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| Aug 13, 2026 |
Relaunched Cannabis and Hemp platform connects research with real-world impact
From cannabis-based medicines to sustainable farming solutions, a relaunched research platform is creating new opportunities across one of South Africa’s fastest-growing industries. The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Cannabis and Hemp Research and Innovation Platform combines scientific expertise, advanced technology and industry collaboration to support innovation, product development, skills growth and entrepreneurship across the cannabis and hemp value chain. |
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| Aug 13, 2026 |
Can Jamaica’s New Cannabis Permits Deliver for Legacy Growers?
The Cubans have cigars, and Jamaicans have ganja. So why have the traditional farmers behind Jamaica’s most celebrated crop struggled to find a place in its legal cannabis industry? In April 2026, Jamaica’s Cannabis Licensing Authority launched two special permit programs intended to bring traditional and small-scale ganja farmers into the regulated market. The permits lower some of the financial and technical barriers that have kept growers outside the system, while giving them access to support and legal buyers. |
| Aug 13, 2026 |
Tribal cannabis industry transforms Minnesota's poorest communities In Mahnomen, Minnesota, an $8.5 million potato chip factory that sat empty for over a decade on the White Earth reservation is now home to Waabigwan Mashkiki, a tribally owned cannabis company that has become a major supplier in Minnesota's recreational marijuana market. While the chip plant was projected to bring 45 jobs, the cannabis operation now employs 200 people. |
| Aug 13, 2026 |
End the Grey Zone: Why Mexico Must Regulate Cannabis Now In business, nothing is more expensive than uncertainty. Those of us leading companies in highly complex sectors, such as cannabis, know that a market in the shadows only exacerbates speculation, contraband, and illegal imports. On the other hand, the extreme of an over-regulated market yields benefits solely for massive international capital, fostering a broad grey market. True value and maturity are achieved when social benefit-centered regulation aligns with the market's capacity to expand under the protection of the law. |
| Aug 13, 2026 |
This Big Upcoming Change for Consumers Could Boost Cannabis Stocks
The cannabis sector is about to see some dramatic changes over the next few quarters, which could push sector stocks significantly higher, predict four of the key CEOs in the space. “Buckle up,” said Green Thumb (GTBIF) CEO and founder Ben Kovler in his company’s second-quarter earnings call on August 4. “We think the next six months could potentially be the most significant in the cannabis landscape in the last 12 years.” |
| Aug 13, 2026 |
Data is Becoming Cannabis’ Most Valuable Crop
For more than a decade now, the world’s largest retail conglomerates have been quietly building their consumer data empires. Today, their consumers’ data is perhaps more valuable to these brands than the goods they want to sell them. |
| Aug 12, 2026 |
Vaping and cannabis hit record highs among young adults in 2025: Survey
Young adults’ use of vapes and cannabis hit all-time highs last year, according to the results of a large new national survey conducted at the University of Michigan. The percentage of young adults who said they’d used nicotine vapes in the past 30 days reached the highest levels since the question was first added to the survey in 2017, more than tripling to 19%. For cannabis, 29% of young adults between the ages of 19 and 30 said they’d used the drug in the past 30 days — just slightly below the all-time high of 30% the previous year. A record high of 12% reported daily cannabis use. |
| Aug 12, 2026 |
Inhaled cannabis reduces premature heartbeats in habitual users
Habitual cannabis users experienced about 9% fewer premature heartbeats on days they inhaled cannabis compared with days they abstained, a counterintuitive finding that adds to the complex and evolving understanding of how cannabis affects the heart, new UC San Francisco-led research found. |
| Aug 12, 2026 |
Global Cannabis Use Up 40% Over Last Decade as Reform Spreads, but Overlap With Illicit Market Growing
Use of cannabis across the globe has grown by 40% over the last decade, with 256m people now reported to have used cannabis over the past year in 2024. That growth, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime‘s World Drug Report 2026 (WDR26), follows a ‘continuum of gradual normalisation’ towards cannabis use, which in turn has helped drive a fragmented, but expanding wave of policy liberalisation. |
| Aug 12, 2026 |
Rwanda: A New License Revives the Country's Ambitions in Medical Cannabis Le 24 juillet 2026, le gouvernement rwandais a approuvé un accord de concession avec InipasvalleyRw Ltd pour le projet baptisé High-Value Therapeutic Crops. La décision a été prise lors d’une réunion du Conseil des ministres présidée par Paul Kagame. |
| Aug 12, 2026 |
Village Farms launches easy-pour cannabis pouches
Village Farms International has introduced a new pouch design for its Super Toast cannabis brand, bringing an easy-pour format to Canada’s milled flower segment. The company described this as the first use of this type of packaging in the category in the Canadian market. |
| Aug 12, 2026 |
Curaleaf Launches Hostile Bid for Aurora Cannabis at 45% Premium
U.S. cannabis operator Curaleaf Holdings (TSX:CURA) went public with an unsolicited takeover offer for Canadian rival Aurora Cannabis (TSX/NASDAQ:ACB) on Tuesday, proposing a deal that values Aurora at a 45% premium and would forge a global cannabis giant with operations across 17 countries and annual revenue exceeding $1.5 billion. Under the terms disclosed by Curaleaf, each Aurora share would be exchanged for 0.34 of a Curaleaf share plus $0.75 in cash, equating to $4 per share. Curaleaf added that if Aurora’s stock were to experience a “substantial rise” before acceptance, the total bid price would be capped at $5 per share. The company said the offer was taken directly to Aurora shareholders after multiple private attempts to engage Aurora’s management failed to spark discussions. |
| Aug 12, 2026 |
Federal government invests $24 million for cannabis and brain health research
TORONTO — Federal Minister of Health Marjorie Michel has announced $24 million to create the Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium. Funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the group of 10 research teams from across Canada will work together to study how cannabis affects the brain in people of various ages. |
| Aug 11, 2026 |
AURORA CANNABIS INC. RESPONDS TO PRESS RELEASE OF CURALEAF HOLDINGS, INC. REGARDING INTENTION TO LAUNCH UNSOLICITED TAKE-OVER BID EDMONTON, AB, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Aurora Cannabis Inc. ("Aurora" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ACB) (TSX: ACB), the Canadian-based leading global medical cannabis company, responded today to a press release issued by Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. ("Curaleaf") regarding its stated intention to launch an unsolicited take-over bid for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company (the "Aurora Shares") at a stated implied consideration of US$4.00 per Share, consisting of 0.3463 subordinate voting shares of Curaleaf plus US$0.75 in cash per Aurora Share (the "Proposal"). |
| Aug 11, 2026 |
Alcohol Retailers And Wholesalers Support Bill To Keep Hemp THC Drinks Federally Legal Several major alcohol industry participants are backing a new bill in Congress that would exempt hemp beverages from a currently scheduled ban on THC products derived from the plant while enacting new provisions to tax and regulate the cannabis drinks like alcohol. |
| Aug 11, 2026 |
Curaleaf looks to buy Aurora Cannabis, takes bid directly to shareholders
STAMFORD — Curaleaf Holdings Inc. says it intends to launch a takeover bid for Edmonton-based cannabis company Aurora Cannabis Inc. Curaleaf said in a news release on Tuesday it plans to make an offer to purchase all of Aurora’s issued and outstanding common shares. If successful, the move would create a combined cannabis company with a footprint in 17 countries across Europe, North America and other international markets, it said. |
| Aug 10, 2026 |
Brew and Buds: Comparing Canada’s Approach to Cannabis and Beer Taxes
Canada’s beer and cannabis industries represent two of the most heavily regulated sectors in the country, yet they operate under completely different excise tax regimes. While the nation’s three largest brewers based on annual domestic sales—Molson Coors, Labatt, and Sleeman—benefit from a stable, volume-based tax that promotes predictability, Canada’s top three cannabis producers—Tilray Brands, Organigram Holdings, and Cronos Group—are hindered by a rigid, price-based floor that effectively taxes revenue rather than profit. The excise tax burden demonstrates a major difference between the two industries. For the three largest brewers, annual excise duties range from approximately $27 million to $210 million, effectively consuming 14% to 16% of gross domestic sales. Canada’s top cannabis producers, on the other hand, face significantly steeper taxes: Tilray Brands recently incurred excise duties of $90 million to $100 million (33% to 35%), Organigram Holdings paid $125 million to $135 million (38% to 40%), and Cronos Group faced the highest burden at $65 million to $75 million, which represents 58% to 61% of their gross branded sales. |
| Aug 10, 2026 |
Morocco's Cannabis Reform: Why Small Farmers Are Left Behind | Dw Documentary Morocco's legalization of cannabis for medicinal purposes was welcomed by growers in the country. The promise of a better future, however, has yet to materialize for many small-scale farmers. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BA1yL8RfbME?si=_0GgMK28iwmWqufh" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
| Aug 10, 2026 |
Why Is Cannabis Still Illegal in the UK? The History Behind Medical Cannabis Law
The 2018 law change generated headlines suggesting cannabis had been legalised. It had not, and the confusion has persisted ever since because the actual change was narrow, technical and easy to misreport. Understanding what happened requires separating two systems that operate side by side and are frequently conflated. |
| Aug 10, 2026 |
Senate extends temporary lifeline for hemp THC – and sets up fight with cannabis industry Key points: The U.S. Senate voted early Saturday to extend a deadline for when hemp THC products become illegal until December. Supporters, including major lawmakers and the alcohol lobby, believe they can convince the House to also delay a ban and regulate the products Setting up a showdown between state-regulated cannabis and the hemp industry, cannabis industry forces pledged to lobby Congress to keep the hemp ban intact. |
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