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Jul 29, 2026	Delaware Governor Signs Bill To Regulate And Tax Hemp THC Drinks Delaware’s governor has signed a bill that seeks to regulate hemp-derived THC beverages—including with an age limit, potency restrictions and taxes. Gov. Matt Meyer (D) signed HB 373 from Rep. Debra Heffernan (D) into law last week and announced the action on Tuesday. The legislation as enacted restricts sales of hemp THC drinks to people aged 21 and older.
Jul 29, 2026	The new science of cannabis and sleep Larry Mitchell never thought much about the dreams he wasn’t having. For years, while he regularly smoked cannabis, his dreams seemed to disappear. Then, last summer, he quit. Soon afterward, his nights became populated by a vivid nocturnal world unlike anything he had experienced before.
Jul 29, 2026	Cannabis medicine vital to epilepsy care Massachusetts voters are being tasked with evaluating the state’s experiment with legalized cannabis. The debate around this has understandably focused on youth access and public safety but ignores some of the most groundbreaking medical innovations of the past several years that risk being undermined by the repeal effort. Mirroring the rest of the country, the fastest growing group of Massachusetts’ medical cannabis users are seniors. For Massachusetts’ older residents, many of whom rely on the state’s Medicare, this vote will affect whether promising therapies are explored with evidence and medical oversight or stigmatized by misguided politics. And in no area is this care more critical than in epilepsy management.
Jul 28, 2026	Canadian cannabis giant SNDL claims to be world’s largest after Parallel takeover Former lenders to Parallel, the struggling cannabis multistate operator once led by chewing-gum heir William “Beau” Wrigley, finalized their takeover of company assets this week, according to a Monday announcement. And after acquiring “certain” Parallel assets in Florida, Massachusetts and Texas, Canadian cannabis and liquor giant SNDL now claims a retail footprint of 249 licensed locations – “the largest in the world by store count,” CEO Zach George claimed in a press release Monday.
Jul 28, 2026	Big Change in the Cannabis Industry The industry was surprised Monday with a big change in teh cannabis industry. It seems it is entering another phase of consolidation, and one of the year’s most significant deals underscores how leading multi-state operators (MSOs) are preparing for the next stage of growth. Vireo Health’s acquisition of Planet 13 brings together two respected cannabis companies with complementary strengths, creating a larger footprint across several of the country’s most valuable regulated markets.
Jul 28, 2026	Cannabis and Cancer: What We Know, What We Suspect, and What Nobody Can Prove Yet Key Takeaways -The evidence for cannabis in cancer care is strongest for symptom management, and weakest exactly where the internet is loudest: killing tumors. -Twenty-five years of laboratory work shows cannabinoids attacking cancer cells in dishes and in mice. In humans, the entire direct anti-tumor record is two small trials. -The 2017 National Academies review found insufficient evidence either to support or refute cannabinoids as a cancer treatment. That has not changed. ARISTOCRAT, a Phase 2 trial in the UK with overall survival as its primary endpoint, is the study that could move the question. It is still recruiting. -Rick Simpson gave his recipe away and never sold the oil. The cure claim attached to it still has no scientific evidence behind it, and rests on a lesion a surgeon had already removed.
Jul 28, 2026	Israel Closes Anti-Dumping Investigation Into Canadian Cannabis Due to Procedural Error, For Now Israel has closed its newest investigation into Canadian allegations of dumping of cannabis into the Israeli market from Canada, citing human error. Israel’s Commissioner for Trade Levies and the Ministry of Economy and Industry have quietly closed their new investigation into allegations of dumping of medical cannabis into the Israeli market from Canada.
Jul 28, 2026	Veterans with PTSD and chronic pain will have to pay up for pot prescriptions with new government policy There are concerns about recent changes to how much veterans are reimbursed for medicinal cannabis. In April, Veterans Affairs Canada dropped how much it covers from $8.50 a gram to $6.00 per gram. Many veterans have reported that this change affects the way they consume cannabis through the federal reimbursement program, which has been around since 2007.
Jul 28, 2026	Canadian Cannabis Sales Reach $485 Million in May 2026 Canada sold $485 million worth of cannabis in May 2026, according to the most recent figures from Statistics Canada. This represents a 1% year-over-year increase compared to sales in May 2025 and a 1% month-over-month decline from April 2026. National sales were down slightly from the previous month’s $490.8 million, driven by declines in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and BC.
Jul 28, 2026	A Cannabis Flavonoid Stopped Up to 99% of Cancer-Cell Growth in Lab Tests Standard Seed Corporation (SSC), a cutting edge AI botanical-research company, believes it has identified a compound native to cannabis which could inhibit the growth of cancer cells by over 90% in some of the most aggressive forms of cancer. Test results from the National Cancer Institute’s NCI-60 one-dose screen, a standard bank of 60 human cancer cell lines the institute has used for decades to screen candidate cancer treatments, found that SSC’s cannflavin-enriched extract stopped more than 95% of cell growth in an aggressive brain cancer and up to 99% in several leukaemias, with weaker but real effects across lung, breast, ovarian, kidney, colon and prostate.
Jul 28, 2026	Banning Hemp THC Products Drives Consumers Toward Licensed Marijuana Businesses, Poll Shows With the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products looming in November, a growing number of states are enacting their own laws to ban intoxicating cannabinoid derivates. And most cannabis consumers in those jurisdictions are shifting their purchases toward licensed marijuana businesses, according to a new poll.
Jul 28, 2026	Federal Bill Filed to Create Comprehensive Framework for Hemp THC Products U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) last week introduced legislation that would establish a comprehensive federal regulatory framework for hemp-derived consumable products. The bill comes as federal reforms on hemp THC sales are set to take effect in November.
Jul 28, 2026	Self-Checkout Approved by DCC at Perfect Union Northside, Making it the First California Cannabis Dispensary to Launch RFID-Powered Technology SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MWG Holdings Group today announced that its Perfect Union Northside dispensary in Sacramento has become the first licensed cannabis retailer in California approved by the DCC to launch RFID-powered self-checkout technology through EXO, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of cannabis retail.
Jul 28, 2026	Nepal’s Cannabis Laws Are ‘an Insult to Shiva.’ Nixon’s War on Drugs Forced Them. On the night of Maha Shivaratri, cannabis smoke rises over Pashupatinath as it has for centuries. Nepal sold hashish under government license until 1973, when Washington leaned on Kathmandu and the shops closed. Activist Hemant Shahi and Ed Rosenthal on the fight to give the plant back to the god it belongs to.
Jul 27, 2026	UK:Medicinal cannabis making policing 'more complex' Medicinal cannabis use has made it more difficult for police officers to distinguish between legal and illegal drug use, despite fewer people being charged with drug offences, senior officers have said. States of Jersey Police said more islanders accessing prescribed medicinal cannabis had reduced demand for illegal imports of the drug. A Freedom of Information request showed the total number of medicinal cannabis prescriptions dispensed in Jersey increased from 2021 to 2025. Drug crime rates fell during a comparable period
Jul 27, 2026	How To Talk to Teens About Cannabis How To Talk to Kids About CannabisPHOTO PixabayCultureHow To Talk to Teens About Cannabis Be honest — and make sure you know what you’re talking about — when you’re talking with children about cannabis use. ByChris RobertsPublished on July 27, 2026 Nobody hates talking frankly to children more than their parents — and nobody but their parents have more incentive to tell a convenient lie. You may deny it, but let’s be real: one of the “secrets” of effective parenting is the Platonic lie, the noble sacrifice of honesty for harmony. Maybe you don’t really know the right answers, maybe you’d prefer not to say, maybe it’s already 9 p.m. on a weeknight, the kitchen is still messy, and your four-year-old wants an existential treatise before bed. So you take the easy way out and make something up. These are hollow victories, won with cheap shortcuts, that ring only in the near term.
Jul 27, 2026	New Labour Administration Can End Britain’s Failed Cannabis Experiment The first challenge facing a new prime minister is not whether Britain should embrace cannabis. It already has. Millions of Britons use cannabis every year despite decades of prohibition. The question facing Andy Burnham’s government is whether that market should continue operating in the shadows or be brought under public regulation.
Jul 27, 2026	The cannabis industry is having a price compression crisis. What’s the solution? U.S. cannabis sales declined year over year for the first time on record, falling from $32 billion in 2024 to $29.94 billion in 2025, according to data compiled in the MJBiz Factbook. The drop marks a turning point for an industry that has spent more than a decade posting steady and uninterrupted growth at the cash register even as valuations declined. But the cause isn’t shrinking demand or vanishing consumers. It’s collapsing prices, as cannabis consumers in some states bought more product than ever before even as sales revenue declined, analysts told MJBizDaily.
Jul 27, 2026	Teen Marijuana Use Continues To Decline As More States Legalize It For Adults, Federal Study Shows Opponents of marijuana legalization often argue that allowing adults to consume cannabis without punishment will cause more underage teens to use it—but that isn’t what is happening, according to the latest results of a new federal drug survey. The 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), released on Monday, shows that 8.7 percent of people between the ages of 12 and 17 use marijuana within the past year. That’s down from 14.2 percent in 2011, the year before the first U.S. states legalized recreational cannabis.
Jul 27, 2026	Texas Court Denies Emergency Request by Hemp Businesses to Delay THC Ban A Texas judge has denied hemp businesses' request to keep selling consumable hemp products under current rules while their lawsuit against the state's Department of State Health Services proceeds, clearing the way for DSHS to begin enforcing its new regulations.

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