cannabis

Canadians spent about C$6bn ($5.6bn, £3.5bn) on cannabis in 2015 - almost as much as they did on wine. The estimate comes from Canada's bureau of statistics, which studied marijuana consumption between 1960 and 2015. The government has promised to research the drug's affect on the economy...

Regardless of your current feelings on cannabis, nothing changes the fact that this industry is growing by leaps and bounds. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you will start looking into ways to get involved. While some never go beyond using cannabis, more entrepreneurial-minded people...

The last two Decembers have been the best and worst of times for Yvonne Cahalane and her husband John Forde. In December 2015, she set out with their toddler, Tristan, who has a rare, genetic form of epilepsy — Dravet syndrome — on a lonely journey to Colorado. There, as one of the 20-plus...

Nearly 400 farmers in Israel have applied for licenses to grow cannabis since the government loosened restrictions on medical marijuana last year, according to officials from the Israeli Ministry of Health who provided an update to lawmakers at an Israeli parliamentary committee session Monday...

A step forward for medicinal cannabis today. The Government is to reveal the contents of the Bill it's tabling at Parliament this afternoon, which is expected to include provisions to allow some terminally ill patients to legally use it. Health Minister David Clark said they have the support...

A campaigner for medicinal cannabis wants a medical necessity defense introduced and a change in attitudes by doctors and the police. The government will today unveil a law change to allow easier access to medicinal cannabis. Medical Cannabis Awareness NZ coordinator Shane Le Brun said a...

Ben Durkee is a true Trinity local. He's lived and worked in the Northern California county his entire life. "I grew up on a little creek on Ransom Road in Weaverville," he says. "We always called the creek the 'wrong creek' because it was near a two-house little dirt road that was labeled...

We often work with cannabis businesses that want to license their brands to third parties. Licensing is a great way to expand the reach of a brand and make some revenue without the capital expense of funding and owning a new location outright. For states that restrict ownership of marijuana...

530 Cannabis in Shasta Lake is one of the first businesses in California to get a state license to sell recreational marijuana. The store on Locust Avenue, formerly called 530 Collective, was one of 20 in California to receive a temporary commercial cannabis license from the Bureau of...

Oregon is home to an array of hyperlocal craft movements, including an internationally known coffee industry. But as of late 2015, recreational cannabis is legal here–one of just a few states with legal pot sales, alongside Colorado, Washington, and as of 2018, the state of California. This has...

A teenager who missed eight years of school due to chronic fatigue has made an astonishing recovery after taking cannabis oil, his mum says. Tom Bethell's family say his life has been transformed since he started taking daily drops of cannabidiol or CBD, a legal form of cannabis. Tom, 15...

The Bureau of Cannabis Control issued the first round of temporary licenses for commercial cannabis businesses on Thursday, almost 18 days ahead of the Jan. 1 project deadline. The 20 temporary licenses were issued through the department's Cannabis Licensing, Enforcement and Reporting (CLEaR)...

A new Health Canada survey shows that Canadians are hazy on the risks of driving high. Only half of respondents who had consumed cannabis in the last year felt that marijuana use affects driving, according to the Canadian Cannabis Survey, released Tuesday, compared to 75 per cent of all...

Doctors with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs still can't recommend medical marijuana, but they are being encouraged to talk more about it with military veterans. That's what a new V.A. policy being rolled out this month says. The directive urges government doctors to "discuss with...

There's a very good reason the legal marijuana industry has been referred to as the "green rush" -- it's making marijuana-stock investors a lot of money. Far more pot stocks than not have had their valuations double or triple over the past year. The catalysts behind this bullishness are a...

Investors have been eager to enter the Canadian marijuana space as the country moves towards launching its recreational cannabis market next July. Despite uncertainty of the legalization bill's fate in the Senate, the Canadian marijuana market is booming. M&A activity is heating up and stocks...

Police are attempting to use Northern Ireland's Christmas snowfall to snare cannabis growing drug dealers. The PSNI have asked residents to report sightings of rooftops where snow has not settled even though neighbouring buildings have had a heavy coating. They believe it could be a...

Entrepreneurs are focused on the launch of recreational marijuana in California, but another significant market, the entire country of Canada, will also be opening to adult-use cannabis. Deloitte estimates the market will be at least $5B in sales in 2018, with an ancillary market of associated...

The amount of cannabis seized by Hong Kong police increased 238 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, sparking fears about a growing trend of abuse in the city. One in seven of the Hongkongers arrested for possession in that period was aged 20 or below, the force has revealed. The...

Tomato producer Les Serres Bertrand is converting its Mirabel facilities into greenhouses producing organic cannabis. Les Serres Bertrand will direct operations in a joint venture with Canadian cannabis giant Canopy Growth Corporation. Under the name Les Serres Vert Cannabis, it will spend $15...