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Aug 3, 2026	The Contradictions of Cannabis Law: From the United States to International Treaties Cannabis law has never been more contradictory. In the U.S., federal and state governments often regulate identical products under completely different legal frameworks. Hemp and marijuana can produce the same intoxicating effects, yet lawmakers treat them as fundamentally different. Medical marijuana now occupies a unique place under federal law while adult use marijuana remains prohibited. Internationally, countries continue to expand legalization, despite treaty obligations that appear to prohibit it.
Aug 3, 2026	Cannabis NB’s $2 Pre-Rolls Seek to Compete with Black Market as Sales Cool New Brunswick sold $25.4 million in cannabis in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2026-2027, which ended June 28, 2026, for a gross profit of $12 million and net income of $4.6 million. Product sales represented a 2% decline year-over-year compared to Q1 2025, gross profits were down 3.9%, and net income was down 20.4%. There were 433,000 transactions in the first quarter, with an average basket size of $53.67, representing a YOY increase in transactions but a decline in average basket size compared with 411,000 transactions with an average basket size of $58.77 in the same quarter in the previous year.
Aug 3, 2026	Beyond the THC Number: How Cannabis Retail Can Make Room for Quality For much of Canada’s legal cannabis market, one number has carried an extraordinary amount of weight: THC percentage. It appears prominently on product labels, retail menus and purchasing spreadsheets. Consumers use it to compare products, budtenders rely on it when sensory information is limited, and buyers use it to assess anticipated demand. Over time, this has helped create a self-reinforcing market in which higher THC is often treated as shorthand for stronger effects, better quality and greater value.
Aug 3, 2026	B.C. has a craft cannabis advantage — now it needs a strategy British Columbia has built a global reputation around craft: wine, beer, cider, local food, small farms and tourism experiences that connect products to the people and places behind them. Craft cannabis should be part of that story. B.C. is home to one of the world’s most respected cannabis cultures, with more than 230 licensed producers, nearly 500 independent retailers, more than 5,000 jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue. Yet provincial policy still treats legal cannabis more like a regulatory file than an economic sector to grow.
Aug 3, 2026	Alabama may opt out of federal marijuana rescheduling. What happens next? Alabama’s official objection to the Trump administration’s federal medical marijuana rescheduling push is raising questions about 280E tax relief, interstate shipping rights and whether a state can simply say no to a federal scheduling change. The answer, according to legal experts, is complicated. However, the issue shouldn’t affect the ongoing rollout of Alabama’s medical cannabis market.
Aug 3, 2026	US Hemp Industry Wins a Stay of Execution as Senate Delays Ban Until December The US hemp industry has successfully bought itself some additional time to find a permanent solution to the incoming federal ban. Senate leaders moved to include a short delay to the sweeping hemp ban into a must-pass spending bill, giving some, but not all hemp-derived products until December 11 rather than November 12 before they’re pulled from shelves.
Aug 2, 2026	NEPAL: Inside Gandaki’s new cannabis law: Who can grow it, where, and under what rules Gandaki Province has formally opened the door to the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial use after its province chief authenticated a landmark law that establishes one of the country’s most comprehensive regulatory regimes for the crop.
Aug 2, 2026	Is Green Thumb the Safest Cannabis Stock to Own Right Now? The cannabis industry has taught investors a painful lesson over the past five years: Revenue growth means very little if a company can't generate cash. Dozens of operators expanded too quickly, took on excessive debt, or repeatedly diluted shareholders to stay afloat.
Aug 2, 2026	Good Times, Less Waste: Can Cannabis Clean Up the Vape Problem? Vape hardware is one of the cannabis industry’s most persistent waste problems. Fernway launched the first take-back program in 2022, and this summer opened its dropboxes to any brand’s device.
Aug 2, 2026	‘Free up the ganja’: Rastafarians in Kenya fight to decriminalise marijuana Marijuana plays a sacred role among Rastafari followers and they say criminalising it violates their rights
Aug 1, 2026	Smell of cannabis can trigger a police search if it’s not the only factor, court rules An odor of marijuana is not normally sufficient cause for police to conduct a search, but it can be if police determine that the occupants of a car are minors and thus prohibited from possessing cannabis, according to a new court ruling.
Aug 1, 2026	The Cannabis Industry Built on Schedule III. Federal Courts Are About to Decide Whether That Foundation Holds WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACCESS Newswire / August 1, 2026 / The cannabis industry has largely treated the Attorney General's April 2026 Marijuana Rescheduling Order as a settled foundation for future growth. The federal courts have not yet decided whether that foundation is lawful.
Aug 1, 2026	Marijuana brand launches ‘senior-targeted’ cannabis kiosk at retirement community An Arizona retirement community is getting a senior-focused cannabis kiosk, giving residents an easier way to purchase marijuana products without traveling to a dispensary.
Jul 31, 2026	RECALL: Edible cannabis products recalled due to allergen, packaging and quality concerns Health Canada says not to consume specific edible cannabis products that were sold by the thousands in Ontario and Saskatchewan, as they are labelled with incorrect cannabinoid values and could contain allergens. The health agency says the recall is for certain Sweet Vengeance edible cannabis products due to undeclared milk and hazelnut, as well labelling issues.
Jul 31, 2026	DEA Hearings on Cannabis Rescheduling Conclude Last month, the Drug Enforcement Agency concluded its hearings related to the reclassification of Cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. Analysis as to how it went is limited by restrictions that prohibited live streaming, cell phones, recording devices, or cameras in the hearing room gallery, which only had 20 seats. Hearing transcripts and audio recordings have not yet been released by the Feds.
Jul 31, 2026	Largest strike in cannabis industry ends at MSO-owned Illinois cultivation operation More than 300 workers are back on the job at a cannabis multistate operator’s cultivation operation in southern Illinois after the resolution of a monthlong strike that union organizers said was also the $30 billion national industry’s biggest-ever strike.
Jul 31, 2026	The Growing Role of Cannabis Education in Agricultural Careers Agriculture has always evolved alongside advances in science, technology, and consumer demand. Today, one area attracting increasing attention is cannabis cultivation. As legal cannabis industries continue to develop in many regions, educational institutions, agricultural professionals, and aspiring growers are recognizing that cannabis is more than a niche crop. It offers opportunities to study plant genetics, sustainable cultivation, pest management, and controlled-environment agriculture through a practical, real-world lens.
Jul 31, 2026	US Court Dismisses Case From Canadian Cannabis Executives Rejected at the Border A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a company with operations and executives located in Canada that makes automated post-harvest processing equipment for the cannabis industry. The lawsuit, filed by Eteros Technologies USA, Inc. and several of its Canadian executives against the United States government, centred on what the plaintiffs described as a “dual policy,” where the government permits the importation of Eteros’s cannabis-related manufacturing equipment but consistently bars the company’s Canadian employees from entering the US. (h/t law360.com)
Jul 31, 2026	Forget the DEA and DOJ: When cannabis legalization happens, these are the feds to worry about Federal marijuana legalization is closer than ever, but could create more problems than opportunities for your business if you're not prepared.
Jul 31, 2026	FAA Considers New Marijuana Standards For Pilots And Air Traffic Controllers Under Trump’s Rescheduling Move The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving to develop new marijuana-related standards for pilots and air traffic controllers in light of the “operational risk” created by the Trump administration’s move to reschedule cannabis—which has furthered the “normalization” of the drug. FAA’s Office of Aerospace Medicine is partnering with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to convene a series of meetings focused on the impact of marijuana consumption on air travel professionals, an effort aimed at informing approaches the agency might take to “evaluate, update, or refine their current policies for cannabis use, particularly for determining when individuals are fit for duty.”
Jul 31, 2026	The Roots Of Marijuana Plants Have ‘Underexplored’ Medical Potential, Scientific Review Finds The roots of marijuana plants might be commonly treated as waste, but a new scientific review suggests they may be an underutilized source of bioactive compounds with potential therapeutic applications similar to the flower they help nourish.
Jul 31, 2026	Ascend Wellness Teamsters Win Biggest Cannabis Strike in U.S. History (BARRY, Ill.) – More than 300 workers at Ascend Wellness’s grow house in Barry, Ill., overwhelmingly ratified their first contract with Teamsters Local 916 and ended a 30-day unfair labor practice (ULP) strike that was the largest in the history of the legal cannabis industry.
Jul 31, 2026	Spain’s Tobacco Crackdown Could Quietly Wipe Out Its Cannabis Clubs Last week, Spain’s government approved a draft tobacco law that never once mentions cannabis, yet could dismantle the everyday activity of the country’s thriving cannabis social clubs. On July 21, 2026 the Council of Ministers signed off a bill overhauling Law 28/2005, which governs smoking laws, and sent it to the Congreso de los Diputados.
Jul 31, 2026	Cannabis Did Not Always Produce THC and This Study Shows How Evolution Figured It Out Cannabis did not evolve THC with a single, elegant molecular stroke. Instead, the plant appears to have stumbled toward it by “experimenting” chemically, copying useful genes, and slowly refining a messy process into the precise cannabinoid assembly line we recognize today. According to a new study from Wageningen University & Research, the familiar compounds THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), CBD (cannabidiol), and CBC (cannabichrome) emerged from such an evolutionary period of biochemical improvisation.
Jul 30, 2026	Judge Rejects Bid to Pause Health Canada Refusal of Personal Cannabis Licence A federal court recently dismissed a motion for an injunction to restore a registration for the personal production of medical cannabis, pending an application for judicial review. The applicant was challenging a decision by Health Canada, dated March 18, 2026, rejecting his application to renew his registration for personal production of cannabis for medical purposes and was seeking a pause in Health Canada’s refusal pending that judicial review.
Jul 30, 2026	Weed costs twice as much in Vermont as it does in Massachusetts. What gives? It’s not hyperbole to say that Vermont weed is twice as expensive as it is in Massachusetts. On average, a gram of weed sold in Vermont costs $9.59, according to data from the state’s Cannabis Control Board. Drive across the border, and a gram of Massachusetts weed averages just $3.87, that state’s Cannabis Control Commission reports.
Jul 30, 2026	Daily Cannabis Use in the US Now Outpaces Alcohol as Teen Use Declines For decades, cannabis use in the United States was portrayed as a marginal practice, confined to underground culture and considered far less common than alcohol or tobacco use. The federal government’s latest data, however, paint a very different picture. According to the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), about 21.4 million Americans aged 12 and older used cannabis on a daily or near-daily basis. As reported by Marijuana Moment, that category includes people who used it on at least 20 of the 30 days preceding the survey.
Jul 30, 2026	Retailers Challenge Cannabis Store Entry Rules for Minors Eight years after Canada legalized recreational cannabis, one of its lesser-known retail rules continues to raise questions among consumers and retailers alike. Children are prohibited from entering licensed cannabis stores, even when accompanied by a parent or guardian. Across much of Canada, minors can accompany adults into liquor stores, pharmacies selling controlled medications, and convenience stores where tobacco products are available. Yet a parent stopping at a cannabis retailer while running everyday errands may have to abandon the purchase or find someone to watch their child first.
Jul 30, 2026	Covering Medical Marijuana Through Workers’ Compensation Can Improve Health And Reduce Opioid Use, Government Study Suggests Covering the costs of medical marijuana through workers’ compensation could be a “viable” option that improves health outcomes and leads to voluntary reductions in opioid use, according to a study led by Colorado state officials.
Jul 30, 2026	Study: Businesses Perform Better in States with Medical Cannabis Access A new study from University of Iowa researchers suggests that businesses do better in states that have legalized medical cannabis. The study analyzed the financial results of more than 13,000 publicly traded companies from 2001 to 2022 found that corporate valuation increased in 21 of 38 states that allowed medical cannabis access.
Jul 30, 2026	How Canada became Europe’s weed dealer A July 24 headline in London’s Daily Telegraph declared that the unintended consequences of Canada’s legalization of marijuana are turning Belgium into a “narco state.”
Jul 30, 2026	‘Everything in Our Power’: German Patient Groups Fight to Overturn Cannabis Insurance Cuts Earlier this month (July 10, 2026), the German government voted through a sweeping set of provisions set to significantly impact medical cannabis patients who have their prescriptions covered by their statutory health insurance. Yesterday (July 29), this was published unchanged into the Federal Gazette, seeing the ban on prescribing cannabis flower through statutory health insurance take effect on 30 July with no transitional protection, even for patients whose treatment is already approved and under way.
Jul 29, 2026	Species of Cannabis: Ruderalis and Hybrids Although it’s not nearly as popular as indica and sativa, ruderalis has become a more prevalent species in more recent years. Originating from Central Russia, it has a similar chemical profile to hemp and contains very low levels of THC.
Jul 29, 2026	Cheech and Chong are opening a cannabis shop in Milo this weekend If you’re in the mood for some Maui Waui with a little Labrador after a trip to Gulf Hagas, Cheech and Chong are here, man. Cheech and Chong’s newest Dispensoria will have a grand opening from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in Milo. You have to be at least 21 years old to join the festivities, including giveaways, raffles and other activities. The comedy duo’s brand licenses dozens of dispensaries across the country. That includes a storefront on Hammond Street in Bangor. A Dispensoria that opened on Exchange Street in Portland in 2024 closed after 13 months.
Jul 29, 2026	Pot in pop culture, through the ages Although marijuana only recently became legal in Minnesota, it has enjoyed an outsized profile in pop culture for decades. Grass. Gold. Mary Jane. Pot. Reefer. Skunk. Tea. Whatever name you use, cannabis is back in the mainstream after being lauded for its medicinal benefits in the 1800s and being federally outlawed in 1937. Through it all, pot has assumed an outsized profile in society, influencing language, music, fashion and film. Here’s a peek at how the wacky baccy has influenced pop culture for more than 100 years.
Jul 29, 2026	Alberta-based retailer hit by Canadians drinking less booze, smoking less weed 'Canadians have less disposable income, and when they have less disposable income, they change their purchasing behaviour' Canadians eased off booze and cannabis this spring, hitting an Alberta-based retailer with falling sales and a nearly $8-million loss. Revenue at SNDL Inc, headquartered in Edmonton, fell by about four per cent to $235.8 million, according to second-quarter results released Tuesday.
Jul 29, 2026	Calif. Tesla worker alleges company denied him job over cannabis use Tesla CEO Elon Musk has put his cannabis use on the highest stage possible, openly smoking weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast, but according to a new lawsuit, Tesla is far from friendly to employees who use medical marijuana off the clock.
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	National Center for Cannabis Research and Education at the University of Mississippi and Southern Sky Brands Launch CBD Sleep Study OXFORD, Miss. and CANTON, Miss., July 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Center for Cannabis Research and Education (NCCRE) at the University of Mississippi and Southern Sky Brands have announced a collaborative clinical research initiative to evaluate the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on sleep quality among adult participants.
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.

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