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| Oct 6, 2026 |
Uganda Minister To Lead Cannabis Industry Organization
The Uganda Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Cooperative Society (UMCHICS) was launched to help organize and promote Uganda’s emerging legal medical cannabis and hemp industry. The nation’s Minister for Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance, Justine Kasule Lumumba, will serve as the newly formed organization’s acting chairperson. “We want our members to be judged not simply by what they grow, but by how responsibly they operate,” Minister Lumumba said, according to Nile Post. |
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| Oct 6, 2026 |
Florida could get another shot at legalizing weed
Pro-cannabis advocates in the Sunshine State are once again trying to legalize adult use. Two separate measures were recently submitted to the state in hopes of getting on the ballot in 2028. The first initiative would legalize the possession and consumption of cannabis for adults 21 and over. The measure would limit possession to two ounces of marijuana, including no more than five grams of concentrates. |
| Oct 6, 2026 |
No Progress After 2 Years of South African Cannabis Act
South Africa is often described as one of the African countries that decriminalised cannabis, but that description becomes less straightforward the closer one looks at what followed the Constitutional Court’s 2018 judgment. In Minister of Justice v Prince, the Court held that criminalising an adult’s private use or possession of cannabis for personal consumption, and private cultivation for that purpose, was an unjustifiable infringement of a person’s constitutional right to privacy. Crucially, the Court did not legalise commercial dealing and did not create an unrestricted right to possess any quantity, but it drew an important line between private and commercialised conduct. Eight years later, South Africa is still trying to decide exactly where that line should be drawn. |
| Oct 5, 2026 |
Uganda warns medical cannabis licence holders against diverting crop to illicit market
uganda's government warned medical cannabis and industrial hemp investors against diverting licensed crops into the illicit market at the Annual General Meeting of the Uganda Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Cooperative Society in Naguru, Kampala on Friday, October 3, 2026. |
| Oct 5, 2026 |
Cannabinoids “Significantly Improved” Insomnia Symptoms
According to international researchers, over 852 million adults suffer from insomnia worldwide. Of those individuals, nearly 415 million suffer from severe insomnia. The researchers estimate that insomnia and severe insomnia are “more prevalent in females versus males across all age groups.” Insomnia is a condition in which people have a hard time falling asleep and/or staying asleep, and it is one of the most common health conditions worldwide. The condition can have a tremendously negative impact on a person’s life, making nearly every aspect of life harder, especially among people with severe cases of insomnia. |
| Oct 5, 2026 |
55% Of Americans Say Cannabis Is Not Dangrous
Most US adults say that marijuana doesn’t pose significant dangers to either consumers or to society, according to nationwide polling data compiled by Rasmussen. 55% of respondents said that cannabis is either ‘not dangerous at all’ or ‘not very dangerous.’ Just 13% of respondents perceived marijuana as ‘very dangerous.’ |
| Oct 5, 2026 |
Marijuana and Trucking’s Drug-Testing Dilemma
Marijuana is getting stronger, laws are changing, and drug tests still can’t reliably establish impairment. What does that mean for truck drivers and the fleets that employ them? |
| Oct 5, 2026 |
Curaleaf raises Aurora Cannabis offer by 25%
Curaleaf Hldgs Inc. (OTCQX:CURLF), the Connecticut-based cannabis company, has raised its offer for Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB, NASDAQ:ACB), a Canadian cannabis producer, by 25% to a total implied value of $5 per Aurora share in cash and stock. The new price is 86% above Aurora's 30-day volume-weighted average share price of $2.75 as of August 10, the day before Curaleaf announced its intention to make its initial offer. |
| Oct 5, 2026 |
There Are ‘No Deaths From Overdose Of Marijuana,’ DEA Confirms In Updated Report
Marijuana can have a number of effects on people who use it but there are no known instances of someone fatally overdosing from consuming cannabis, federal officials say. “No deaths from overdose of marijuana have been reported,” the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said in a new update to its “Drugs of Abuse” publication for 2026. |
| Oct 5, 2026 |
Manitoba cannabis stores would be allowed to remove window coverings under new law
The Manitoba government is proposing new rules that would let cannabis stores remove the window coverings blocking the public's view of the shops, amid concerns they could be putting staff at risk. A new bill introduced in the legislature Monday, if passed into law, would allow cannabis stores to uncover their windows. The industry has complained that blocked windows hide store employees from public view, potentially making them more vulnerable to crime. |
| Oct 3, 2026 |
Legal Cannabis Sales Increase 46% In Uruguay
Adult cannabis consumers in Uruguay have three options for legally acquiring recreational cannabis. An increasingly popular option is to buy legally through registered pharmacies, as recent sales data demonstrates. “The sale of cannabis for adult use in pharmacies continues to grow. Martín Rodríguez, executive director of the Institute for the Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA), told El País that in the first eight months of the year, the volume of marijuana sold in the 60 authorized pharmacies increased by 46% compared to the same period last year.” reported El País in its local reporting (translated from Spanish to English). “This trend suggests that this year will break the all-time record for cannabis sales in pharmacies again, and that the total volume sold could approach six tons.” |
| Oct 3, 2026 |
$28B hemp THC industry fights to save itself from looming federal ban
In a commercial kitchen outside Raleigh, North Carolina, Nicholas Hohns spreads a blue-green goo into a gridded mold, making one of his company’s signature products: potent THC gummies, featuring the primary intoxicating compound found in marijuana. It’s a business he might soon have to give up. America’s multibillion-dollar market for impairing hemp products — from THC seltzers sold at some Target stores to smokable cannabis flowers — faces potential elimination after Congress voted to close a loophole in federal law that has allowed it to flourish. |
| Oct 2, 2026 |
Growing EU-GMP medical cannabis on koi water and living soil
In Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, seven tanks holding 60,000 liters of water and about 2,500 live koi feed the medical cannabis that Wellford Canada grows without synthetic fertilizers or chemical pesticides. The system goes back to the facility's original founders, who researched and tested the aquaponic process at Acadia University in 2018, according to Todd Crutchlow, Head of Wellford Canada. Their research found that nutrient-rich water from the koi, combined with the natural relationship between soil microorganisms and plant roots, could support a sustainable, aquaculture-based cultivation model and give the plants the nutrients they need without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. |
| Oct 2, 2026 |
New THC oral spray adds options for UK medical cannabis patients
Medical cannabis patients in the UK will soon be able to access an oral spray made with purified, plant-derived tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), according to Irish manufacturer Dunbar Pharmaceuticals. The spray will use Dunbar’s WaterClear THC, a plant-derived dronabinol, which is the pharmaceutical name for purified delta-9-THC. Most medical products containing dronabinol are made synthetically. |
| Oct 2, 2026 |
Maine cannabis retailers offering free lockable storage bags to better protect kids and pets
AUGUSTA — To better protect children and pets from accidentally ingesting cannabis, retailers across Maine are now offering free lockable storage bags. It’s an expansion of a program first offered by the Office of Cannabis Policy in 2024. More than 140 medical and adult use cannabis retailers across Maine are giving out 12,000 of the storage bags. |
| Oct 2, 2026 |
Is Cannabis Legal in Spain? Clubs, Courts and a Market in Limbo
No, not on paper, and in practice it remains a grey area. Private possession and consumption fall outside Spain’s Penal Code through a judicial interpretation gap, not formal decriminalisation. Public possession is a fineable administrative offence under a 2015 law. Cannabis social clubs operate in a narrower, litigated version of that same grey zone, and medical cannabis has been legal only since October 2025, as hospital-only oils. |
| Oct 2, 2026 |
Recreational Marijuana Would Be Legalized In Florida Under Two Newly Filed Ballot Measures
Florida activists submitted two new proposed marijuana legalization ballot initiatives to state officials this week. The first measure, from a group called Floridians for Marijuana, would allow adults over the age of 21 to legally use cannabis. They could possess up to two ounces of marijuana, including no more than five grams of cannabis concentrates. |
| Oct 1, 2026 |
Medical Cannabis For Endometriosis: What Does The Evidence Tell Us?
Faced with minimal pain relief using existing therapies, people are increasingly considering how medical cannabis could help manage symptoms. The body’s endocannabinoid system is involved in processes including pain signalling, inflammation and immune function, and research suggests it may also play a role in endometriosis. Cannabinoids such as THC and CBD interact with this system and other biological pathways involved in pain and inflammation, providing a rationale for further investigation of their potential therapeutic effects. |
| Oct 1, 2026 |
GOP senators call for DOJ to investigate Chinese role in hemp, cannabis markets
Four GOP senators who opposed the delay of a ban on intoxicating hemp products are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the role of Chinese criminal networks in America’s cannabis and intoxicating hemp markets. In a Wednesday letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche, the senators said Chinese criminal networks “are exploiting vulnerabilities in federal law to operate expansive illicit drug enterprises that threaten our communities and national security.” |
| Oct 1, 2026 |
North Carolina cannabis council considers public consumption policy for THC products
North Carolina’s Advisory Council on Cannabis faces a December 31st deadline to issue final recommendations for a comprehensive cannabis policy to Gov. Josh Stein. While the legislature would have to agree to enact any changes in existing law, the council gave the public its first glimpse this week of how a public consumption policy might be crafted. |
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