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Global Cannabis Use Up 40% Over Last Decade as Reform Spreads, but Overlap With Illicit Market Growing
Use of cannabis across the globe has grown by 40% over the last decade, with 256m people now reported to have used cannabis over the past year in 2024.
That growth, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime‘s World Drug Report 2026 (WDR26), follows a ‘continuum of gradual normalisation’ towards cannabis use, which in turn has helped drive a fragmented, but expanding wave of policy liberalisation.
Federal government invests $24 million for cannabis and brain health research
TORONTO — Federal Minister of Health Marjorie Michel has announced $24 million to create the Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium.
Funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the group of 10 research teams from across Canada will work together to study how cannabis affects the brain in people of various ages.
CTV News Aug.12, 2026
Curaleaf Launches Hostile Bid for Aurora Cannabis at 45% Premium
CU.S. cannabis operator Curaleaf Holdings (TSX:CURA) went public with an unsolicited takeover offer for Canadian rival Aurora Cannabis (TSX/NASDAQ:ACB) on Tuesday, proposing a deal that values Aurora at a 45% premium and would forge a global cannabis giant with operations across 17 countries and annual revenue exceeding $1.5 billion.
NAI 500 Aug, 12, 2026New law allows for marijuana sales at farmer's markets & other community events
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — On Thursday, August 6, Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation designed to strengthen New York’s regulated cannabis market by offering more venues to legally sell and purchase products.
CNY Central Aug.06 2026