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Jun 30, 2026	The DEA Begins Hearings on the Federal Rescheduling of Cannabis The hearings of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) American report on the federal reclassification of the Cannabis officially began on June 29. These hearings, which will continue until July 15, must determine whether the agency should finalize the proposal to legalize cannabis, which is currently prohibited at the federal level, the Schedule I to the Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Jun 30, 2026	Marijuana Leads To ‘Robust Improvements’ In Lower Back Pain And ‘Near-Total’ Cessation Of Opioids, Study Finds People with chronic lower back pain who don’t respond to traditional therapies such as opioids experience “large, sustained, and statistically robust improvements” when they switch to inhaled cannabis, according to a new study. Researchers at Rabin Medical Center in Israel looked at longitudinal data from 241 patients with treatment-resistant lower back pain from 2020 to 2025.
Jun 30, 2026	Jamaican woman fined in Barbados after pleading guilty to cannabis charges A 63-year-old Jamaican woman has been fined BDS$21,000 after pleading guilty to multiple cannabis-related offences in Barbados. The Barbados Police Service (TBPS) said Doreen Veronica King of #2 Wavel Ave, Kingston, was arrested and formally charged by its Narcotics Unit following offences allegedly committed on June 27. King was charged with possession of cannabis, possession with intent to supply, trafficking and importation of cannabis.
Jun 30, 2026	Cannabis Consumers Are Way More Likely To Dine At Restaurants That Offer THC Drinks As An Alcohol Alternative, Poll Shows A new poll of marijuana consumers shows they are overwhelmingly more likely to want to dine at restaurants that offer cannabis-derived THC drinks as an alternative to alcohol. The new survey, conducted by cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD, found that 54 percent of people who use marijuana and live in state-legal markets would be much more likely to visit a local restaurant that offered THC beverages.
Jun 30, 2026	German state authority says cannabis flower must be dried where it's grown, tightening the screws on EU GMP washing Cannabis flower released as medicine in Hesse must be dried and trimmed at the place the plants are harvested, the Hessian State Office for Health and Care says in a June 8 guidance letter, unless a producer can prove beyond doubt that skipping or splitting the drying causes no loss of quality.
Jun 30, 2026	‘Nobody’s going first’: Cannabis cafes bleeding cash waiting to open, six months after regulations passed Amsterdam-style cannabis lounges are still coming to Massachusetts — just much slower than many business owners expected. It’s been six months since the Cannabis Control Commission approved regulations for these businesses. Yet almost no towns have passed zoning changes for the ventures to move forward — and the commission has not opened the licenses up for applications. Both municipalities and the commission say they’re waiting for the other to move forward.
Jun 29, 2026	Nebraska Allows Grower to Start Medical Cannabis Cultivation Nebraska cannabis regulators have approved the first licensed cultivation company to begin growing cannabis nearly 19 months after state voters endorsed legalization for medical use. During a meeting on Monday, members of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously confirmed that MahaMota Cultivation Company had successfully completed its inspection process, clearing the way for the company to grow the state’s first legal medical cannabis crop.
Jun 29, 2026	Thailand Threatens Cannabis Shops with Severe Penalties Thailand continues to shape its regulations on the Cannabis, with in fine a strictly regulated medical cannabis model. The Department of Traditional and Alternative Thai Medicine (DTAM) recently issued new enforcement guidelines establishing stricter penalties for companies that fail to comply with the 2025 national regulations governing cannabis as a controlled substance.
Jun 29, 2026	DEA And FDA Highlight How Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol And Opioids During Rescheduling Hearing’s Opening Day Lawyers for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Monday highlighted testimony on marijuana’s medical benefits and its relative safety compared to other substances such as alcohol and opioids on the opening day of a hearing on the Trump administration’s cannabis rescheduling proposal.
Jun 29, 2026	Lawmakers reintroduce cannabis banking reform A bipartisan group of senators and congressmen has reintroduced cannabis banking reform legislation, following the federal reclassification of medical cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-OR, alongside Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, and Steve Daines, R-MT, introduced the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2026 to give banks legal clarity to serve state-legal medicinal and recreational cannabis businesses. Rep. David Joyce, R-OH, introduced companion legislation to the House, with seven colleagues.
Jun 29, 2026	Tilray acquires HelloMD to expand medical cannabis platform NEW YORK and TORONTO - Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLRY; TSX:TLRY) announced today the acquisition of HelloMD Corporation, a digital healthcare and patient engagement platform focused on medical cannabis, according to a press release statement. Tilray was the successful bidder in HelloMD’s formal sale process and plans to acquire HelloMD’s Canadian medical cannabis assets following formal Court approval on June 29, 2026. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition comes as Tilray, with a market capitalization of $549.89 million, trades at $4.61 per share following a challenging six-month period that saw the stock decline nearly 50%.
Jun 29, 2026	Israel Reopens Dumping Investigation into Canadian Medical Cannabis Israel’s Commissioner for Trade Levies and the Ministry of Economy and Industry have opened a new investigation into allegations of dumping of medical cannabis into the Israeli market from Canada. As first reported by Cannabis Magazine, Commissioner Danny Tal is launching the investigation less than six months after a District Court rejected Israeli growers’ attempts to impose a tax on imports. The new complaint argues that circumstances in Israel’s medical cannabis market have changed, with local production decreasing, consumer prices rising, and the local industry facing “collapse”.
Jun 29, 2026	Feds begin landmark cannabis reform hearings – here’s what to know The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) kicks off hearings today that could reshape federal cannabis policy for years to come. The government moved state-legal medical marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III earlier this year. Now, the feds are poised to debate whether all cannabis (i.e., adult-use) should be reclassified as well.
Jun 29, 2026	The Unexpected Reason Medical Cannabis Cuts Employee Sick Days by 7 Percent Employers still struggling with the dilemma of how to test and potentially sanction worker use of marijuana in states where the drug has been legalized might want to follow the lead of workplace tokers and just chill out. It turns out authorized use of cannabis for medical reasons actually reduces the days those employees call in sick—leaving managers shorthanded when they do—and has no effect on recreational user absence. Consider that pot’s unexpected payoff amid the continued spread of legal cannabis consumption
Jun 29, 2026	The Not-So-Hidden Economics of Nova Scotia’s Uncaptured Cannabis Market Nova Scotia’s Premier, who has been waging a media campaign to draw attention to the province’s robust unlicensed cannabis sector for several months now, says he has no idea how much the province is losing to the black market. “It would be impossible to determine just how much volume is being sold illegally in Nova Scotia,” Tim Houston recently told reporters, due to its unregulated nature. While the premier is obviously correct that a fully accurate calculation of sales in the illicit market is not possible, a general overview is. The most recent national polling shows 72% of consumers who had purchased cannabis at least once in the past year reported purchasing cannabis from a legal source. In comparison, only about 3% reported getting it from an illicit source. Only 2% reported getting their cannabis from a storefront in a First Nations community.
Jun 28, 2026	The Ritual: The Joint Tip’s Journey from Problem-Solver to Creative Canvas and Beyond There was a time when the business end of your joint — the part that touched your lips — consisted of nothing more than rolling paper material wrapped around the weed, tapered and twisted off. If (but only if) you’d had enough practice, you’d manage to smoke that hand-rolled number all the way down to its roach without inhaling little bits of errant herb or burning your lips or fingers or both. Then things changed. Somewhere along the joint’s evolutionary timeline, the tip — aka the crutch, but not a filter, that’s a different beast altogether — a tiny, stiff piece of paper tucked between plant and pout emerged from the primordial pot-party ooze and went on to profoundly change the joint game forever.
Jun 28, 2026	How to Buy Weed in Tokyo: Japan’s Harshest Cannabis Laws & Why You Should Never Try Let us be direct: there is no safe way to buy weed in Tokyo. Japan maintains some of the world’s strictest drug laws, and unlawful cannabis conduct can carry multi-year imprisonment. While cannabis culture thrives in legal markets worldwide, and platforms like Herb help people explore strains, products, and dispensaries, Japan remains firmly closed to any cannabis activity. This guide explains exactly why you should never attempt to acquire cannabis in Tokyo and what happens to those who try.
Jun 27, 2026	Nova Scotia raises illegal cannabis fines to $50,000, adds new offences Nova Scotia proclaimed higher fines and new offences under its Cannabis Control Act on June 25, targeting illegal cannabis sales and aiming to reduce youth access to unregulated products.
Jun 26, 2026	Canadian Cannabis Supplies Majority of UK’s Medical Market According to a new report from B2B platform Prohibition Partners, cannabis from Canada accounted for approximately 70–80% of the UK’s total medical cannabis supply in 2025. As the UK medical cannabis market expands, exports from Canada to the UK increased by 562% from 2024 to 2025, reaching 17.07 tonnes. In 2025, Canada accounted for 96% of the UK’s total annual import growth, driven by consistency, price, and positioning. The report draws much of its data from a UK Home Office FOI request and its own internal platforms.
Jun 26, 2026	Cannabis Remains Most Widely Used Drug Worldwide, New Report Reveals An estimated 256 million people worldwide used cannabis in 2024, outpacing opioids (63 million), amphetamines (32 million), cocaine (25 million) and ecstasy (21 million), according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Furthermore, the number of people using cannabis worldwide grew by 40% over the course of a decade, while the prevalence of its use increased from 3.8% of the population aged 15 to 64 in 2014 to 4.8% of the population in 2024, according to the UNODC World Drug Report 2026 that was released June 26.

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