ‘micro’ licenses [17.07.2023] | Cannabis entrepreneurs in Canada are increasingly turning to smaller micro-cultivation facilities to manage costs and produce higher-quality marijuan ... |
| Legal but locked out [14.06.2023] | As Jamaica continues to promote medicinal cannabis to attract investors and spur the industry's development, entrepreneurs face significant hurdles d ... |
| Canada’s unsold cannabis inventory balloons to 1.5 billion grams [06.06.2023] | Business failures and consolidation failed to stop Canada’s stockpile of unsold cannabis from reaching a new high in the final quarter of 2022, the l ... |
| Morocco: Two years after cannabis law, farmers in the Rif still 'in the dark' [08.05.2023] | 2023 may be the year of his first legal cannabis harvest in Morocco. After years of semi-underground, Aziz has decided to move over to "the legal sid ... |
| Thailand's promised cannabis bonanza disappoints as politicians trade blame [06.04.2023] | Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis has delighted its fans, alarmed some health experts and has increasingly disappointed farmers who have been ... |
| Cannabis industry plans for South Africa have stalled: how to get them moving again [24.03.2023] | The opportunity to commercialise the hemp and cannabis industry in South Africa is that it is a new, fast-growing, multi-billion dollar sector with l ... |
| À Chefchaouen, les coopératives s’apprêtent à lancer la saison de culture du cannabis légalisé [07.03.2023] | Un atelier de travail s’est tenu, le 6 mars au siège de la province de Chefchaouen, afin d’examiner les modalités concrètes de soutien aux coopérativ ... |
| Jamaican ganja farmers outraged after licence granted to import Canadian herb [26.02.2023] | Some local ganja farmers are fuming over reports that a licence has been granted to a company to import Canadian cannabis into Jamaica. Speaking insi ... |
| Cannabis associations will need to have salaries approved by regulator [18.02.2023] | Salaries paid out by cannabis associations will have to be approved by the regulator to ensure they are in line with market rates, ARUC boss Leonid M ... |
| Canadian wholesale cannabis prices are off more than 40% in 2022 [15.02.2023] | Canadian cannabis wholesale prices tumbled more than 40% last year as companies continued to work through stubborn supply gluts and struggling cultiv ... |
| Why is Lesotho’s cannabis boom failing to deliver the prosperity it promised? [15.02.2023] | Even though legislation in 2008 made it possible to grow cannabis for medical or scientific purposes in Lesotho, doing so without a licence from the ... |
| Cannabis producer Canopy cutting 800 jobs, closing flagship Canadian facility [09.02.2023] | Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth said it is closing its flagship cultivation facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, and cutting more than a third ... |
| Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business? [28.12.2022] | If the federal government legalizes cannabis, lawmakers should beware of monopolization by national corporations, says Shaleen Title, chief executive ... |
| Marijuana law reached peak absurdity in 2022 [24.12.2022] | Banning a plant with hundreds of industrial and medical uses was never going to work out well, but 2022 saw marijuana prohibition reach peak absurdit ... |
| Activists fear medical cannabis companies want in on recreational market [21.11.2022] | Established medical cannabis companies could be looking to set their foot in Malta’s flegdling recreational cannabis market, according to sources. Re ... |
| A tale of marijuana charlatans, corruption, collusion and exploitation [16.11.2022] | Through manipulating trust and exploiting public ignorance, cannabis charlatans – new and old – are trying to construct corporate empires, some of wh ... |
| Could Germany’s impending cannabis legalization prop up Canada’s flagging producers? [18.09.2022] | First-mover advantage: It’s a phrase long used by Canadian cannabis companies that have spent billions of dollars to accelerate their international s ... |
| Cannabis policy changes in Africa are welcome. But small producers are the losers [30.05.2022] | Many African states that persecuted citizens for cannabis related offences for years are now promoting legal cannabis production. Over the past five ... |
| Why cannabis prices are plunging – unlike just about everything else [02.05.2022] | As Canadians deal with the highest inflation in decades and broadening price hikes, one industry remains locked in a lengthy trend of discounting and ... |
| Africa eyes the global cannabis market [06.04.2022] | Benjamin Cadet stands among his plants in a white polo shirt bearing his company logo. He dons surgeon's gloves and handles the flowers carefully. Th ... |
| Inside California's cannabis crisis [21.02.2022] | California’s marijuana market, which reached an estimated $4.4 billion in sales in 2020, has seemingly reached peak cannabis capitalism. But the over ... |
| Budding market: Lucrative cannabis industry looks to leverage ex-politicians’ sway [02.02.2022] | Not too long ago, Ehud Olmert was trying to lead Israel to a historic peace agreement. These days, the former Israeli prime minister is pushing a dif ... |
| A cannabis monopoly asteroid is coming [01.02.2022] | If you think two or three powerful companies owning and controlling the sales of all regulated marijuana sounds like a good thing, you can click away ... |
| Cannabis companies facing 'crossroads' selling off stores, farms and warehouses [13.01.2022] | Cannabis companies are selling off growing facilities, stores and warehouses as they try to better align their offerings with demand. Industry observ ... |
| Three years post-legalization, Canada's cannabis industry ready for a reset [15.10.2021] | Three years after Canada legalized cannabis, the industry appears ready for a reset. When midnight struck on Oct. 17, 2018, Canada became the first d ... |
| Despite layoffs and losses, cannabis CEOs awarded millions in bonuses [11.10.2021] | Despite stagnant revenue, layoffs, facility closings and big losses, the top executives of some of the largest cannabis companies in Canada were awar ... |
| Stand for craft: How Canada’s craft cannabis cultivators are pushing for tax reform [29.09.2021] | It’s been just three short years since cannabis was legalized in Canada, but it’s already clear the nation’s exorbitant taxation on cannabis cultivat ... |
| What do you do with a billion grams of surplus weed? [05.08.2021] | Back in 2018, during those months before Canada legalized recreational cannabis, things were good for the pot industry. Companies were being hyped as ... |
| Canadian cannabis producers have sold less than 20% of output since adult-use legalization [28.07.2021] | Cannabis producers in Canada have sold less than 20% of their production since the country launched adult-use sales in October 2018, according to an ... |
| Fact or fable: Will cannabis be Africa’s economic saviour? [18.07.2021] | In recent years several African governments have changed their stance and implemented policies that legalise cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and ... |
| Massachusetts cannabis workers unionize, part of a national movement [01.07.2021] | Many cannabis cultivation workers share common challenges. They frequently lack a living wage, benefits (like health care and retirement plans) or pa ... |
| Congress only has one chance to legalize marijuana the right way [01.06.2021] | Congressional Democratic leaders filed a marijuana legalization bill last week aimed at remedying the injustices of the drug war. But my experience a ... |
| Cannabis goes corporate: Lobbyists, unions seek to shape marijuana industry [08.05.2021] | The rally at the state capitol on April 20, the unofficial holiday for pot aficionados, brought out green-wigged supporters ringed in wisps of smoke. ... |
| After Aphria deal, the new Tilray eyes transformation into a global cannabis brands giant [03.05.2021] | Tilray Inc. shareholders approved the merger with Aphria Inc., creating a cannabis powerhouse that’s both the largest medical marijuana company in Eu ... |
| Lesotho firm first in Africa to be granted EU licence for medical cannabis [21.04.2021] | A company in Lesotho has become the first in Africa to receive a licence to sell medical cannabis to the EU. The country’s top medical cannabis produ ... |
| After ‘Green Rush,’ Canada’s legal pot suppliers are stumbling [18.04.2021] | When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government’s legalized marijuana in 2018, a primary goal was to create a more equitable justice system — not a m ... |
| A Sustainable Future for Cannabis Farmers [16.04.2021] | Learn how lessening the barriers for small farmers while raising them for large companies can help to steer legal cannabis markets in a more sustaina ... |
| This cannabis giant has European targets in its sights ahead of U.S. legalization frenzy, CEO says [12.04.2021] | Cannabis deals in Europe will help pot giant Aphria build up a war chest ahead of an expected frenzy of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. High-mar ... |
| A founding father of legal pot in Colorado reveals regrets [09.04.2021] | I helped write Amendment 64, litigated numerous cases before and after 64 to make it a reality, and also helped design implementing regulations at th ... |
| Big tobacco is coming for legal marijuana [08.04.2021] | Big Tobacco has been planning for this moment for decades. A 1983 industry list titled New Product Ideas, made public as part of a court settlement, ... |
| New chairman of CLA wants ganja industry to earn maximum benefits globally [02.04.2021] | Reforming the Cannabis industry into one which earns maximum benefits globally, is the goal of newly appointed Chairman for the Cannabis Licensing Au ... |
| New York legalizing weed could mean big things for the future of the cannabis industry [01.04.2021] | New York became the latest state to legalize recreational cannabis, and is poised to become one of the nation's largest markets. The multibillion-dol ... |
| Cannabis: Black farmers to ‘shut down’ regulator [23.03.2021] | The Black Farmers' Association of South Africa (BFASA) have threatened to shut down the regulatory authority for allegedly excluding them from opport ... |
| Mexico’s lower house approves recreational cannabis bill [11.03.2021] | Mexico’s lower house has approved a bill that would legalise the recreational use of cannabis, putting the country on the path to becoming one of the ... |
| BAT looks beyond tobacco to Canadian marijuana [11.03.2021] | British American Tobacco said it will buy a nearly 20% stake in Canada-based cannabis producer Organigram for about 126 million pounds ($175.8 millio ... |
| How tobacco giant Altria is becoming a cannabis company [09.02.2021] | Altria, one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, is well on its way to also being one of the world’s biggest and most influential cannabis compa ... |
| ‘There’s no stopping the industry now’: Democratic control is a big win for marijuana [31.01.2021] | Cannabis companies are positioning themselves for the greater likelihood that federal cannabis restrictions will be loosened significantly. Sales are ... |
| Mexico moves to create world’s largest legal cannabis market [12.01.2021] | Mexico’s health ministry published rules to regulate the use of medicinal cannabis, a major step in a broader reform to create the world’s largest le ... |
| How state marijuana legalization became a boon for corruption [27.12.2020] | In the past decade, 15 states have legalized a regulated marijuana market for adults over 21, and another 17 have legalized medical marijuana. But in ... |
| After blockbuster Aphria-Tilray merger, world’s largest cannabis company eyes U.S. market [18.12.2020] | Tilray and Aphria, two of the biggest marijuana companies in Canada, announced plans to merge and create the world’s largest cannabis outfit. With ex ... |
| Swiss cannabis market - a delicate balancing act [01.12.2020] | Producing and selling hemp inflorescences (clusters of flowers on a stem) with a low THC content has been legal in Switzerland since 2017. However, t ... |
| Mexico may become the third country to legalise cannabis [21.11.2020] | On November 19, the Senate began debating a bill that would make Mexico the third country in the world, after Uruguay and Canada, to legalise cannabi ... |
| Mexico is poised to legalize marijuana, but advocates don’t like the details [08.11.2020] | It's the moment for which advocates of legal marijuana here have been waiting: Mexican lawmakers, working under a court order, have until mid-Decembe ... |
| Black and Indigenous entrepreneurs struggle for traction in Canada's cannabis industry [17.10.2020] | A policy brief by the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the University of Toronto looked at c-suite level executives, parent companies and license ... |
| Mexico, plagued by cartel wars, on cusp of legal cannabis 'green rush' [01.10.2020] | Senate majority leader Ricardo Monreal expects a law to be passed before December for recreational use of the drug, allowing regulated private firms ... |
| Cannabis: A rush to corporate capture? [30.09.2020] | Finance minister Tito Mboweni expects the newly legal cannabis industry to pour an estimated R4 billion into the government’s dwindling tax coffers w ... |
| Draft cannabis bill ‘completely misses the mark’ [23.09.2020] | Two years ago, the Constitutional Court of South Africa decriminalised the possession and cultivation of cannabis in private by adults for personal p ... |
| eSwatini: A brief tale of two laws [18.09.2020] | The U.S. company Stem Holdings reported in 2019 that it had “received preliminary approval to become the only licensed growing farm and processing pl ... |
| Reputation, revenue at stake as Brazil weighs legalization of cannabis cultivation [18.09.2020] | Brazil has fast-tracked a draft law that would legalize the cultivation of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp. South America’s largest economy le ... |
| Cannabis Regulation and Development [09.09.2020] | Significant policy shifts have led to an unprecedented boom in medical cannabis markets, while a growing number of countries are moving towards the l ... |
| Canopy Growth CEO’s partial-year compensation tops CA$45 million [11.08.2020] | Canopy Growth’s chief executive earned 1,042 times more than the median compensation for the cannabis producer’s other employees in fiscal 2020. The ... |
| It could take 10 years to measure the impact of legalising weed [11.08.2020] | The referendum on legalising recreational cannabis use is just over a month away. Campaigns for and against the change are well under way. We’ve had ... |
| King Mswati, Stem Holdings and the multi-billion political dagga cold war [01.08.2020] | King Mswati allegedly entered into a deal with Stem Holdings and manipulated provisions of the Prevention of Organized Crime Act (POCA) by unleashing ... |
| Uzbekistan returns to its roots with cannabis cultivation [21.07.2020] | Central Asia has a great climate for growing cannabis. The plant, which is indigenous to the region, blankets hillsides and reveals itself stubbornly ... |
| Thousands more pot shops needed to end illicit market: Fire & Flower CEO [06.07.2020] | Canada needs to open as many as 4,000 cannabis stores, more than triple the current number of licensed outlets, if policymakers want to eliminate the ... |
| Cannabis Bill controversy: Did dagga growers influence MPs? [21.06.2020] | Did dagga growers influence MPs? The withdrawal of the Opium and Habit-Forming Drugs (Amendment) Bill No.06 of 2020 in the House of Assembly, has rai ... |
| Growers association calls ganja industry a failed experiment [15.06.2020] | The Ganja Growers and Producers Association (GGPAJ) says despite the success of several Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) operators, Jamaica's regul ... |
| Cannabis companies are finding it tougher than ever to navigate the market [02.06.2020] | Some of the biggest cannabis players when legalization took effect 20 months ago have successfully held on to their dominant positions, despite a yea ... |
| Lavish parties, greedy pols and panic rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ collapsed [24.05.2020] | MedMen looked to become the Apple of pot, the first mainstream, nationwide consumer brand for the product that drove so many Americans to ingest and ... |
| As cannabis market softens, some investors pulling back [24.05.2020] | Aurora, a Canadian listed cannabis company, has sold its Jamaica asset for less than its CDN$4.5 million valuation in order to get cash. “The compan ... |
| Licensed retail herb houses can now sell to qualified patients online [16.05.2020] | The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has established interim measures to facilitate online sales by licensed retail herb houses to registered patie ... |
| Cannabis in high demand amid coronavirus pandemic [05.05.2020] | According to cannabis industry analytics firm Headset, pot sales in the United States spiked in mid-March, with sales growth peaking at 64% in the we ... |
| Canopy Growth exits cannabis cultivation on three continents in major international pullback [16.04.2020] | Canopy Growth is ceasing cannabis cultivation in Africa, Canada, Colombia and the United States in a bid to “improve efficiencies” in its global oper ... |
| Cannabis bankruptcies start to roll in as pandemic halts financing [06.04.2020] | The cannabis bankruptcy filings are starting to roll in. Already plagued by a tough regulatory environment, disappointing sales and capital markets t ... |
| Stoners cheered when Canada legalised cannabis. How did it go so wrong? [05.04.2020] | Two years on, the Canadian cannabis legalisation experiment hasn’t quite turned out as we reformers had hoped. The black market is still vibrant whil ... |
| Missed earnings, misdirection put Canadian cannabis executives in hot seat [01.04.2020] | The exodus of cannabis executives in Canada is in full swing after their companies raked up collective net losses exceeding CA$6 billion ($4.4 billio ... |
| Cannabis scientists are chasing the perfect high [01.04.2020] | The cannabis business has arrived at a critical moment. Now that pot has become something like a regular consumer product, customers are increasingly ... |
| Big cannabis in the UK [18.03.2020] | The BMJ has uncovered links between companies, campaign groups and individuals lobbying for wider patient access to cannabis for medical use and a pa ... |
| 'The legal stuff is garbage': why Canada's cannabis black market keeps thriving [18.03.2020] | Cannabis may be legal in Vancouver but visitors looking to score are likely to run into a seemingly counterintuitive suggestion: try the black market ... |
| Gov’t assisting transition of traditional ganja growers to legal industry [25.02.2020] | Minister of State for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, says the Government, through its Alternative Development Programme ... |
| A 70/30 split on investment in medical cannabis industry [22.02.2020] | Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir is making it clear that 30 per cent of any investment coming to Barbados for the medicinal canna ... |
| Mboweni says ‘legalize it!’ as he dares cops to arrest him for growing dagga [03.02.2020] | In a series of tweets on Sunday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni uploaded photos of dagga plants growing on his farm in Limpopo, which he explained wer ... |
| 'This was supposed to be reparations': Why is LA's cannabis industry devastating black entrepreneurs? [03.02.2020] | A Los Angeles government program set up to provide cannabis licenses to people harmed by the war on drugs has been plagued by delays, scandal and bur ... |
| FP Dealmakers: ‘There are going to be bankruptcies' [30.01.2020] | The one thing Bay Street’s top cannabis bankers are all in agreement about is how difficult it has become for the pot sector to raise money over the ... |
| Another cannabis company teeters on the edge [29.01.2020] | Last week was a wild one for MedMen, the multistate cannabis retailer based in Culver City, California. As CEO Adam Bierman was getting ready to do a ... |
| Cannabis companies could go bust in 2020, industry insiders predict [21.01.2020] | What a difference a year makes. Around this time in 2019, the cannabis sector was booming. Investors wanted in and stock prices were skyrocketing. To ... |
| SA and legal cannabis: profits should be reaped, but like any industry, there are also risks [21.01.2020] | South Africa’s cannabis conversation is shifting into a new gear, with Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on the record as pushing for full legalisation. ... |
| Major Canadian pot companies facing proposed class-action lawsuits in the U.S. [19.01.2020] | Some of Canada's biggest cannabis producers are facing proposed class-action lawsuits in the United States after investors were hit with steep financ ... |
| Pot industry heads to Davos as stocks rebound: Cannabis Weekly [19.01.2020] | Tough times in the cannabis industry aren’t stopping its leaders from going to Davos. For the second year in a row, there will be a Cannabis House in ... |
| The Great Cannabis Crash of 2019 [14.01.2020] | Bad news about the so-called "Green Rush" rolled in slowly at first, picking up steam around the end of last summer. Stocks started to dive. Layoffs ... |
| Birthplace of semi-legal pot risks falling behind U.S. [13.01.2020] | Since the Netherlands decriminalized marijuana in 1976, Amsterdam’s “coffee shops” have become a destination for weed lovers from around the globe. B ... |
| Investors rush to bring weed to the masses [13.01.2020] | Europe's first cannabis exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Medical Cannabis and Wellness ETF, dubbed CBSX, launched in Germany. A joint project of Purpo ... |
| Why is medical marijuana a high ranking priority for Thailand's military? [12.01.2020] | South-East Asia is notorious for its brutal approach to policing drug use and production. But in Thailand change is afoot, as authorities seek to dev ... |
| Foreign assets could be next on the block for cash-hungry cannabis companies [10.01.2020] | Two years ago, Canadian cannabis companies were racing to scoop up international assets, from swaths of fertile land in southern Africa to cultivatio ... |
| South Africa's black farmers fight to enter marijuana market [08.01.2020] | Following the Constitutional Court's decision in 2018 to decriminalize the personal use and cultivation of cannabis in South Africa, there are concer ... |
| 'There's just no money coming in': Cannabis sector bracing for wave of insolvencies in 2020 [31.12.2019] | Cannabis industry insiders are bracing for a slew of bankruptcies in the coming year as small and medium-sized companies low on cash struggle to rais ... |
| Why Canada's cannabis bubble burst [29.12.2019] | When Canada legalised marijuana just over a year ago, it seemed like anyone who was anyone wanted to break into the market. The media nicknamed the f ... |
| America’s marijuana growers are the best in the world, but federal laws are keeping them out of global markets [27.12.2019] | After 20 years of experience, legal marijuana growers in the U.S. have a reputation for creating the best product in the world, scientifically grown ... |
| Peak pot? Thick haze dulls hype around cannabis startups [16.12.2019] | The hype around cannabis startups in recent years intoxicated many investors. But poor balance sheets and plummeting share prices has made the comedo ... |
| Inside the billion-dollar race to patent cannabis [09.12.2019] | The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has already issued several patents for specific kinds of cannabis and for more wide-ranging “utility pat ... |
| CLA issues 50 cannabis licences in two years [08.12.2019] | The four-year-old Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) reached another major milestone last week by issuing its 50th licence for medicinal use of the d ... |
| ‘B.C. bud’ cannabis still underground, John Horgan hopes to rescue it [02.12.2019] | British Columbia used to supply half of Canada’s marijuana, export it to the United States by the hockey bag, and bring home a bong-full of blue ribb ... |
| Inside the Walmart of weed [23.11.2019] | With Canada the largest nation to completely legalize marijuana, the world’s most valuable pot company, Canopy Growth Corp., founded in 2013 and now ... |
| De Caires has high hopes despite pace of Cannabis Commission! [17.11.2019] | Andre De Caires of the Cannabis Movement of St. Lucia is not satisfied with the pace at which the recently formed Cannabis Commission is working. The ... |
| Battered cannabis investors still seek bottom after Canopy plunges [15.11.2019] | Canopy Growth Corp. led another mass selloff in the Canadian cannabis space after an earnings miss had investors once again looking for a bottom in t ... |
| Canadian cannabis group appeals to Trudeau to help fix industry challenges [15.11.2019] | An industry group representing Canada’s biggest cannabis companies is appealing to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help address some of the industry ... |
| Government throws its weight behind medical cannabis sector [13.11.2019] | With the issuance of a wide-ranging ministry report on the medical cannabis industry, Israel is for the first time making clear its intention to back ... |
| Cannabis in Thailand: How far will the green gold rush go? [07.11.2019] | Thailand made headlines all over the world last December when it became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize cannabis for medical use and ... |
| Reasons marijuana legalization seems to be failing [05.11.2019] | When it was first proposed, the concept of marijuana legalization seemed solid enough. Take the world’s most popular illicit substance, establish a t ... |
| All dried up: How Bay Street cashed in on the cannabis frenzy before the carnage [01.11.2019] | The warning signs were there all summer, but it wasn’t until the first business day of September that the reckoning arrived for Canadian cannabis com ... |
| Glimmer of hope for cannabis industry as talks continue with US [31.10.2019] | Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Investment, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Dermon Spence has indicated that there could be headway in sig ... |
| As Russian money poured into cannabis, Giuliani allies scrambled to partake [23.10.2019] | Federal law still treats cannabis as an illegal substance, and traditional banks have been wary of getting involved. Wealthy financiers have moved in ... |
| Small-scale outdoor growing is firing up Legalization 2.0 [23.10.2019] | Mark Spear might be a thorn in the side of the Canadian weed industry. Or he may be a heel. He certainly stands out when it comes to gently pissing o ... |
| South Africa’s budding cannabis industry is waiting for regulations to catch up [20.10.2019] | South Africa’s budding cannabis industry has made huge strides over the last year since the Constitutional Court upheld South Africans’ right to priv ... |
| A year in the weeds: Why the cannabis industry didn't take off the way everyone planned [15.10.2019] | Dozens of legal cannabis producers, backed by billions in investor capital, were expected to put the black market on its heels, launching Canada to t ... |
| Jamaica joins global stock markets in bracing for impact of Cannabis Banking Bill [11.10.2019] | The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has joined other stock markets across the globe in bracing for the impact of the Cannabis Banking Bill, which is cur ... |
| Canada’s cannabis colonialism [09.10.2019] | Canadian weed companies have their eye on a massive prize: the lucrative medical and adult cannabis markets that are emerging around the world. Much ... |
| Feeling burned: The first year of legal cannabis has been a complete disaster for investors [09.10.2019] | The legalization of cannabis in Canada was supposed to be a catalyst — the most powerful one yet, investors and analysts alike thought — that would l ... |
| Facing stiff competition, will Colombia's marijuana industry go up in smoke? [07.10.2019] | Cannabis company Clever Leaves has only managed to export a few marijuana derivatives because of the tight regulations threatening to choke Colombia’ ... |
| 'No plantation mentality!' [03.10.2019] | Noted cannabis advocate Ras Iyah V has issued a warning to prospective overseas investors who may have intentions of exploiting small ganja farmers t ... |
| Mexico could have state-owned cannabis company [02.10.2019] | The coordinator of the MORENA party at the Lower Chamber Mario Delgado Carrillo presented an initiative for the creation of a legal market for the pu ... |
| Strike cannabis off Controlled Substances Act [30.09.2019] | Cannabis guru Ras Iyah V says the time has come for developing nations, including those of the Caribbean, to collectively lobby the US to strike cann ... |
| The Challenges of Medicinal Cannabis in Colombia [30.09.2019] | In July 2016, the Colombian government enacted Law 1787, which regulates the use of medicinal cannabis and its trade in the country. With this decisi ... |
| Cannabis industry hopes SAFE Banking Act will spark new wave of growth, especially in U.S. [27.09.2019] | For the first time in history, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to both validate and protect the burgeoning cannabis industry by ... |
| Caribbean gov’ts urged to take unified approach to cannabis trade [27.09.2019] | St Vincent and the Grenadines Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar is calling for Caricom and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) t ... |
| Cannabis: le Maroc peut-il surfer sur la vague verte? [24.09.2019] | Le pétrole vert du Maroc fait saliver les nouvelles industries émergentes qui promettent des produits miracles à base de cannabis. Malgré les perspec ... |
| Why pot's illicit history is making it so hard for companies to get patents in the legal cannabis era [13.09.2019] | When Canopy Growth Corp. announced a plan to acquire cannabis researcher Ebbu Inc. for US$330 million last October, it touted the company’s intellect ... |
| One of the largest pharma companies in the world has made a big move in cannabis [12.09.2019] | A subsidiary of NYSE-traded giant Teva Pharmaceuticals has signed a deal with medical cannabis company Canndoc to distribute its GMP products to phar ... |
| Colombia is turning into a major medical marijuana producer [07.09.2019] | Other countries are passing laws to permit the production, import and export of medical marijuana but Colombia has a leg up because it did so three y ... |
| Black market pot entered CannTrust facility, flowed into legal market last year: Sources [06.09.2019] | Senior operating staff working at CannTrust Holdings Inc.’s Pelham, Ont. facility late last year brought cannabis seeds from the black market into pr ... |
| The reason pot stocks will never recover [30.08.2019] | Marijuana stocks. At a glance, they seem like a disruption investor’s dream... After all, it’s a multi-billion-dollar market opening up after 100 yea ... |
| Roll up, roll up: capitalism will drive cannabis legalisation in Ireland [23.08.2019] | It is inevitable that cannabis will be legalised in Ireland in the coming years. It may take five years or even longer for the prohibition to be full ... |
| Weed investment boom sparks calls for City pot exchange [20.08.2019] | Canada was once the centre of a gold rush, but now a "green rush" for cannabis is setting stock markets alight. As the world's most progressive count ... |
| Ganja export regulations to be finalised September [16.08.2019] | The Jamaican Government is finalising legislation to allow for marijuana producers to export. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheri ... |
| 'Growing outside is a dream': Asparagus makes way for cannabis in Canada's fields [07.08.2019] | The amount of outdoor-grown cannabis will make up a small portion of the market this year — less than 10 per cent of the cultivation licenses granted ... |
| The unbearable whiteness of weed: Canada’s booming cannabis industry has a race problem [02.08.2019] | The Canadian cannabis industry is booming. From giant industrial operations such as Canopy Growth to smaller “luxury” cannabis retailers, to an array ... |
| Canada's cannabis industry just beginning to bud [31.07.2019] | Mark Rendell, a business journalists for Canada's second-largest daily, The Globe and Mail, says the decision to legalize cannabis has led to a gold ... |
| Auxly Cannabis stock soars as British tobacco giant Imperial takes 20% stake [25.07.2019] | British tobacco company Imperial Brands is getting into the cannabis business with a $123 million investment in Auxly Cannabis, the Canadian company ... |
| U.S. bankers are answering the call of cannabis as deals flow away from Canada [23.07.2019] | After years of Canada dominating the world of marijuana finance, the country’s head start is evaporating and U.S. bankers are increasingly answering ... |
| Opposition MP calls for policy on cannabis [03.07.2019] | Opposition spokesman on tourism, Dr Wykeham McNeill is urging the Government to formulate a policy framework to define its position on cannabis. Cann ... |
| Bruce Linton's firing signals it is time for the cannabis industry to start delivering [03.07.2019] | The surprise ousting of the chief executive officer of Canada’s foremost cannabis company is a sign of things to come, some observers warned, as the ... |
| Reefer Madness or Pot Paradise? The surprising legacy of the place where legal weed began [30.06.2019] | Colorado’s first-in-the-nation experiment has reshaped health, politics, rural culture and criminal justice in surprising ways that often defy both t ... |
| ‘There’s no opposition now’: how a quiet Canada town became a world leader in growing weed [29.06.2019] | In 2018 Canada became the second country, after Uruguay, to legalise recreational use. By catching the green wave, Canopy Growth’s co-chief executive ... |
| Global marijuana use rose by 60 percent over the past decade [26.06.2019] | The global story about cannabis — the most-used recreational drug in the world — is about as fuzzy as your body feels after taking your first hit. Wh ... |
| Want to grow your own cannabis? Get ready to fight ‘Big Marijuana’ [19.06.2019] | Illinois is about to make history as the first state to legalize recreational cannabis and allow commercial sales through the state legislature inste ... |
| Global marijuana trade is still five to seven years off, but Canada aims to be world's cannabis king [17.06.2019] | Cam Battley believes that in the not-too-distant future, his company — one of Canada’s largest licensed producers — will be exporting a “significant ... |
| The world’s largest pot farms, and how Santa Barbara opened the door [15.06.2019] | In a sandy draw of the Santa Rita Hills, a cannabis company is planning to erect hoop greenhouses over 147 acres — the size of 130 football fields — ... |
| In the land with a rich history of growing weed, cannabis capitalism is an uneasy fit [05.06.2019] | There’s a hint of disappointment in Courtney Betty’s voice when he talks about the present state of Jamaica’s legal medicinal cannabis regime. “I don ... |
| Colombia has 100-plus licensed cannabis firms, but only a handful have registered cultivars [31.05.2019] | Interest in Colombia’s medical marijuana market is booming, but out of over 100 licensed cannabis companies operating in the country few have finishe ... |
| Asia emerging as new frontier for Canadian cannabis players [30.05.2019] | As cannabis companies eye expansion in European and South American markets, Asia is poised to be a new frontier for some major Canadian pot players. ... |
| Israel is banking on cannabis as its next big industry [29.05.2019] | Israel sees legal production of medicine based on cannabis as its next big industry, hoping to tap into a global market that research organizations e ... |
| Israel's BOL Pharma aims for top of the world's medical marijuana industry [27.05.2019] | It started 85 years ago as a farm on Moshav Ein Iron growing peaches and avocados, but if the plans of the Israeli company Breath of Life come to fru ... |
| The green rush: should you invest in cannabis? [25.05.2019] | How big is the legal cannabis industry? Every time I think I’ve seen the highest estimate along comes another breathless puff piece with an even bigg ... |
| 'Price-conscious' pot consumers find backyard planting way cheaper [22.05.2019] | The federal Cannabis Act specifies that each household can cultivate up to four plants — either indoors or out. Manitoba and Quebec have opted to pro ... |
| Expert says new laws stifling legal ganja industry [22.05.2019] | Ganja growers and producers say regulations to the updated Dangerous Drugs Act (2015) are too stringent and pose a major impediment to those who repr ... |
| High finance: Mr Nice 'cannabis lifestyle' shop opens in London [16.05.2019] | Howard Marks made his name in the illicit drugs trade but the late drugs baron is making a posthumous comeback to cash in on a booming legal trade in ... |
| Battle brewing [13.05.2019] | The Ganja Growers Producers Association Jamaica (GGPAJ) says it is strongly opposed to the Government's embrace of hemp cultivation and has made a nu ... |
| High expectations for ganja in St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua [10.05.2019] | American businessman, Chase Ergen and Greek billionaire, Alki David, have formed a consortium aimed at developing the cannabis business in the Easter ... |
| Through all the smoke, the cannabis industry needs to develop a bigger vision [10.05.2019] | The cannabis industry can build a better and regenerative culture, rather than falling into the same old tired and destructive human and corporate pa ... |
| Cannabis can be grown outdoors for pennies on the dollar. So why is hardly anyone doing it? [09.05.2019] | Cannabis companies have spent the early days of the legal recreational cannabis era building massive growing facilities, but the chief executive of 4 ... |
| China cashes in on the cannabis boom [06.05.2019] | China has made your iPhone, your Nikes. Now, it wants to grow your cannabis. Two of China’s 34 regions are quietly leading a boom in cultivating cann ... |
| Jamaicans are worried foreigners will take over the ganja market [04.05.2019] | Since 2015, Jamaica has become the site of a ganja gold rush, as foreign investors pump in money and set up shop on the island. Smaller local farmers ... |
| Paulwell joins lobby to get banking services for cannabis industry [03.05.2019] | The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is again being pressed about its role in charting the way forward to enable the legal cannabis industry to access financial ... |
| Cannabis co-operatives: Can working together preserve small players? [01.05.2019] | Hezekiah Allen believes in small family farms, though he’s biased — he grew up on one. Born in an off-the-grid community of rural Humboldt County, Al ... |
| Sunny Portugal: A gateway to Europe's medical pot market [24.04.2019] | Famous for its roasted suckling pig and wines, the Portuguese city of Cantanhede now hosts the country's first medical cannabis production farm - a b ... |
| Germany to launch cannabis farming as Canada's Aurora, Aphria win tenders [18.04.2019] | Germany has awarded contracts to supply domestically-grown cannabis to two Canadian companies, as it seeks to develop its own medicinal marijuana ind ... |
| 4/21 organizers want to reclaim cannabis from corporations [18.04.2019] | On 4/20, cannabis consumers across the United States will light one up in celebration of cannabis culture. In 10 states and counting, that celebratio ... |
| The cannabis ‘gold rush’ is underway and shows no sign of stopping, says pot CEO [18.04.2019] | With 33 states now offering some form of legal medical or recreational marijuana, and pot companies expanding their footprints across the country, th ... |
| Canada's legal weed struggles to light up as smokers stick to black market [17.04.2019] | When Melissa, a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia, went to one of Canada’s first government cannabis stores, she wasn’t impressed. “You can’t look at ... |
| Jamaica’s cannabis gamble [17.04.2019] | Jamaica is starting to think of cannabis as an opportunity. Uruguay, Canada and ten American states have legalised it for recreational use. Ganja, as ... |
| Boheco: This cannabis startup is weeding out the high notes for a hemp economy [16.04.2019] | Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO), is a first mover in the industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis’ space in India. Boheco slowly started making inroads in ... |
| Global cannabis investors souring on Canada's potential [16.04.2019] | Six months after cannabis was legalized in Canada, many of the people in search of a financial windfall appear ready to turn their attention elsewher ... |
| Cannabis banking prospects improve; scepticism and stigma remain [10.04.2019] | The nascent medical cannabis business in Jamaica is challenged by limited access to banking facilities. Many of the major banks have asked clients en ... |
| Mania for China’s hemp-related companies prompts stock regulator to crack down [07.04.2019] | Chinese cannabis-related stocks have been getting way too high this year for Beijing’s taste, prompting a crackdown to control the investor mania. Ma ... |
| A budding trade: Industrial cannabis is booming in China [04.04.2019] | The hemp plant has a history in China. It was probably twisted into the world’s first rope there around 2,800BC. Since its cooler sister, marijuana, ... |
| How cannabis is firing up the U.S. supply chain [04.04.2019] | With the recreational use of cannabis now legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia and medical marijuana legal in 23 states, marijuana is on i ... |
| Can marijuana create a path to justice? [02.04.2019] | The fight to legalize marijuana has never been easy, as evidenced by the recent collapse of months-long efforts in New Jersey and New York. A key iss ... |
| Will Germany become the world's largest market for medicinal cannabis? [30.03.2019] | The use of medicinal cannabis has been allowed in Germany for two years now. But because domestic cultivation hasn't gotten off the ground yet, the p ... |
| Barbados tells of plans to develop cannabis industry [29.03.2019] | Barbados has announced plans to establish a medicinal cannabis industry project implementation unit tasked with establishing the administrative frame ... |
| Fair(er) Trade Options for the Cannabis Market [21.03.2019] | Policy changes over the past five years or so have dramatically reshaped the global cannabis market. Not only has there been an unprecedented boom in ... |
| Don't be greedy! Why cannabis companies should support home cultivation [20.03.2019] | One of the great things about the cannabis industry is that it has dramatically sped up the process of ending cannabis prohibition and achieving advo ... |
| The great green gold rush [16.03.2019] | In South Africa’s richest suburb, against the backdrop of dazzling tower blocks belonging to law firms and insurance companies, a brand-new industry ... |
| Canadian company partners with Westmoreland farmers to grow ganja [08.03.2019] | Wiisag Corporation, a Canadian indigenous integrated cannabis company, has signed an agreement to partner with the Westmoreland Hemp and Ganga Farmer ... |
| Marijuana farmers, company haggle over price [08.03.2019] | The President of the Cannabis Revival Committee (CRC) in St Vincent and Grenadines, Junior “Spirit” Cottle, is urging farmers not to accept anything ... |
| Bankers circling Europe's growing cannabis market [05.03.2019] | Investors who are eager for the cannabis industry in Europe to emulate the boom in pot-stock listings in Canada may not have much longer to wait, jud ... |
| Colorado lawmakers taking second crack at bill that would allow publicly traded marijuana companies [04.03.2019] | A bill that opens the door for out-of-state investors and private equity firms to wade into Colorado’s regulated marijuana business waters passed its ... |
| Sweet smell of success? Big business bets on a marijuana boom [02.03.2019] | To listen to some of the predictions about the future of the cannabis industry, you would think financial analysts had been partaking heavily of the ... |
| Cannabis: Le commerce international s’organise… sauf au Maroc [01.03.2019] | Depuis 2013, pas moins de dix Etats américains et la capitale fédérale, ainsi que le Canada et l’Uruguay, ont autorisé l’usage légal du cannabis pour ... |
| Legalisation: the chance to right wrongs [01.03.2019] | If New Zealand votes to legalise cannabis in 2020’s binding referendum, we will have a unique opportunity on our hands. Creating a licit market from ... |
| European Parliament passes cannabis resolution, joins WHO in supporting medical marijuana [13.02.2019] | Following reports about the World Health Organization (WHO) recommending a rescheduling of cannabis and several of its key components under internati ... |
| Slowing the legal weed freight train [12.02.2019] | Sabet's strategy for sabotaging legalization is to offer legislators what he calls "a true decriminalization and justice" bill, which would do away w ... |
| Invest in marijuana? What are you smoking? [11.02.2019] | The rapid rise of marijuana legalization has created what some people call a bubble for marijuana stocks. It’s reminiscent of the dot-com craze in 19 ... |
| 'Legalize marijuana without corporatized marijuana,' says New York mayor Bill de Blasio [03.02.2019] | New York Mayor Bill de Blasio supports Governor Andrew Cuomo's pledge to legalize recreational marijuana, but he doesn't want the the market to be ov ... |
| World Health Organization recommends rescheduling marijuana under international treaties [01.02.2019] | Health experts at the United Nations are recommending that marijuana and its key components be formally rescheduled under international drug treaties ... |
| Canada’s cannabis shortage could be over quicker than we thought, researcher says [01.02.2019] | If Canada’s licensed cannabis producers continue ramping up production at their current exponential pace, there will be more than enough pot to meet ... |
| Cannabis comes to Davos, sharing spotlight with global elites [28.01.2019] | If more proof was needed that cannabis is becoming accepted by the world’s financial and political elite, what better place to find it than at the Sw ... |
| Israeli cabinet approves law to allow medical cannabis exports [27.01.2019] | Israel’s cabinet approved a law to allow exports of medical cannabis in a move expected to boost state revenues and the agriculture sector, and which ... |
| How Canopy Growth became the jolly green giant of cannabis [24.01.2019] | The common wisdom among investors and analysts in the cannabis industry has been that bigger is better. They predict that cannabis will follow the pa ... |
| Enjoy it while you can Cannabis Canada, your edge is already eroding [11.01.2019] | A number of industry insiders who argue that the level of government control and intervention in the cannabis landscape in Canada, coupled with the s ... |
| Monopoly of medical cannabis not in public interest: Experts [08.01.2019] | Authorities in Thailand overseeing a flood of patents for medical cannabis must consider the public interest, otherwise a commercial monopoly of the ... |
| Now for the hard part: Getting Californians to buy legal weed [02.01.2019] | A billion dollars of tax revenue, the taming of the black market, the convenience of retail cannabis stores throughout the state — these were some of ... |
| Cannabis firms in conflict of interest for owning both pot producers and marijuana clinics, critics charge [27.12.2018] | When doctors at the Solace Health Network of cannabis clinics prescribe their patients medical marijuana, one government-licensed producer of the dru ... |
| Tilray goes global with Novartis marijuana sales partnership [18.12.2018] | Tilray Inc. has signed a global partnership with a division of Swiss drug giant Novartis AG to develop and distribute its medical marijuana in legal ... |
| Swiss eye local ganja [17.12.2018] | The possibilities for the explosion of Jamaica's medical marijuana industry have attracted the interest of another major multinational corporation th ... |
| Barbados PM comments on decriminalisation of marijuana [08.12.2018] | The Barbados government says it will soon develop a framework for medical cannabis, even as it noted that decriminalisation of marijuana for recreati ... |
| Marlboro owner Altria invests $1.8 billion in cannabis company Cronos [07.12.2018] | Tobacco giant Altira is investing $1.8 billion in Canadian cannabis company Cronos Group. That will give Altria a 45% stake in the company, with an o ... |
| Cannabis firm confirms investment talks with Marlboro maker [04.12.2018] | Altria, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, is in talks with a Canadian cannabis producer over a potential investment in the firm. Canada's Cronos Grou ... |
| Navigating cannabis legalization 2.0 [04.12.2018] | Legalization is not a simple yes-or-no decision, and its consequences for health, public safety, and social equity will be shaped by choices about pr ... |
| Marijuana, mountains and money: How Lesotho is cashing in [28.11.2018] | Lesotho is aiming to make money from the booming medicinal marijuana industry, but the southern African nation already has an unheralded illicit trad ... |
| Dr Benedikt Fischer: Canada provides lessons on legal cannabis [27.11.2018] | New Zealand is debating its cannabis policy, a process that led to legalisation of cannabis use and supply in Canada just last month. Since the two c ... |
| How to achieve weed equality [26.11.2018] | The official body that's overseen the legal cannabis regulatory process in Massachusetts has given the much anticipated "commence operations" notice. ... |
| Why the future of marijuana farming could be craft weed [21.11.2018] | There are plenty of predictions about how cannabis farming is poised to go corporate, but Big Marijuana is not inevitable, says Ryan Stoa, a professo ... |
| Greece eyes pot of gold as medicinal cannabis licensed [19.11.2018] | Greece issued the first licences to private companies for growing medicinal cannabis in the country, part of an attempt to tap a burgeoning market wo ... |
| Cannabis industry says it needs more approved growers to meet Canadian demand [12.11.2018] | More fully-licensed cannabis growers and cultivation space are needed to meet a voracious demand for legal marijuana, a spokesman for the industry sa ... |
| Cannabis companies race to clinch an edge in pot industry’s next phase of growth: Intellectual property [09.11.2018] | A report by the Bank of Montreal, which assumed a blue-sky scenario in which the U.S. and all 28 countries in the European Union legalize marijuana f ... |
| Thousands of patients in limbo as ministry temporarily shuts top cannabis grower [07.11.2018] | The Health Ministry has issued a temporary stop work order against Israel’s largest medical cannabis company, Tikun Olam, over concerns that the comp ... |
| Weed woes: Canada struggles to meet huge demand for legal cannabis [04.11.2018] | Two weeks after Canada became the first G20 country to legalize cannabis amid much fanfare, numerous stores – both physical and digital – are struggl ... |
| Global cannabis industry eyes China for production and investment [02.11.2018] | The global cannabis industry is targeting China for production and investment, while the country’s investors are warming up to the idea of placing th ... |
| Cannabis producers could be chasing global market worth $194 billion in seven years: BMO report [01.11.2018] | The potential of the global cannabis industry is so vast that it could eventually make the sky-high valuations of some Canadian licensed producers lo ... |
| Please allow small farmers to benefit from ganja industry, says senator [30.10.2018] | Senator Kerensia Morrison is calling on the Government to ensure that small farmers and the little man are not left out of the emerging ganja/cannabi ... |
| Cannabis price collapse putting billions in consumers’ pockets [18.10.2018] | Wholesale cannabis prices could hit as low as $30 an ounce in some parts of the U.S. as another record crop of outdoor cannabis floods markets and si ... |
| Cannabis in Canada: Who wins and who loses under new law [15.10.2018] | Canada is about to become the second nation to fully legalise recreational cannabis. When prohibition comes to an end on 17 October, Canadian adults ... |
| How the biggest pot stocks plan to win in what is about to become a 'brutal' industry [15.10.2018] | The cannabis hype is about to come face-to-face with reality. After Canada legalizes recreational marijuana on Oct. 17, it will only take a quarter o ... |
| Pot companies failing at financial reporting, regulator says [10.10.2018] | Cannabis companies are failing to adequately disclose even basic financial information to shareholders — from cost of production to fair value assess ... |
| Is India losing out on a ready-to-boom cannabis market by not legalising its use? [06.10.2018] | Just about everybody smokes cannabis in India. Hush, not a word to anybody. We will all be arrested. It’s a democratic, egalitarian weed loved by cop ... |
| Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? [03.10.2018] | The cannabis industry’s moral challenge is to ensure the groups who have suffered the most under the drug war can participate in the green rush and e ... |
| U.S. cannabis producers fear Canada will 'dominate the industry' [29.09.2018] | The CEO of California-based marijuana producer and seller Terra Tech is watching the cannabis industry boom north of the border with more than a litt ... |
| 'Monsanto of pot': How cannabis firms are seeking to lower growing costs [18.09.2018] | As cannabis producers add to their harvest as Canada prepares to legalize recreational use starting Oct. 17, some companies are already exploring nov ... |
| Tilray CEO envisions US$100B future as company surges past Canopy's market cap [18.09.2018] | Tilray Inc., the cannabis company that has seen its valuation double, could become a US$100 billion company, according to its CEO Brendan Kennedy, as ... |
| Agriculture minister seeks to link small ganja farmers with large processors [10.09.2018] | Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw, says he is looking to link small ganja farmers with large processors who have ... |
| Has Big Pharma’s ‘inevitable entrance’ into the cannabis space arrived? [03.09.2018] | As Canada prepares to legalise the recreational use of marijuana, the medicinal potential of cannabis has attracted increased attention in the pharma ... |
| Canopy Growth CEO: We're not the Amazon or Google of pot yet, but we want to be [31.08.2018] | Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton told CNBC Friday the cannabis company is well ahead of its rivals in becoming the leading brand in legal marijuana but ... |
| Ganja: Discovering the future [22.08.2018] | Despite cannabis being an integral part of the Jamaican identity, just five years ago local laws did not reflect the realities of its use in the coun ... |
| Constellation spends $4bn to lift stake in cannabis group Canopy [15.08.2018] | Beer maker Constellation Brands doubled down on its bet on the budding marijuana industry, pumping just under $4bn into a Canadian group that has sou ... |
| Ontario will rely on private sector to sell recreational cannabis [13.08.2018] | Premier Doug Ford is giving up Ontario’s monopoly on weed, opening sales of recreational cannabis to private stores by April 1 in a dramatic shift th ... |
| For US pot companies, Canada is the land of opportunity [25.07.2018] | Green Thumb Industries had a business plan, expertise and plenty of ambition to grow its marijuana business. What the Chicago-based company didn't ha ... |
| Cannabis store and cafe opens in Kingston [18.07.2018] | Jamaica has opened its first seed-to-sale cannabis retail store located in Market place on Constant Spring Road. The ribbon-cutting ceremony signifie ... |
| Partnership critical for ganja industry success - SRC head [06.07.2018] | Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Dr Cliff Riley has underscored the importance of working partnerships that acknowledge an ... |
| Canada’s cannabis firms plot world domination [05.07.2018] | It is rare to see the words “Canada” and “world domination” in the same sentence. The country’s cannabis producers want to change that. With an eye o ... |
| New regulations may spark Canada’s craft cannabis revolution [28.06.2018] | While legalization in Canada is delayed until October 17th, 2018, Canadians are celebrating as micro-licenses are finally coming out, ushering in the ... |
| Tobacco giant Imperial Brands invests in medical cannabis [28.06.2018] | Tobacco firm Imperial Brands is investing in UK biotech company Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies (OCT). The move comes as campaigning to allow marijua ... |
| Profits and perils of the new Canadian pot economy: Don Pittis [25.06.2018] | Legalization is creating a whole new industry — perhaps a whole new economy. But even as pot generates new jobs and new companies and new stock marke ... |
| How mapping marijuana DNA could change the future of pot [12.06.2018] | Scientists are currently in the midst of exploring uncharted territory: The cannabis genome. Unlike with other plants, researchers don't have a long ... |
| Goodbye counterculture: what will happen when weed goes corporate? [07.06.2018] | Under the federal government’s new legal regime, for the first time in Canadian history, minors in possession of more than five grams of dried cannab ... |
| Pot delivery services could be 'cockroaches' of marijuana legalization, experts say [03.06.2018] | Marijuana businesses are growing as Canada moves toward legalization of recreational pot, creating an increasingly daunting job for those tasked with ... |
| Jamaica poised to become major location for medical cannabis investment — Shaw [27.05.2018] | Audley Shaw's trip to Canada has paved the way for Jamaica to play a leading role in the rapidly growing medical cannabis industry, according to the ... |
| Big cannabis growers urge senators to ban commercial outdoor growing [23.05.2018] | Canada’s medical cannabis industry is making a push in the Senate to ban large-scale outdoor cannabis cultivation. Allan Rewak, the executive directo ... |
| Big opportunities in Europe's cannabis market come with big risks [16.05.2018] | Interest is running very high among cannabis entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the prospect of an expanded European cannabis market. Europe is h ... |
| Colombia sees billion-dollar bonanza from legacy of marijuana trade [03.05.2018] | Farmers who want to be part of Colombia's medical marijuana project are required to destroy their illegal crops. Colombia has already issued 33 licen ... |
| Morocco's farmers are now producing high-quality Rosin and BHO [30.04.2018] | In the final part of our series on the recent changes to the cannabis industry in Morocco, we’ll take a closer look at the new extraction methods gai ... |
| The red flags ahead of Canada’s marijuana legalization [23.04.2018] | The central question facing the Liberal government as it seeks to fulfill its 2015 campaign promise to “legalize, regulate and restrict access to mar ... |
| Canadian and U.S. pot firms cross borders to raise money in battle for dominance [22.04.2018] | As U.S. and Canadian government policies toward marijuana grow more divergent amid Canada's push for legalization, their stock exchanges have seen a ... |
| Most banks won’t touch America’s legal pot industry [20.04.2018] | Providing banking services to pot-sellers is a risky endeavour. Despite being legal in one form or another in 29 states, marijuana is banned under th ... |
| Cannabis products sold in Lidl Switzerland [19.04.2018] | Hemp containing active ingredient cannabidiol (CBD) can now be bought in Swiss branches of German discount supermarket chain Lidl. Start-up company T ... |
| The plan to save California's legendary weed from 'Big Cannabis' [17.04.2018] | The cannabis industry in California historically has been anything but centralized. That has made the cannabis in the Emerald Triangle legendary. Tho ... |
| Canadian banker snags $750-million in marijuana business as rivals say no [03.04.2018] | In a down-and-out Canadian town, Bruce Linton dreamed of transforming an abandoned Hershey Co. chocolate plant into the Next Big Thing, a medical mar ... |
| Wall Street experiments with marijuana investments [01.04.2018] | More adventurous corners of Wall Street are experimenting with marijuana as an investment even though recreational use of the drug is illegal in New ... |
| Britain’s stringent rules on medical cannabis harm patients [17.03.2018] | In 2016 Britain harvested 95 tonnes of legally grown cannabis, twice as much as a year earlier, and more than any other country. The International Na ... |
| Colombia looks to become the world’s supplier of legal pot [10.03.2018] | Tens of thousands of Colombians died in the U.S.-backed war on drugs. But after an official about-face on marijuana, Colombia is looking to exchange ... |
| Cannabis cultivation a go for giant Canadian tomato greenhouse [05.03.2018] | Canadian officials have green-lighted a plan to convert a gargantuan tomato greenhouse for cannabis cultivation. Health Canada issued a cannabis cult ... |
| Jamaica missing out on growing ganja industry — Golding [01.03.2018] | Opposition Spokesperson on Finance Mark Golding today told the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament that the cannabis sector needs full governmen ... |
| Big Tobacco invests in Canadian marijuana, leaving B.C.'s craft-cannabis producers uneasy [28.02.2018] | Earlier this month, an unremarkable sentence appeared in a quarterly report published by Alliance One International, a tobacco company headquartered ... |
| Denmark’s high hopes to become Europe’s biggest medical cannabis producer [22.02.2018] | Denmark will soon become one of the largest medical cannabis producers in Europe. Since December 2017, the Laegemiddelstyrelsen medicines agency has ... |
| Hong Kong drug firm’s shares rise after it brings in Chinese hemp producer to explore medical uses of cannabis [22.02.2018] | Shares in Hong Kong pharmaceutical company Meilleure Health International Industry Group soared by as much as 35 per cent on Thursday after it issued ... |
| Report: 99% of California cannabis growers are still unlicensed [19.02.2018] | The backers of Prop. 64, the 2016 Adult Use of Marijuana Act, sold California voters on the promise that small and medium businesses would be the eng ... |
| Marijuana producers enter retail race as legalization looms [11.02.2018] | As the race to produce enough cannabis for the soon-to-be-legal market gets increasingly crowded, licensed producers are setting their sights on the ... |
| Big US tobacco company buys stakes in Canadian cannabis growers, American hemp firm [09.02.2018] | A publicly traded U.S. tobacco company has bought controlling stakes in two Canadian marijuana producers and invested in a North Carolina hemp grower ... |
| Canadian cannabis companies set their sights on South America [31.01.2018] | Much has been made of the marijuana M&A spree afoot in Canada. Just this year alone, licensed producer Aurora Cannabis Inc. agreed to acquire CanniMe ... |
| Canadian weed companies are staking their claim in Europe [30.01.2018] | Some of Canada’s biggest cannabis companies are expanding their presence in Europe through a series of strategic acquisitions, designed to secure a f ... |
| Could Sessions’ marijuana policy shift benefit the cannabis industry in 2018? [24.01.2018] | Uncertainty interjected into the cannabis industry earlier this month by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions could create new opportunities for the s ... |
| Canada’s weed stocks are out of control [22.01.2018] | Stocks in Canada’s biggest cannabis companies skyrocketed the past year – with the three largest rising more than 200 percent each. Analysts are warn ... |
| Les paradis fiscaux financent les firmes de pot canadiennes [22.01.2018] | De riches investisseurs anonymes des paradis fiscaux ont misé au moins 165 millions $ dans des producteurs de pot autorisés au Canada, a découvert no ... |
| Investors are delusional when it comes to Canadian marijuana companies [10.01.2018] | As the July deadline for the provinces to legalize marijuana approaches, the stock prices of Canadian publicly-traded weed producers have been on a t ... |
| Study: legal marijuana could generate more than 132 billion in federal tax revenue and 1 million jobs [10.01.2018] | Legalizing marijuana nationwide would create at least $132 billion in tax revenue and more than a million new jobs across the United States in the ne ... |
| Cannabis chaos — Sessions has no exit strategy for his war on drugs [07.01.2018] | One of the great social and political experiments of this decade, marijuana legalization, faces its greatest existential threat: Jeff Sessions. Twent ... |
| Marijuana stock analysts not too worried about Sessions's order just yet [04.01.2018] | Cannabis analysts weren't too worried for the most part about the decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rescind an Obama-era policy that effe ... |
| Steve DeAngelo digs in [01.01.2018] | "We are looking in 2018 and 2019 at an extinction event for 75 percent of the existing cannabis industry in California," says cannabis activist/entre ... |
| Hippy dream now a billion-dollar industry with California set to legalise cannabis [30.12.2017] | On Monday, California, the US’s most populous state, and the world’s sixth biggest economy, will officially legalising cannabis. Overnight a shadow i ... |
| I grow pot in California for a living. I’m worried about legalization [29.12.2017] | As the daughter of a back-to-the-land homesteader and pot farmer, I learned never to speak of what my father did. We lived a simple life in times whe ... |
| Legal weed isn’t the boon small businesses thought it would be [29.12.2017] | The business of selling legal weed is big and getting bigger. North Americans spent $6.7 billion on legal cannabis last year, and some analysts think ... |
| Canadian pot growers eye global expansion [28.12.2017] | Canadian medical marijuana is setting the stage to go global. The country’s emerging legal producers have a chance to seize opportunities in other co ... |
| Californian growers and retailers brace for cannabis competition [27.12.2017] | California has long been a cannabis pioneer. The state became a hub for the drug-induced counterculture of “turn on, tune in, drop out” of the 1960s, ... |
| Canadian cannabis firm licensed to produce in Denmark [19.12.2017] | Canadian medical marijuana producer Canopy Growth said its joint venture Spectrum Cannabis has been licensed to grow pot in Denmark for sale througho ... |
| Lawmakers, pot growers say California's marijuana cultivation rules favor big corporate farms [18.12.2017] | California’s new rules allowing marijuana cultivation favor large corporate farms despite a promise in Proposition 64 that small growers would be pro ... |
| Marc Emery was right; Julian Fantino was wrong [15.12.2017] | It seems absurd that Marc and Jodi Emery, who have spent years fighting the unjust laws against marijuana, in and out of prison, can’t now sell the p ... |
| The legal marijuana market is exploding — it'll hit almost $10 billion sales in this year [08.12.2017] | The market for legal marijuana is heating up in a big way. Legal marijuana sales are predicted to hit $9.7 billion in North America in 2017, accordin ... |
| Les prix du cannabis légal s'effondrent [28.11.2017] | La Suisse connaît un raz-de-marée vert, celui du cannabis légal ou cannabidiol (CBD), dont le taux de l'agent psychotrope THC est inférieur à 1%. Alo ... |
| The Swiss cannabis farm aiming to supply 'legal weed' across Europe [24.11.2017] | In fields across Switzerland the harvest time for cannabis is coming to an end, and workers are distributing the crop to shops in France and Switzerl ... |
| The price of cannabis is falling, suggesting a supply glut [16.11.2017] | In the US cannabis operations, now legitimate in many states, are forbidden from the usual business deductions and face crippling tax bills of as muc ... |
| Greece hopes its economy can get high from medical weed [14.11.2017] | Investors in medical cannabis projects are focusing on Greece, where a warm, sunny climate and potentially favorable future legislation could help th ... |
| How big tobacco, alcohol and pharma companies could enter the cannabis industry [06.11.2017] | The entrance of Constellation Brands in the cannabis industry has broken the insulation around cannabis companies — it is now incumbent upon the indu ... |
| Ready or not, recreational marijuana use is coming to Canada [04.11.2017] | Proposing legislation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana was the easy part for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. With about eight months to g ... |
| Legalized marijuana presents opportunity of a lifetime for Canadian entrepreneurs [03.11.2017] | The modern-day prospectors in Canada's new cannabis market are working hard and cutting deals as the final eight months tick down to the day when rec ... |
| Alcohol goliath pours $190M into Canadian cannabis company [30.10.2017] | Constellation Brands, the alcohol goliath, is putting its money toward another emerging sector — cannabis-based beverages. The company plans to spend ... |
| Legal dagga process draaaags on [29.09.2017] | Businesses that want to get in on the ground floor of South Africa’s great medical marijuana revolution, or at least the legal one, are bound to find ... |
| Op-Ed: Marijuana farming – a silver bullet for rural poverty? [26.09.2017] | When marijuana farming is legalised in South Africa who will benefit? This is not just a hypothetical question. Right now, marijuana is being legally ... |
| Startups seek to cash in on cannabis, but some fear Israel will take a hit [24.09.2017] | With green in their eyes, Israeli entrepreneurs have spotted cannabis soon to be growing opportunity, and at least 700 have applied to the Israeli He ... |
| The marijuana war has gone local, and pot advocates are losing — badly [17.09.2017] | The fight over the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts isn’t over. But one side has already gone home. Last November, a well-funded and well-o ... |
| Few Jamaicans in local ganja industry — Dr Lowe [08.09.2017] | There is a negative buzz surrounding Jamaica's budding legal ganja industry. According to Dr Henry Lowe, owner of Medicanja, “It feels like our objec ... |
| Green gold: how China quietly grew into a cannabis superpower [27.08.2017] | Thanks to government support and a long tradition, China has quietly become a superpower in hemp production and research. This growth has in part bee ... |
| Is Canada ready for legal marijuana? [24.08.2017] | The Canadian government is expected to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018, in large part to put an end to the extensive and enduring black ... |
| This cannabis company plans to turn a California desert town into a pot paradise [04.08.2017] | American Green announced it is buying all 80 acres of Nipton, which includes its Old West-style hotel, a handful of houses, an RV park and a coffee s ... |
| Forget pot producers - here's a better way for investors to cash in on cannabis legalization [26.07.2017] | A big chunk of the capital invested in the flood of cannabis-related startups is certain to go down the drain, and it could take years to wring real ... |
| California considering creating a state-run bank for cannabis businesses [16.07.2017] | California government, financial and marijuana business leaders met last week in a far-from-resolved debate over whether a state-run bank could be th ... |
| Cannabis cash conundrum: Some businesses bury money, others truck it to a federal vault [12.07.2017] | With recreational use set to become legal next year under Proposition 64, cannabis sales in the state are expected to top $7.5 billion in 2020, up fr ... |
| Canada’s biggest licensed weed producer is losing money [27.06.2017] | Canada’s largest licensed cannabis producer seems to have no problem driving in sales, but it is still struggling to get to profit territory. Canopy ... |
| U.K. tobacco giant gets medicinal cannabis expertise [13.06.2017] | Imperial Brands Plc gained the services of a leader in the field of medicinal cannabis as the British tobacco manufacturer seeks to further its push ... |
| Federal bills from Colorado legislators seek to shield state marijuana laws, open banking [18.05.2017] | Colorado federal lawmakers amplified efforts to protect state-enacted marijuana laws and cannabis businesses supporting banking legislation for the m ... |
| Bob Marley, ganja and the green stuff – is selling Brand Jamaica just a pipe dream? [03.05.2017] | When Bob Marley and the Wailers first performed Get Up, Stand Up to a restive 1970s Jamaica, never could they have guessed that the government would ... |
| Early marijuana sales ‘unbelievably high’ after legalization: U.S. consultant [30.04.2017] | A U.S. consultant hired by Ottawa to assess Canada’s eventual recreational pot market says jurisdictions that regulate cannabis should expect “unbeli ... |
| New federal bill would allow banking for marijuana businesses [27.04.2017] | Marijuana businesses can’t openly bank and congressman Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., is hoping to change that. Perlmutter on Thursday introduced the Secure ... |
| Canada’s plan to be the world leader in legal weed [20.04.2017] | Cannabis is already big business in Canada. The drug was approved for medicinal use 20 years ago, and almost 30 percent of young adults say they use ... |
| Marijuana goes industrial in California [15.04.2017] | The vast and fertile Salinas valley is often called the salad bowl of the nation for the countless heads of lettuce growing across its floor. Now Cal ... |
| The world’s first pot-focused exchange-traded fund [10.04.2017] | The launch of the world’s first cannabis-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF), on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is welcome news to aficionados of marijua ... |
| Liberals set to table marijuana legislation, but key details need to be resolved [10.04.2017] | The federal government will table a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday that is expected to tightly control the ability of producers ... |
| Over-regulation impeding bloom of Jamaican cannabis industry [04.04.2017] | Over-regulation of Jamaica’s cannabis industry is deterring farmers from entering the legal market, and impeding development - indicating why drug po ... |
| Big Pharma's anti-marijuana stance aims to squash the competition, activists say [03.04.2017] | As marijuana legalization swept the US in November, Arizona was alone in its rejection of legal weed. There, a pharmaceutical company called Insys wa ... |
| Marijuana industry faces challenge in gaining Canadians’ trust, survey finds [29.03.2017] | Marijuana stocks may have leapt higher on the news of Ottawa’s plans to legalize the drug by next year, but the industry is facing an uphill battle i ... |
| Pot legalization: Canada doesn’t need another profit-seeking drug industry [28.03.2017] | When Canadians have expressed concerns about upcoming cannabis legalization, the government has assured them that the legal cannabis industry will be ... |
| Israel seeks piece of projected $50 billion medical marijuana market [27.03.2017] | Israel, a leader in marijuana research and health technology, is attracting international investment as it tries to position itself as a cutting-edge ... |
| Marijuana stocks drop as Trudeau’s pot czar says Canada won’t rush into legalization [07.03.2017] | As investors flock to Canada’s burgeoning marijuana sector, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is signaling recreational pot sales aren’t imm ... |
| ‘Building the airplane while it’s being flown’ [30.01.2017] | In the outskirts of Sacramento, a handful of government workers face a daunting task: By next year, craft regulations and rules that will govern Cali ... |
| Israel moves to decriminalize marijuana use [26.01.2017] | Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announces support for new policy for enforcing marijuana use, which favors fines and educational initiatives, wi ... |
| The next big bubble could be in Canada’s soaring pot market [07.12.2016] | The surge of capital into Canada’s nascent marijuana industry has sent stock prices soaring – and brought warnings it’s a bubble that could soon burs ... |
| Trudeau’s bait and switch on legalization? [04.12.2016] | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently expressed frustration around the current cannabis landscape, explaining, “Until we have brought in the propose ... |
| Donald Trump’s attorney general pick could destroy the recreational pot industry [21.11.2016] | Attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is a fervent foe of marijuana legalization. But if he were confirmed as President-elect Trump’s ... |
| Marijuana reform went 8 for 9 on the ballot this week [10.11.2016] | Marijuana reform won in eight out of the nine states where it was put on the ballot, the strongest signal to date that the public is ready to embrace ... |
| Marijuana legalization won big on Election Day. It will keep winning [09.11.2016] | In California voters approved legalization. The country’s most populous state and biggest economy will allow people to buy marijuana for recreational ... |
| 'Commercialization won out': will legal marijuana be the next big tobacco? [30.10.2016] | Candi CdeBaca voted to legalize the free sale of marijuana in Colorado four years ago because she thought it would be good for her Denver neighborhoo ... |
| Pot stock hits record high as more U.S. states press ahead with legalization [11.10.2016] | As polls indicate California, Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada and Arizona are poised to approve referendums dramatically expanding legal U.S. cannabis u ... |
| American says he wants to protect Jamaica’s natural ganja [24.09.2016] | Anticipating that original ganja strains are likely to become extinct after the new, legitimate ganja industry opens up in Jamaica, American business ... |
| Overseas backers push ganja co-op for Jamaica [15.09.2016] | A group of international investors is looking to partner with local interests, particularly small farmers to corner the local and export market for g ... |
| Cannabis industry expected to be worth $50 billion by 2026 [11.09.2016] | The legal cannabis industry in the U.S. may grow to $50 billion in the next decade, expanding to more than eight times its current size, as lawful po ... |
| In Israel, booming medical marijuana looks to conquer new highs [11.09.2016] | Israel is a well-known as a pioneer in medical cannabis. This summer, the government approved a plan initiated by Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to r ... |
| Did the DEA just kick open the door for the pharmaceuticalization of pot? [11.08.2016] | While much ink has been spilled over the last few days regarding DEA’s refusal to recognize marijuana as a medicine and its unwillingness to reclassi ... |
| The goal of legalized cannabis shouldn’t be corporate gold [15.07.2016] | As the government crawls towards legalization with the appointment of a task force, my tempered enthusiasm has started to wane, replaced by dismay. I ... |
| The goal of legalized cannabis shouldn’t be corporate gold [14.07.2016] | Canada has a tradition of overregulation and one can already sense that the government is poised to place a myriad of restrictions on production and ... |
| The pot law that could be 'deal-breaker for the drug war' [04.07.2016] | California's pot legalization initiative, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), qualified for the ballot in November, setting the stage for a vote t ... |
| Who's funding the US cannabis industry? [23.06.2016] | Funding is one of the biggest challenges for the cannabis industry, which still exists in a legal grey area. Cannabis has been legalised for medical ... |
| The first big company to say it’s serving the legal marijuana trade? Microsoft. [15.06.2016] | As state after state has legalized marijuana in one way or another, big names in corporate America have stayed away entirely. Marijuana, after all, i ... |
| The activists helping illegal pot dealers turn into legit marijuana businessmen [08.06.2016] | In California, where voters are expected to legalize recreational marijuana in November, there’s a small, but growing movement to eliminate barriers ... |
| Jamaica targets billions in taxes from weed [28.05.2016] | The Government is targeting annual revenue of US$2 billion from the ganja industry when regulations to govern the sector are finally in place. Minist ... |
| In the legal weed business, how deep does the “Suits vs. Stoners” schism run? [15.05.2016] | Cultural conflict rumbles within a nascent industry that was once a countercultural, underground operation. As fancy dispensaries and stylish product ... |
| Will Canada become America's cannabis capital? [13.05.2016] | Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has vowed to legalise recreational marijuana consumption on a federal level, opening the door to investment, l ... |
| Portland startup maps cannabis genome to protect weed from Monsanto patenting [23.04.2016] | A Portland biotechnology company has launched a 3-D map that charts the genetic evolution of cannabis genomes, protecting strains like OG Kush from f ... |
| What a looming patent war could mean for the future of the marijuana industry [20.04.2016] | On August 4, 2015, US officials quietly made history by approving the first-ever patent, No. 9095554, for a plant containing significant amounts of T ... |
| Legal marijuana sales projected to reach $6.7 billion in 2016 [31.01.2016] | Just how big is the market for legal pot? A new report by a leading marijuana industry investment and research firm found legal cannabis sales jumped ... |
| Canada’s medical pot producers set sights on recreational users [28.01.2016] | Canada’s producers of medical marijuana are sitting on a seven-tonne stash of weed, with the inventory steadily growing as supply exceeds demand in t ... |
| Canadian investors show interest in local ganja [12.01.2016] | Following the lead of several US states in holding referendums which have been supportive of reducing the legal restraints on the use of the drug, Ja ... |
| Cannabis industry, advocates trying to find right balance on marijuana legalization [08.12.2015] | Business and advocates both play a key role in furthering marijuana legalization, but finding the ideal balance is proving difficult. That was partic ... |
| Canada’s next big move? It may be legalizing pot [05.12.2015] | The new Liberal government has promised to act quickly to legalize marijuana for general use, which would make Canada the first Group of 20 country t ... |
| Big Marijuana is coming — and even legalization supporters are worried [02.12.2015] | Ohioans rejected a very unusual marijuana legalization proposal. Beyond legalizing pot, the ballot initiative would have given campaign donors direct ... |
| On ballot, Ohio grapples with specter of marijuana monopoly [31.10.2015] | Ohio lawyer Don Wirtshafter has fought for decades to make marijuana legal, calling it “my life’s work.” But when Ohio voters go to the polls to cons ... |
| Government awards third ganja research licence [26.10.2015] | Canadian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), which has operations in Jamaica, is the first private entity t ... |
| Colorado's largest pot grower sued by two consumers over pesticide use [04.10.2015] | A pair of marijuana users in Colorado — one of them a medical-card holder with a brain tumor — have sued the state's largest pot grower for allegedly ... |
| Marijuana prohibition can do more harm than good, doctors tell federal parties [20.09.2015] | If Canada's new government chooses to legalize marijuana beyond medical use then it should get into the business of controlling its supply and sale t ... |
| Ganja ready for the big times [17.09.2015] | Going by the announcement by Canada-based Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), Jamaica stands to benefit from a US$100-million deal to develop medical ... |
| Ganja growers warned: GET 'LEGIT' TO GET IN IT! [22.08.2015] | Local ganja growers, particularly small farmers, in Jamaica are being urged to enter the formal market to benefit from the decriminalising of the pro ... |
| ‘Medical cannabis could be worth more to Israel than natural gas’ [15.08.2015] | If Israel grew pot instead of peppers, said Dr. Tamir Gadot, CEO of pro-medical cannabis agricultural association Breath of Life, the economy would b ... |
| Ohio's legal weed proposal could create the world’s first 'pot grower oligarchy' [15.08.2015] | Ohio voters will have the opportunity to legalize the commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis this November, including for medical marijuana pati ... |
| The tragedy of the ganja policy [08.08.2015] | The amendment of the Dangerous Drugs Act 2015 in February has laid the foundation for the development of the policy framework governing a ganja indus ... |
| None but ourselves can 'free' the weed [04.07.2015] | Traditional small ganja farmers in Jamaica, accustomed to clandestinely working their fields, will now have to adhere to strict regulations in order ... |
| Silicon Valley meets Bob Marley [03.07.2015] | Men in suits swarmed everywhere, but no spliff or bong could be seen. Any doubts that the legal marijuana (or cannabis) industry is now a serious bus ... |
| Marijuana incorporated: cannabis eases into a billion-dollar business high [22.05.2015] | Now legalised in 23 states and the District of Columbia for medical use and four states – Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska – and DC for recrea ... |
| BSJ developing plan to ensure Jamaica's ganja is protected [02.05.2015] | The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), which was mandated to design a regulatory plan for the decriminalised ganja industry, has developed a 17-step ... |
| US president cautions against hopes of ganja legalisation [10.04.2015] | President Barack Obama cautioned persons who have hopes of marijuana being legalised, as he explained the difference between legalisation and decrimi ... |
| Canadian company to tap into Jamaica for medicinal cannabis supply [04.04.2015] | A Canadian company is seeking to tap into the Jamaican market for the supply of dried marijuana to the medicinal marijuana industry in Canada. Market ... |
| Big need for marijuana banking, yet Congress has ‘no appetite’ to fix issue [03.04.2015] | Congress doesn’t have the appetite to deal with the conflict between federal and state laws that has caused a banking crisis for the burgeoning marij ... |
| Farmers encouraged to make use of ganja opportunities [18.03.2015] | Small ganja farmers across the island are being encouraged to make use of the opportunities that will be available in the medicinal ganja industry. S ... |
| 2014 performance of cannabis stocks by quarter [02.03.2015] | Cannabis stocks proved lucrative at the beginning of 2014, but the chances of a solid return deteriorated in the second half of the year. An investor ... |
| Lowe wants public sector cooperation on ganja [28.02.2015] | Executive Chairman of Medicanja, Dr Henry Lowe, is urging a spirit of cooperation between government ministries and agencies involved in the developm ... |
| The weed war undermines science [10.02.2015] | Columbia professor Carl Hart: "The National Institute on Drug Abuse funds 90 percent of the world's research on drug abuse with our tax dollars. The ... |
| Ganja interests wary of internal business rivalry [31.01.2015] | Despite strong ministerial and legislative signals, segments of the marijuana lobby are unsure that sufficient protections will be afforded to the pe ... |
| Israeli medical marijuana creates buzz but no high — will it go global? [31.01.2015] | Israel has become a world leader in science on the medical uses of marijuana, and its producers could become major exporters of medical cannabis. But ... |
| High hopes: Legalized pot is on the way [29.01.2015] | Moving from illicit to licit requires regulations that allow enough of a legal market to dry out the black one – ideally, while bringing in much-need ... |
| Report predicts 18 states will legalize pot by 2020 [25.01.2015] | A new report predicts that 18 U.S. states will have legalized recreational marijuana in the next five years, a huge increase from the four states tha ... |
| The legalization of marijuana: a good example of flexible policymaking [21.01.2015] | Marijuana policy may not seem like the natural setting to model policies that pursue inclusive growth, but the innovative policy-making processes ini ... |
| Seattle's legal marijuana euphoria over as industry undergoes growing pains [15.01.2015] | The legal marijuana market in the state of Washington opened last summer to a dearth of weed. Some stores periodically closed because they didn’t hav ... |
| Canadian lawyers scent profit as medical marijuana industry prepares to go legit [06.01.2015] | Since 2001, Canada has allowed patients to grow their own marijuana or designate a grower to do so on their behalf, but a policy change established t ... |
| KanaVape: Cannabis e-cigarette to go on sale in the UK [16.12.2014] | The vaping trend seemingly knows no bounds as the first “cannabis” e-cigarette goes on sale in the UK. The KanaVape, which contains hemp, has been le ... |
| France plans to stub out e-joints [15.12.2014] | France has sought to stamp out a new electronic cigarette containing cannabis, launched with the claim that it provides all of the relaxation but non ... |
| Pot industry plants seeds on Capitol Hill [04.12.2014] | The legal weed industry is trying to grow something else these days: political influence. The National Cannabis Industry Association has spent $60,00 ... |
| Marijuana’s big-money Marley Brand makes a splash [24.11.2014] | Last week, NBC’s Today Show giddily announced an exclusive: Privateer Holdings, the Seattle marijuana company long acclaimed locally for its straight ... |
| Marijuana industry sets its sights on the mainstream [24.11.2014] | Marijuana is growing up. As Colorado and Washington’s recreational marijuana industries blossom and new markets in Oregon and Alaska begin to take sh ... |
| Is ‘Big Marijuana’ inevitable? [18.11.2014] | It looks like the use of recreational marijuana is heading down the path of legalization across the country. Voters in Alaska, Oregon and the Distric ... |
| Stir it up: Bob Marley to headline corporate cannabis brand [17.11.2014] | The Marley family and a Seattle-based private equity firm announced the creation of Marley Natural, "a premium cannabis brand rooted in the life and ... |
| Cannabis hedge funds join the green rush [14.11.2014] | The pot business is exploding. The devotees toiling away since states started legalizing medical marijuana nearly 20 years ago now must compete in a ... |
| The Marlboro of marijuana [07.11.2014] | Would household names really consider selling cannabis? They already have. In 1969 a Philip Morris executive wrote to the Justice Department, request ... |
| Fear of cannabis commerce didn't, won't and shouldn't stop legalization [05.11.2014] | Three marijuana legalization initiatives were on the ballot this week, and all three won. That’s a better outcome than I was expecting. I was surpris ... |
| Legal marijuana could be $130 million a year business in D.C., study finds [29.10.2014] | If D.C. residents vote to legalize marijuana possession next week, it wouldn’t just mean a sea change in drug policy in the nation’s capital. It coul ... |
| The marijuana industry could be bigger than the NFL by 2020 [23.10.2014] | A report from Greenwave Advisors, a "comprehensive research and financial analysis for the emerging legalized marijuana industry," projects that lega ... |
| Race, class, and cannabis in the Caribbean [23.10.2014] | Given the regional discussions of allowing the use of ganja for medicinal purposes—and its eventual decriminalization—two prominent ganja advocates i ... |
| Colorado recreational marijuana industry begins major transformation [29.06.2014] | Only six months old, Colorado's recreational marijuana industry starts a transformation that could add hundreds of new pot businesses to the state an ... |
| Dope to your door [20.06.2014] | Evan Cox used to deliver pizza. But 18 months ago, as he was running out of money at college in Seattle, he had a new business idea. The state of Was ... |
| Barcelona is fighting an overdose of cannabis clubs [12.06.2014] | Barcelona has a new tourist attraction that some locals wish would disappear: a burgeoning number of "cannabis clubs," where people can legally buy a ... |
| Kazakhstan wants to attract Big Pharma to its ‘Cannabis Klondike’ [15.01.2014] | Despite a heavy-handed campaign against drug trafficking and related crime in the country, one Kazakh lawmaker thinks it’s time to cash in on some 14 ... |
| Banks say no to marijuana money, legal or not [14.01.2014] | Legal marijuana merchants — mainly medical marijuana outlets but also, starting this year, shops that sell recreational marijuana in Colorado and Was ... |
| Greener marijuana: can a budding industry grow sustainable agriculture? [29.10.2013] | The growing societal acceptance of cannabis in the U.S. has sparked what some call a "green rush" of people trying to cash in on what is already a mu ... |
| Will legalised marijuana lead to an economic boom? [06.05.2013] | Many Washington residents are looking to cash in on the newly legal and potentially lucrative marijuana market, which they hope will give them a new ... |
| The present continuous of cannabis clubs in Catalonia [29.03.2013] | The exponential proliferation of the number of associations, clubs and other groups that distribute cannabis among their members and create new space ... |
| Wall Street sees opportunity in marijuana [22.03.2013] | A number of businesses in the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry are trying to enlist Wall Street's help. Some entrepreneurs see marijuana heading dow ... |
| State chief consultant Mark Kleiman knows in, outs of pot legalization [19.03.2013] | Washington state’s chief pot consultant remains a bit mysterious, but Mark Kleiman's views on legalizing pot are no mystery. He lays them out in “Mar ... |
| Will high marijuana taxes encourage black markets? [22.02.2013] | The cannabis industry is an easy target for legislatures to saddle with heavy taxes. In Washington State for instance, there is a 25% tax at three di ... |
| Two letters expose rift over new pot law [06.02.2013] | A handful of legislators recently drew up a letter raising questions and concerns about the law, including whether it can be implemented by December ... |
| Groups seek to influence new rules for growing, selling pot [05.01.2013] | The Washington state Liquor Control Board (LCB), charged with launching the world's first regulated marijuana market for social use, expects to begin ... |
| Rocky Mountain high: Pot a $200M industry in Colorado [04.01.2013] | Vigorous regulation of a thriving medical-marijuana industry in Colorado offers the best glimpse of what is coming to Washington when it launches its ... |
| Investors see profit potential in new pot law [30.11.2012] | Votes in Washington and Colorado last month to legalize pot for recreational use turbocharged marijuana as a legitimate business opportunity. Busines ... |
| U.S. marijuana vote threatens to nip B.C. market in the bud [07.11.2012] | British Columbia’s multibillion-dollar marijuana industry could take a “significant” blow now that two U.S. states – including its closest neighbour ... |
| Pot dispensaries clouding medical marijuana's image [05.10.2012] | Seattle's first-ever Medical Cannabis Cup — part gourmet weed contest, part trade show, part smoke-in — showcased the entrepreneurial drive and explo ... |
| Between collective organisation and commercialisation [08.08.2012] | The last few years have witnessed a boom in new cannabis user associations in Spain. Although there are no reliable figures for them, most are known ... |
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