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Sep 30, 2026	Pre-Rolls Overtake Flower as Canada's Top Cannabis Category by Revenue in 2025, Cones Canada Report Finds Pre-rolls overtook flower in 2025 to become Canada's top cannabis category by revenue, extending a long-standing lead in unit sales, according to the newly released State of the Canadian Pre-Roll Market 2026 report from Cones Canada, the Canadian arm of Custom Cones USA.
Sep 30, 2026	Virginia’s first look at a cannabis retail market Virginia took a step toward launching its recreational marijuana market this month after years of legislative limbo. The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority released its first draft of regulations for prospective businesses, including registration fees, limits on customer purchases, and even how delivery operators would be permitted. Virginia approved legislation legalizing retail marijuana sales this year. The law allows up to 350 recreational marijuana stores, 100 microbusinesses and five tier V cultivation facilities to open across the state.
Sep 30, 2026	Medical Cannabis Pioneer Bedrocan Fights to Avoid Bankruptcy in Home Market Bedrocan, the Dutch medical cannabis stalwart thousands of patients rely on for their prescriptions, is now fighting to avoid collapse. This week, Bedrocan’s two Dutch entities, Bedrocan Nederland B.V. and Bedrocan International B.V., applied for a court-supervised suspension of payments (‘surseance van betaling’). On September 25, Arnold Gras of BENK Advocaten was officially appointed administrator for both entities, in what Bedrocan’s spokesperson Femke Starrenburg framed as a ‘glimmer of hope’ rather than an inevitable collapse into bankruptcy.
Sep 29, 2026	Medical cannabis enrollment surged nationwide over past decade, but leveled off as recreational access expanded A national analysis of medical cannabis registry data found that the number of Americans registered to use medical cannabis increased from about 747,000 in 2016 to about 3.9 million in 2024. Patient enrollment often declined after states legalized recreational cannabis, suggesting some people may obtain cannabis outside medical programs. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Sep 29, 2026	Trinidad and Tobago proposes higher legal ages for alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and gambling The Trinidad and Tobago Government is proposing to raise the minimum legal age for alcohol and tobacco from 18 to 21, while increasing the legal age for cannabis and gambling from 18 to 25. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced the proposed changes Monday, saying the measures are intended to strengthen protections for young people.
Sep 28, 2026	Chinese-owned firm Yongji Health takes over Tasmanian Botanics cannabis farm One of Australia's largest cannabis cultivators is now almost entirely owned by Chinese-owned firm Yongji Health. Company documents show Yongji, a subsidiary of a Guizhou-based company, has taken full control of Pijen, which owns more than 95 per cent of the shares in Tasmanian Botanics.
Sep 28, 2026	A Very Consequential U.S. Cannabis Vote To Occur In November The United States cannabis community has made enormous strides in recent decades. Starting in 1996 with the successful California medical cannabis legalization campaign, cannabis advocates have worked tirelessly to modernize cannabis laws and regulations across the country. As it stands right now, 40 states have adopted medical cannabis legalization, and 24 states have adopted adult-use cannabis legalization. Washington, D.C., has adopted both forms of legalization. Additionally, the federal government continues to work to reschedule cannabis.
Sep 28, 2026	Lt. Gov. John Rodgers to pay fine for cannabis violations BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont Lt. Gov. John Rodgers must pay a fine after state regulators dinged him for violating cannabis licensing rules on his property in West Glover. Earlier this month, the Cannabis Control Board called out Rodgers for growing unlicensed cannabis plants.
Sep 28, 2026	Six Canadian Cannabis Companies Named Among Canada’s Top-Growing Businesses for 2026 Six Canadian cannabis companies made the list of the country’s top-growing companies in 2026. The annual list, put together by Canadian media outlet the Globe and Mail, ranks the top 375 companies that are “closing the innovation gap and finding ways to grow through the ups and downs of a turbulent economy and geopolitical landscape.”
Sep 28, 2026	Could Animal Feed Be Hemp’s Way Out of the Oversupply Trap? The US post-2018 Farm Bill hemp boom helped create a problem the industry is still wrestling with: too much flower and too few buyers. During that time, CBD-rich hemp biomass reportedly sold for $30–$40 per pound, while hundreds of thousands of acres were licensed at the industry’s peak. But the economics changed quickly. Prices fell, acreage contracted, and large volumes of hemp biomass began losing their value after harvest and processing.
Sep 28, 2026	Canadian Wastewater Survey Highlights Regional Cannabis Trends and Winter Spikes The federal government’s latest figures on wastewater metabolites in select Canadian cities for March 2026 showed Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, with the highest per-capita rate of THC byproducts. The report, which currently goes back to January 2024, measures wastewater metabolites in Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Vancouver. While Prince Albert recorded the highest level of THC-COOH, a metabolite created when liver enzymes break down psychoactive THC after it is smoked, vaped, or ingested in the most recent month, and has shown an overall elevated amount, it is often outpaced by Moncton and Halifax. The federal government’s latest figures on wastewater metabolites in select Canadian cities for March 2026 showed Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, with the highest per-capita rate of THC byproducts. The report, which currently goes back to January 2024, measures wastewater metabolites in Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Vancouver. While Prince Albert recorded the highest level of THC-COOH, a metabolite created when liver enzymes break down psychoactive THC after it is smoked, vaped, or ingested in the most recent month, and has shown an overall elevated amount, it is often outpaced by Moncton and Halifax.
Sep 27, 2026	Scientists Identify Rare Flavoalkaloids in Marijuana Leaves for First Time Scientists have identified a rare class of compounds known as flavoalkaloids in marijuana leaves for the first time, adding to evidence that parts of the plant often treated as waste contain a diverse range of potentially useful chemicals. The research, published in the Journal of Chromatography A, was conducted by analytical chemists Magriet Muller and André de Villiers of Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Sep 26, 2026	Study Finds CBD May Reduce Canine Anxiety A team of French researchers affiliated with Paris Nanterre University, Universite d’Artois, and Unilasalle studied the use of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) in shelter-house dogs to treat anxiety. The study’s findings were published on the Social Science Research Network. If you have ever visited a dog shelter, then you know firsthand how loud and often chaotic the setting can be. The noise and unfamiliar environment, combined with frequent interactions with strangers, can understandably lead to dogs experiencing anxiety. CBD may be able to help.
Sep 26, 2026	Antigua And Barbuda Wants To Become A Cannabis Tourism Hotspot Antigua and Barbuda is an independent dual-island nation in the Caribbean region. The country is already a top international destination for tourists from around the world due to being home to 365 amazing beaches, festivals, world-class sailing, food, and culture. If the nation’s emerging cannabis industry has its way, Antigua and Barbuda will also be a top destination for cannabis tourism.
Sep 26, 2026	China's Yongji Health Takes Control of Tasmanian Botanics Yongji Health, a Chinese company already a shareholder in Tasmanian Botanics, has finalized the acquisition of shares still held by the Australian producer's historic investors. A transaction worth 31 million Australian dollars which now places the Chinese group in a situation of almost total control of the Tasmanian company. The operation, finalized in September 2026 and relayed by Cannabiz.com.au, also illustrates the continued interest of international capital in Australian assets related to the regulated production of medical cannabis.
Sep 26, 2026	Curaleaf's Hostile Takeover Attempt of Aurora Cannabis Is Hitting Turbulence. Here's What Investors Should Watch. Curaleaf (CURLF-1.34%) went public with an offer to buy marijuana competitor Aurora Cannabis (ACB-1.44%) in early Aug. 2026. Curaleaf stated that Aurora wasn't being responsive to private attempts to work out a deal. Aurora refuted those claims, and at this point, the relationship has only gone downhill. That's how hostile takeovers sometimes go. Here's what investors should watch as this one gets increasingly ugly.
Sep 25, 2026	Atlantic City Official Accepted Cannabis as a Bribe From a Dispensary An Atlantic City public official was charged in connection with a scheme to solicit bribes from a cannabis business, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Kashawn McKinley, 42, Director of Constituent Services in Atlantic City and a member of the Atlantic City School Board, was charged by complaint with honest services fraud and two counts of soliciting bribes. McKinley had his initial appearance this week, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sharon A. King in federal court in Camden.
Sep 25, 2026	Don’t toss cannabis leaves: They may contain rare compounds with medical potential Scientists discovered rare flavoalkaloids in Cannabis leaves for the first time, along with dozens of other phenolic compounds that had never been reported in the plant. The findings suggest that Cannabis leaves, often discarded as waste, may contain a surprisingly rich source of potentially useful chemicals.
Sep 25, 2026	Health Canada Proposes Streamlining Amendments to Cannabis Tracking System Order Health Canada is seeking stakeholder input on proposed amendments to the Cannabis Tracking System Order (CTSO). The proposed amendments aim to reduce administrative and regulatory burden while maintaining tracking of high-level cannabis movement through the supply chain. The consultation opens on Saturday, September 26, 2026, and closes on November 10, 2026. Under the proposed changes, federal licence holders would no longer need to report book value and site capacity information, and several inventory-related categories would be consolidated. Federal licence holders would instead need to specify the reasons for any inventory additions or reductions reported under “any other reason.”
Sep 25, 2026	Curaleaf dismisses Aurora's securities complaint as "desperate delay tactics" Curaleaf has accused Aurora Cannabis of "desperate delay tactics that focus on technicalities" after Aurora took its objections to Curaleaf's hostile bid to the Alberta Securities Commission. Aurora filed the application on September 23, according to German outlet Hanfjournal, asking the regulator to order Curaleaf to correct its bid circular on three points: the absence of pro forma financial statements for the combined company, whether the bid stays open for the full minimum deposit period required by securities law, and the lack of notice in a French-language publication.

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