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Jun 4, 2026	Cannabis Oil Provides “Clinically Meaningful” Improvements in Fibromyalgia Symptoms Lismore, Australia: Fibromyalgia (FM) patients who consume cannabis extracts before bedtime experience clinically meaningful improvements in their symptoms – including reduced pain and better sleep, according to placebo-controlled clinical data published in the journal Pain Research and Management.
Jun 4, 2026	Pre-Rolls Now Lead Canada’s Cannabis Market. What Comes Next? s Canada’s legal cannabis market has matured and stabilized, producers and retailers have adjusted their product mix to meet the needs of every consumer and keep their brands at the top of the sales charts. But one category in particular has quietly and consistently separated itself from the rest due to its ready-to-use, convenient format: the humble pre-roll.
Jun 4, 2026	Louisiana Will Let Terminally Ill Patients Use Medical Marijuana In Hospitals After Governor Allows Bill To Take Effect Without His Signature A newly enacted Louisiana law will let patients with terminal and irreversible conditions use medical marijuana in hospitals. Gov. Jeff Landry (R) allowed the reform to be enacted without his signature on Monday, rather than signing or vetoing it.
Jun 4, 2026	Taiwan proposes to withdraw driving licenses for cannabis use abroad Taiwan could soon revoke the driving licenses of those convicted of using the drug cannabis abroad, even if such consumption was legal in the country concerned. The proposal, announced by Taiwan's Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC), is part of a wider initiative to tighten penalties for driving under the influence of drugs, following several high-profile road accidents involving narcotics.
Jun 4, 2026	First medical cannabis store opens in Alabama after years of delays Amanda Taylor, a patient advocate, bought the first medical cannabis product in Alabama Wednesday morning at Callie's Apothecary in Montgomery.
Jun 4, 2026	Motorists using medicinal cannabis no longer to be automatically penalised in NSW Drivers with trace amounts of medicinal cannabis in their body will no longer be automatically penalised in NSW in a shake up to laws labelled “bloody stupid”. The Labor government announced on Thursday reforms to parliament that seek “a more commonsense approach” to medically prescribed cannabis and road laws.
Jun 4, 2026	Congressional Committee Directs Feds To Keep Testing Truck Drivers For Marijuana, Regardless Of Trump’s Rescheduling Move A congressional committee is directing federal officials to continue requiring government employees and safety-sensitive workers such as truck drivers and airline pilots to be drug tested for marijuana, “regardless of any future changes to the legal status or scheduling.”
Jun 3, 2026	Health Canada recalls cannabis product sold in Alberta Health Canada says some Albertans were shorted on their pot purchases. In an online advisory, the agency says Hybrid Infusion Ltd. initiated a recall of one of its cannabis products because of improper labelling and packaging.
Jun 3, 2026	The Hidden Cost of High Budtender Turnover When a budtender walks out the door, most operators instinctively think about the cost of a job posting and a few slow weeks. It’s a reasonable first instinct and almost entirely wrong. “When you fully load the costs and do the math,” said Graydon Welbourn, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of White Ash Group, “think vacancy coverage, overtime on remaining staff, manager time pulled off the floor, onboarding, compliance, and the quiet erosion of customer relationships that good budtenders carry with them [and] then you’re typically looking at 30 to 50 percent of that employee’s annual salary. Per departure. In Ontario, that’s a real number somewhere between $10,000 and $20,000 every time.”
Jun 3, 2026	Latest French CBD Crackdown To Be Challenged In Court French trade groups are seeking to overturn the ban on the sale of CBD food supplements in an attempted re-run of the successful 2022 removal of the ban on the sale of flowers. The three main trade groups representing the €200m French industry are set to lodge an appeal to the Conseil d’État (Council of State) against the recent oppressive move by the Ministry of Agriculture, Agri-Food and Food Sovereignty (MASA).
Jun 3, 2026	Virginia Cannabis Commission Holds First Hearing Following Governor’s Veto Of Bill To Legalize Recreational Sales Virginia lawmakers are gearing up for a push to include provisions to legalize recreational marijuana in budget legislation this month despite the governor’s veto of a proposal to enact the reform just weeks ago. The effort was a topic of discussion at the first meeting of the legislature’s Joint Commission to Oversee the Transition of the Commonwealth into a Cannabis Retail Market since Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D) move to kill the previous proposal to regulate adult-use marijuana sales.
Jun 3, 2026	In a new multi-clinic survey, the majority of UK patients being treated with medical cannabis for anxiety, depression, and PTSD report improvements in their symptoms. It's been more than five years since Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a bill allowing residents of the state to use medical cannabis. And starting this week, they'll finally have a place to legally buy it. According to Fox54, Callie's Apothecary in Montgomery will open on Thursday. It's the first retail spot for the dispensary owner, which said it's opening two more soon in nearby Talladega and Bessemer.
Jun 3, 2026	UK Survey Finds Majority of Medical Cannabis Patients Report Improved Mental Health Symptoms In a new multi-clinic survey, the majority of UK patients being treated with medical cannabis for anxiety, depression, and PTSD report improvements in their symptoms.
Jun 3, 2026	Cannabis use grows among young people in Japan, especially in Tokyo Cannabis use is becoming widespread among young people in Japan, especially in Tokyo. In 2025, people in their 20s and younger accounted for more than 70% of all those taken into police custody or otherwise processed in cannabis-related cases, pushing the total to a record high.
Jun 3, 2026	United States Cannabis Market Set to Surpass USD 40 Billion by 2034 as Legalization and Innovation Fuel Growth The cannabis industry in the United States is entering a transformative era. What was once considered a niche and highly regulated sector has evolved into one of the most dynamic consumer markets in the country. Driven by expanding legalization, increasing social acceptance, medical adoption, and rapid product innovation, cannabis is steadily becoming part of mainstream American culture and commerce.
Jun 3, 2026	From cannabis to marijuana: The racializing of weed America did not merely criminalize a plant. It criminalized a people. Before “marijuana” became America’s most politically weaponized slang term, the plant was widely known as cannabis — used in medicine, industrial hemp and natural remedies. But in the 1930s, federal anti-drug propaganda weaponized the Spanish-derived word “marihuana” to culturally link the plant to Mexicans, immigrants, Black jazz culture and racial fear.
Jun 3, 2026	Researchers find older adults rarely discuss cannabis use with clinicians Fewer than 1 in 5 adults older than 65 report discussing their cannabis use with clinicians, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, explored the prevalence of conversations between patients and clinicians about cannabis use and its potential harms.
Jun 2, 2026	Cannabis use was linked to higher testosterone in young men A Swiss study found that young men who used cannabis had around 23% higher testosterone than non-users. The researchers also identified two possible hormone biomarkers that may help detect regular cannabis exposure. The findings do not prove cannabis improves fertility, and the clinical meaning of the hormone changes remains unclear.
Jun 2, 2026	Cannabis companies hid health issues from consumers: Federal lawsuit Cannabis companies have been accused of not properly warning users of health issues related to their products, a new federal class-action lawsuit states. The complaint, filed by Weitz & Luxenberg, targets companies in 13 states and is brought by consumers who claim the products were deceptively marketed. “These manufacturers make representations about health benefits that are unfounded while failing to warn about health risks,” said Weitz & Luxenberg’s James Bilsborrow in a news release.
Jun 2, 2026	Hybrid Infusions Ltd. Recalls Champagne Supernova Pre-Roll On June 2, 2026, Hybrid Infusions Ltd. and Health Canada issued a recall for Champagne Supernova 3×0.5g Pre-Roll due to packaging and labelling issues. The recalled product, sold under the Virtue Cannabis brand, was packaged in the wrong tube. The tube contains one 1-g pre-roll instead of three 0.5-g pre-rolls as stated on the label. The recall was initiated after Hybrid Infusion Ltd. received two complaints about the product.

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