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| Aug 26, 2026 |
Can Cannabis Consumers Convince Government That It’s Time for Industry Reform? When Canada legalized recreational cannabis in 2018, it resolved one of the most contentious issues surrounding the plant. Canadians who believed people should not be criminalized for consuming cannabis had something clear to fight for, and ending prohibition gave them what they wanted. But legalization did not resolve many of the issues facing the industry that emerged in the years that followed. Cannabis businesses continue to push for changes to excise taxes, packaging and promotion restrictions, THC limits, and other regulations. What has largely disappeared is the public constituency demanding change alongside them. |
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| Aug 26, 2026 |
DEA Releases Full Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing Transcript As Judge Prepares To Issue His Recommendation The full official transcript of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on the Trump administration’s marijuana rescheduling proposal has now been made available to the public. The release of the day-by-day record of the cannabis rescheduling proceedings comes after DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius ordered that dozens of mostly small and technical changes be made to an initial draft. |
| Aug 26, 2026 |
Canada surpasses California as largest cannabis market in the world
California’s leaders love to brag about the state’s legal cannabis market being the largest in the world. Even when the legal market has shown deep problems and dysfunction, leaders could say that at least California was still No. 1. However, that no longer appears to be true. Canada’s federal government released data last week showing that its June sales totaled $517.8 million Canadian dollars, or about $374.5 million in U.S. dollars. That’s more than the $372.4 million that California sold the same month, according to the Department of Cannabis Control, meaning California has lost its superlative status. |
| Aug 25, 2026 |
A growing trend among retirees is sparking neighborhood disputes Cannabis use among older Americans has climbed sharply in recent years, with many seniors turning to marijuana products to help manage chronic pain, sleep problems and other age-related issues. As the trend expands, however, some retirement communities, condominium buildings and neighborhoods are seeing increased friction between users and neighbors who object to lingering odors and secondhand smoke, The Wall Street Journal reported. Health researchers say adults ages 65 and older represent one of the fastest-growing groups of cannabis users in the United States. Increased legalization, wider availability of marijuana products and changing cultural attitudes have encouraged many baby boomers to revisit or begin using cannabis for medical and recreational purposes, according to the National Institutes of Health. |
| Aug 25, 2026 |
Cannabis Is Capitalism’s Next Fix
We grew up being told, ?“Just say no,” ?“Say nope to dope,” ?“Choose life, not drugs.” Now we read articles about how psychedelics can improve brain health in mainstream media and scroll past Instagram posts advertising cannabis as the latest essential wellness treatment for on-the-go millennials. A change is happening, even if we can’t fully see it. Is the War on Drugs over? If so, who won? Or is it simply changing shape? How did this change come about, and what comes after it? If we have lost the War on Drugs, what does the postwar reconstruction look like? To understand why this shift is happening, and why now (after all, activists have been calling for drug legalisation since the 1960s), it helps to zoom out. We are living through an era the economic historian Adam Tooze has called a ?“polycrisis.” The economy is in long-term stagnation. Decades of free-market policy have carved a huge global divide between owners and earners, between asset holders and people who must work for a living. The global superpowers are descending into hostile trade wars, and people fear that artificial intelligence will take away the few remaining professional jobs. Everyone is looking for a fix. |
| Aug 25, 2026 |
Legal weed may have an unexpected workplace benefit Legal medical cannabis may be doing something employers might not expect: keeping more workers on the job and in good health. A new study published in the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health found that medical cannabis decriminalization was associated with a roughly 6.9 percent reduction in the likelihood of health-related workplace absences. Researchers analyzed more than 20 million responses from the Current Population Survey, spanning January 1990 through March 2025. |
| Aug 25, 2026 |
More Than 200,000 People Were Arrested For Marijuana Possession In The U.S. Last Year, FBI Data Shows More than 200,000 people were arrested for possessing marijuana in the U.S. last year, according to the FBI’s latest annual crime report, and another 17,000 were booked for allegedly selling or growing cannabis. Those figures likely understate the true number of people busted for marijuana, however, given inconsistencies in the federal data and questions about the agency’s changing methodology from recent years, as well as the fact that about 13 percent of state and local law enforcement agencies did not contribute data for 2025. |
| Aug 25, 2026 |
Reports of Increases in Problematic Cannabis Use Don’t Mean We Should Return to Prohibition
A free society should be capable of learning to live with potentially risky substances without the government banning them. As a physician, I don’t dismiss recent reports of increases in problematic cannabis use. But we should avoid letting them trigger another drug-war moral panic. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
Trump Signed an Order Paying Farmers to Heal Their Soil. Weed Growers Get Nothing. This past June, President Trump signed an executive order expanding a pilot program the USDA had already funded, routed through conservation programs like EQIP and the Conservation Stewardship Program, which pays farmers for building soil health. Across row crops and rangeland, regenerative agriculture has moved from a fringe idea to the fastest-growing banner in farming. Almost none of that money will reach a marijuana farm. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
Cannabis Law Reform Is Increasingly Gaining Prominence as Midterms Approach
Cannabis policy is heading into the U.S. midterm elections as a politically complicated issue, with voters in some states considering ballot measures while candidates elsewhere take opposing positions on legalization. The debate comes as the country remains divided between broad public acceptance of cannabis and its continued prohibition under federal law. The issue could gain attention as November approaches, although voters are also focused on immigration, the economy, the conflict with Iran, and the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
Curaleaf Responds to Aurora Cannabis' Latest Attempt to Deflect From Shareholder Value Creation
STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (TSX: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf"), a leading international provider of consumer and medical cannabis products, today responded to Aurora Cannabis Inc.'s (TSX: ACB) (NASDAQ: ACB) ("Aurora") latest public statements regarding Curaleaf's offer for Aurora: "Aurora's hollow protests and completely misleading statistics change nothing about reality: if its multi-year turnaround strategy were delivering the value management claims, the company's valuation would reflect it. Aurora has repeatedly failed to demonstrate both a credible plan and the ability to execute, resulting in significant lost shareholder value. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
Are the cannabis shops we see across the shopping malls in South Africa operating legally?
Jason Scott on News24 this morning is raising an important issue regarding the cannabis shops we see in many malls across South Africa. The legality of their activity is still questionable. People are currently allowed to grow for private consumption, not to deal in these shops. Indeed, the government has expressed a desire to grow the cannabis industry, and there are lots of people who want to be involved in the industry. But the legislative work to permit such trade is missing. Mainly, farmers and growers have permits to cultivate for medicinal and other uses. But the regulations for these shops remain very hazy. This issue needs closer attention. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
Butcher of 39 years fired over medicinal cannabis wins job back - and $25k
New Zealand - A butcher with nearly four decades of service at a meat works has been awarded $25,000 in compensation and ordered to be permanently reinstated after being summarily dismissed for failing a second workplace drug test while using prescribed medicinal cannabis. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
Who’s using more weed? The answer may surprise you More Americans are consuming cannabis than ever before. The rise comes amid relaxed drug policies and wider normalization. The latest federal data suggest the generational gap may be narrowing, with older Americans reporting higher rates of use than ever before. According to the annual Monitoring the Future study, more than one in five older adults said they consumed cannabis in the last year. Around one in seven said they consumed it in the last month. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
More Americans Are Now Smoking Marijuana Than Ever Before As Cigarettes Hit All-Time Low, Gallup Poll Shows A record-high number of U.S. adults now smoke marijuana, while cigarette smoking is at an all-time low, according to a new Gallup poll. The survey, published on Monday, shows that 17 percent of Americans over the age of 18 now smoke cannabis—more than double the 7 percent who said they smoke marijuana when Gallup first asked about the issue in 2013. Separately, 15 percent of American adults consume marijuana edibles, the poll found. In contrast, just 11 percent of U.S. adults said they smoked tobacco cigarettes within the past week. Nine percent said they vaped nicotine within the past seven days, while 4 percent used nicotine pouches. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
https://azmarijuana.com/arizona-medical-marijuana-news/cannabis-and-alcohol-exhibit-contradictory-effects-on-driving-performance/ Drivers increase their speed following the use of alcohol but reduce their speed following the use of cannabis, according to an assessment of real-world driving performance published in the journal Accident, Analysis & Prevention. Consistent with driving simulator data, participants who consumed cannabis engaged in compensatory driving behavior. Researchers reported that “alcohol-involved trips showed increased proportions of speeding on primary and secondary roads, suggesting impaired judgment or compromised longitudinal vehicle control. In contrast, cannabis-positive trips had speeding proportions closely aligned with baseline conditions, likely indicating habituation or compensatory driving behaviors.” |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
Graphic of the day: Global cannabis usage
As global restrictions around cannabis use ease, North American producers are acquiring European operators. World Population Review data highlights wide adoption variance. Canada leads at 26 percent and the US reaches 21.9 percent, contrasting with European markets like Germany (8.8 percent). In Asia, adoption remains low, with India reporting 2.8 percent usage. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
US Cannabis at a Crossroads
Key Points Section 781 would keep the 0.3% total THC limit for hemp plants while imposing separate thresholds on processing intermediates and finished cannabinoid products. Finished products containing more than 0.4 milligrams of combined total THC and designated similar-effect cannabinoids per container would no longer qualify as hemp. The intermediate-product rule could make ordinary U.S. extraction of full-spectrum hemp difficult because extraction naturally concentrates cannabinoids. Competing bills would repeal Section 781, establish consumer-safety rules, overhaul federal cannabis policy, or create category-specific regulation for hemp beverages. The article argues that federal policy should regulate products according to dose, intended use, manufacturing process, claims, and actual risk rather than plant origin alone. In 2018, Congress legalized hemp. Eight years later, Washington is still trying to decide what that means. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
Aurora Cannabis Fires Back at Curaleaf’s Claims, Urges Shareholders to Wait
Aurora Cannabis is firing back at US cannabis company Curaleaf following the American company’s efforts to acquire Aurora. The Edmonton-based Aurora is urging its shareholders to take no action. At the same time, it awaits a formal recommendation from its Board and a newly formed Special Committee, both of which are reviewing Curaleaf’s proposal together and consulting financial and legal advisers to assess the best path forward to maximize value for the company and its shareholders. Curaleaf’s offer remains open for at least 105 days from its formal launch on August 18, 2026. |
| Aug 24, 2026 |
AURORA CANNABIS CORRECTS INACCURATE STATEMENTS MADE IN SUPPORT OF CURALEAF HOLDINGS' HOSTILE BID "Curaleaf's timing and public comments appear to be a transparent attempt to pressure Aurora shareholders into making a short-term decision for the benefit of Curaleaf shareholders," said Miguel Martin, Executive Chairman and CEO of Aurora. "Curaleaf's interest underscores the value that Aurora has created. They are trying to acquire our world-class EU-GMP global infrastructure at the lowest possible price, depriving our shareholders of the long-term value our strategy is built to deliver." |
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