CannabisLink.ca - Current Affairs 2026

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Feb 2, 2026	Cannabis State Roundtable On January 28, 2026, the NGA hosted a roundtable to bring together 11 states and industry stakeholders to discuss cannabis and hemp policy. Sessions focused on the status of cannabinoid markets, public health and safety strategies, how Governors can take the lead in ensuring sustainable marketplaces, and the role Governors and states can play in federal reform.
Feb 2, 2026	Florida Marijuana Campaign Fails To Qualify Legalization Initiative For November Ballot, State Officials Say A Florida campaign has fallen short of collecting enough valid signatures to qualify a marijuana legalization initiative for placement on the November ballot, state officials have announced—though the campaign itself says that determination is "premature."
Feb 2, 2026	Hemp and marijuana are the same species. So why all the different laws? Is it hemp, cannabis or marijuana? That depends on who's discussing the enigmatic plant that's legal in some forms (for now) but faces new restrictions in other forms this fall.
Feb 1, 2026	He Was Building a Weed Empire. Then He Was Executed In his new book A Killing in Cannabis, Scott Eden traces how Silicon Valley and professional outlaws clashed in California's nascent weed industry
Jan 31, 2026	Texas lawmakers: Cannabis is here to stay. And we will regulate the market in 2027. Cannabis is here to stay in Texas, lawmakers and industry leaders said this week, as efforts to ban consumable hemp are losing steam. However, figuring out how to regulate the market remains a glaring problem that lawmakers will likely address in 2027.
Jan 30, 2026	Judge tosses cannabis trafficking case after lead prosecutor had affair with defence lawyer Eight men who were facing cannabis trafficking and money-laundering charges at the Montreal courthouse saw the cases brought against them tossed out on Friday because the lead prosecutor and one of the defence lawyers in the case had an affair.
Jan 30, 2026	NRA Joins Marijuana Groups Urging Supreme Court To Overturn Ban On Gun Ownership By Cannabis Consumers As Unconstitutional The National Rifle Association (NRA)- arguably the most influential gun rights lobbying group in the U.S.has joined top drug policy reform organizations and other interests in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana consumers unconstitutional.
Jan 30, 2026	Cannabis Stocks Rally Begin 2026 Badly Cannabis stocks, as measured by the Global Cannabis Stock Index, were quite volatile in 2024 and then in 2025 as well. While the index did rally in December, it fell for the year. The index dropped 10.6% in January to 5.89.
Jan 30, 2026	Lessons That Successful Marijuana Retailers Have Learned Mike Khemmoro expected the launch of Mango Cannabis' New Buffalo store in Michigan to follow a familiar playbook. As chief operating officer of the small multistate company, which operates retail locations across four states, he anticipated the usual challenges that come with opening a new dispensary. What he did not expect was a sudden change in state tax policy just days before opening.
Jan 29, 2026	Study Links Long-Term Marijuana Use to Superior Mental Performance Among Seniors Older adults who have used marijuana at some point show stronger cognitive abilities than those who report little or no prior exposure, according to new research published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Jan 29, 2026	Brazil legalizes medical cannabis cultivation, widens patient access Cannabis cultivation in Brazil is now legal for the first time but under significant restrictions.
Jan 29, 2026	Petition seeks to raise cannabis age in Canada to 25, ban edibles, and revoke licenses over odour An E-petition launched in December is calling for the federal government to raise the age of access to cannabis to 25, to ban the production of cannabis edibles, and to revoke the licenses of cannabis companies due to odour.
Jan 29, 2026	Aggregate Harms Associated With Use of Alcohol, Tobacco Far Outweigh Cannabis-Related Risks Toronto, Canada: The use of alcohol and tobacco causes far greater overall harms to both individual consumers and to society than does cannabis, according to a scientific analysis published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
Jan 29, 2026	Marijuana Access Associated With "Striking" Decline in Daily Opioid Use by IV Drug Consumers Boston, MA: Adult-use marijuana legalization markets are associated with significant declines in non-medical opioid use among people who inject drugs (PWID), according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Jan 29, 2026	Delaware Senate Votes To Override Governor’s Veto Of Marijuana Bill That Would Limit Restrictive Local Business Zoning Rules The Delaware Senate has voted to override the governor’s veto of a bill that would prevent local governments from imposing onerous zoning restrictions that make it more challenging for marijuana businesses to operate in their jurisdictions.
Jan 29, 2026	Where Is Cannabis Legal In Europe? In April 2024, Germany legalized recreational marijuana, becoming the largest country in Europe to turn green. And the rest of the European Union is right behind them.
Jan 28, 2026	Canadian cannabis sales up 20% in Q2 2025 as licensed area expands The newest sales and inventory figures from Health Canada indicate total cannabis sales in the medical and recreational markets were up 20% in Q2 2025 (April-June) from June 2024.
Jan 28, 2026	New Congressional Bill Seeks to Regulate Instead of Banning Hemp Bipartisan lawmakers have introduced new legislation aimed at setting federal rules for consumable hemp products, providing an alternative to the broad THC prohibition that became law late last year under a spending package signed by President Donald Trump.
Jan 28, 2026	Letter: Bigger drug problems than cannabis In the 1930s Edgar J. Hoover, head of the FBI, ran a huge propaganda campaign against marijuana. The premier is following in Hoover's footsteps.
Jan 28, 2026	Mi'kmaw bands drafting own law amid province's cannabis outlet crackdown First Nation chiefs in Nova Scotia are developing their own law and regulations on the retail sale of cannabis on reserves in defiance of a provincial crackdown on unlicensed outlets.

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