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| Nov 26, 2025 |
St. Albert cannabis business explores strange new worlds Two St. Albert moms are boldly going where few have gone before with a new company that makes cannabis skin care products. |
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| Nov 26, 2025 |
'Green Wednesday' surges as Americans swap alcohol for cannabis ahead of Thanksgiving The biggest shopping day of the year may be Black Friday, but the cannabis equivalent happens the day before Thanksgiving. |
| Nov 26, 2025 |
N.B. spends $9.3M to support upgrades to Moncton cannabis facility New Brunswick is spending $9.3 million towards modernizing cannabis producer Organigram’s flagship facility in Moncton. |
| Nov 26, 2025 |
Alberta collected most cannabis tax revenue per capita of any province Since recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada, Alberta has collected the most tax revenue per capita of any province, pulling in about $210 per person. |
| Nov 25, 2025 |
Federal, provincial governments raked in more than $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018. |
| Nov 24, 2025 |
Cannabis industry calls for government backing in global export push As Canada sets its sights on doubling non-US exports over the next decade, one sector believes it’s being overlooked, despite already contributing hundreds of millions of dollars abroad. |
| Nov 24, 2025 |
How Gen Z's buying habits are reshaping legal cannabis retail Cannabis operators are watching an unexpected consumer shift transform retail. Gen Z, the industry’s youngest legal consumers, are coming in to buy. They’re just navigating cannabis with more intention and selectivity than other buyers. |
| Nov 21, 2025 |
Brazil's agricultural research agency gets cannabis research greenlight SAO PAULO - Brazilian agricultural research agency Embrapa has received the greenlight from health agency Anvisa to research the cannabis plant, a landmark move that puts farming powerhouse Brazil a step closer towards authorizing its cultivation. |
| Nov 21, 2025 |
Oregon Activists Withdraw Measure To Legalize Marijuana Social Lounges From Consideration For 2026 Ballot Oregon activists are no longer working to put an initiative to legalize cannabis social lounges on the state’s 2026 ballot. |
| Nov 21, 2025 |
Canadian Cannabis Sales Slipped in September from Record Level Statistics Canada released September retail sales for the country, with cannabis sales increasing from the August levels, down 1.4% to C$475.0 million. This sequential decline was up on a per-day basis due to the lower number of days as the prior month. August, originally reported at C$498.7 million, was revised slightly higher to C$503.1 million. |
| Nov 20, 2025 |
BC’s Direct delivery continues to grow in Q2 2025, as flower sales continue to cool The BC Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) wholesaled 41,127,103 grams of cannabis in July, August, and September 2025 (Q2 2025) with $154.3 million in wholesale sales. |
| Nov 20, 2025 |
How prohibition-based policies caused a cannabis problem Furthermore, growing data from the Drug Science T21 project and other prescription databases globally shows that medical cannabis can alleviate a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders, without inducing psychosis. Any suggestion that rates of cannabis-related psychosis could be reduced by limiting medical cannabis access is flawed and is likely to harm patients currently benefiting from it. Prof D Nutt and Prof Ilana Crome Drug Science |
| Nov 19, 2025 |
Can weed help you drink less? Scientists study how well 'California sober' works Could smoking pot lead people to drink less alcohol? In an elaborate and provocative experiment, scientists doled out joints and free drinks to see whether this idea - sometimes described as "California sober" - survived scientific scrutiny. |
| Nov 18, 2025 |
SQDC to launch cannabis vapes on November 26 The Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) will begin selling cannabis vaping products on November 26, 2025. |
| Nov 18, 2025 |
Trump DOJ Declines To File Supreme Court Brief In Marijuana Companies’ Case Challenging Federal Prohibition The Justice Department is declining the opportunity to file a brief on whether the U.S. Supreme Court should take up a case from marijuana businesses that are challenging the constitutionality of federal prohibition. |
| Nov 17, 2025 |
Researchers Suggest a Standardized Language for Cannabis Aroma "Aroma plays a key role in how consumers judge cannabis quality, yet until now there’s been no standardized language to describe it," said Tom Shellhammer, professor of food science and technology at Oregon State University. "This research lays the groundwork for a shared vocabulary that benefits consumers, retailers and growers." |
| Nov 17, 2025 |
Cannabis plants worth $200M seized in raids on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, police say Police have seized more than 118,000 illicit cannabis plants worth an estimated $201 million following raids at 10 locations across Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory over the past two months, according to investigators. |
| Nov 17, 2025 |
D.C. Circuit Grills DEA Over Years Long Delays as MMJ BioPharma Cultivation Demands Timely Ruling on Cannabis Grow From Iowaska Church to MMJ BioPharma Cultivation, Appellate Courts Patience with DEA's Inaction Wears Thin Amid Constitutional Challenges. |
| Nov 17, 2025 |
How to Read a Cannabis Research Paper
The volume of cannabis research has never been higher, but not all studies are created equal. Every week brings new claims about cannabinoids relieving pain, aiding sleep, or reducing anxiety, yet the quality behind these findings varies dramatically. |
| Nov 17, 2025 |
After years of vetoes, Virginia poised to launch adult-use cannabis market After four years of stalled efforts and repeated vetoes from outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia lawmakers now see a clear path to finally standing up a legal adult-use cannabis market. |