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| Jun 12, 2026 |
Would you like gummies with that? Drive-thru marijuana proposal moves forward In certain parts of the U.S., you can buy a surprising number of things other than food from a drive-thru window: Guns in Texas, weddings in Nevada and margaritas in Florida, to name a few. And if one Assembly bill becomes law, marijuana could be on drive-thru menus in California. The state Senate’s committee on business, professions and economic development earlier this week passed a proposal that would allow licensed retailers to sell cannabis via drive-thru windows. Currently, cannabis retailers can provide curbside pickup services. But by also allowing drive-thrus, the legal market can gain a competitive edge over the illegal cannabis market, said Assemblymember Gail Pellerin, a Santa Cruz Democrat and bill author. |
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| Jun 12, 2026 |
Ukraine’s First Legal Medical Cannabis Products Have Been Dispensed To Military Veterans And A Woman With MS Ukraine’s Ministry of Health has announced that the country’s medical cannabis program is officially operational, with the first prescribed products being purchased by a handful of patients on Thursday. The THC capsules were dispensed at a pharmacy in the city of Vinnytsia to two veterans suffering from chronic neuropathic pain and phantom limb pain following amputation and a woman with multiple sclerosis. |
| Jun 12, 2026 |
Rise in adulterated cannabis in France, as edible CBD ban shakes industry France's illicit drug market is becoming increasingly unpredictable, with users unknowingly ingesting substances that are not what they thought, according to a report released by the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT). Sounds like a good argument for legalization |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
SQDC Reports $809.5 Million in Sales in 2025
For the fiscal year ending March 28, 2026, the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) recorded total sales of $809.5 million, with net income of $132.4 million and a total contribution of $331.3 million to the Quebec government. Total sales were up 9% compared to the previous fiscal year, while net income increased by 12%. Contributions to the Quebec government also increased 12% YOY. |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
Cannabis: what tips the balance for teens to start consuming? Having friends who use cannabis isn't enough on its own: it's their influence combined with the perception of easy access to the substance that multiplies the risk of initiation among teens. Led by Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, a professor at the School of Public Health at the Université de Montréal, the researchers draw on Quebec data from COMPASS, a pan-Canadian longitudinal study on the health behaviours of secondary-school students. |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
Massachusetts Anti-Marijuana Campaign Fires Signature Gatherer Amid Accusations Of Misleading Voters A Massachusetts campaign working to put a measure to roll back marijuana legalization on the November ballot has fired a signature gatherer it says was shown appearing to engage in “wholly unacceptable” conduct in a recent video. |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Cannabis-Derived Drug for Chronic Back Pain The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to VER-01, a cannabis-derived, full-spectrum drug for chronic low back pain produced by German company Vertanical. The designation follows two randomized, controlled Phase 3 trials, which demonstrated significant pain reduction, a favorable tolerability profile, and no evidence of dependence. |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
New Zealand raises the THC limit for hemp to 1% New Zealand raised the legal THC limit in hemp from 0.35% to 1%. These changes repeal the 2006 Industrial Hemp Regulations and replace a licensing framework with a simpler notification system. Farmers no longer require the permission of health authorities to grow hemp. They must now simply notify the police and the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) of their intention before proceeding with planting. |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
Maine issues recall over moldy cannabis flower The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy issued a recall Tuesday for adult use cannabis flower produced by Green Trap, which was sold at retail stores in Eliot, Berwick, Lebanon, Oxford, Rockland and Bangor. The strain “Drip Burger” sold between April 29 and June 8 was found to have unsafe levels of yeast and mold during audit testing conducted by the office. The recall includes products sold in an eighth of an ounce and half of an ounce of flower |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
Morocco’s Police Seize Nearly 1.9 Tons of Cannabis in Two Separate Operations Rabat – Morocco’s police carried out two separate operations, resulting in the seizure of nearly 1.9 tons of cannabis on Thursday in Souq Larba’a al Gharb and Nador. During the early hours of Thursday, police carried out their operation aimed at combating drug trafficking. |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
Q4 FY26 delivered record medical cannabis revenue, strong margins, and global market leadership Q4 FY26 saw double-digit revenue growth, record international sales, and strong gross margins, with continued leadership in key global medical cannabis markets and a robust cash position. Strategic acquisitions and innovation support long-term growth. |
| Jun 11, 2026 |
Alberta updates cannabis sampling policies Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) has announced amendments to its cannabis representative and retail cannabis store policies, with changes taking effect immediately. The updates apply to Section 4.3 of the Cannabis Representative Handbook and Section 6.3 of the Retail Cannabis Store Handbook. Under the revised guidelines, cannabis representatives are now permitted to provide product samples to retail cannabis store licensees on an ongoing basis, in quantities deemed appropriate for legitimate business and educational purposes. All samples are restricted to licensee use only and must remain in compliance with federal guidelines. The amendments also bring a notable reduction in administrative burden: record-keeping requirements for cannabis sampling have been cut from six years to two years. |
| Jun 10, 2026 |
New Caledonia Adopts a Historic Roadmap for Hemp On June 5, 2026, the New Caledonia Congress adopted an ambitious strategic plan aimed at establishing a fully-fledged hemp industry in the territory. Through a roadmap covering the period 2026–2030, elected officials intend to make industrial hemp a driver of economic diversification, agricultural development, and health innovation in a context marked by the archipelago’s economic challenges. |
| Jun 10, 2026 |
European Drug Report 2026: A More Complex and Powerful Cannabis Market Cannabis remains by far the most widely used illicit substance in Europe, but the market for it is changing at a pace that makes it difficult to assess its health effects. This is one of the main findings of the European Drug Report 2026, published on June 9 by the EUDA, the European Union’s drug agency. Between product diversification and a steady increase in the content of THC, shifts in drug trafficking patterns, and recent national reforms, the agency is calling for heightened vigilance. |
| Jun 10, 2026 |
Zac Efron Is Constructing His New Australian Home Almost Entirely Out of Cannabis Zac Efron is building a new home in Australia mostly made from hemp. The house, which the High School Musical alum has dubbed "FutureCave,” is located on a plot of land he purchased in 2020. |
| Jun 10, 2026 |
Virginia Governor, Lawmakers Meet over Marijuana Sales Impasse Virginia officials and lawmakers are moving closer to an agreement that could revive plans for legal recreational cannabis sales after Governor Abigail Spanberger vetoed legalization legislation earlier this year. |
| Jun 10, 2026 |
Where Did All the Good Weed Go?
The good news is, good cannabis hasn’t disappeared. Canada’s best growers are (arguably) growing their best crops yet, but Canada’s high taxes and low prices mean most of those products are now destined for export. Premium cannabis simply costs more to produce, as it generally requires better talent, more labour, higher-quality inputs, and a producer with sufficient margin to reject or downgrade lots that fail to meet expectations. It also requires exceptional speed to market, as product quality tends to degrade with time. For most premium producers in Canada, the domestic market stopped paying that premium. |
| Jun 10, 2026 |
Cooking With Weed Just Got Higher. And It’s Not Just Brownies. From infused pasta to organic live rosin, four chefs are cooking weed into something Michelin should hand 420 stars for. |
| Jun 10, 2026 |
The CEO innovating in Ireland’s ‘controlled and cautious’ medical cannabis space Leah Fletcher is the co-founder and CEO of Irish biopharmaceutical Dunbar Pharma, which specialises in researching, developing and manufacturing EU-GMP-certified, plant-based active pharmaceutical ingredients. She told SiliconRepublic.com, “My interest in cannabinoid medicines began while I was living in Canada around the time cannabis was legalised there. I was fascinated by how quickly the conversation around the plant was changing and how emotional, political and commercial it was. |
| Jun 10, 2026 |
The Cannabis Industry Forgot Who Built It
Legal cannabis promised legitimacy. Instead, many of the people who carried the culture through prohibition are being priced, regulated, and pushed out of the industry they helped build. |
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