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| Mar 16, 2026 |
Virginia to Launch Adult-Use Dispensary Sales in January 2027
Pending a governor’s signature, Virginians 21 and older can have their cannabis and buy it, too. Senate and House lawmakers voted March 13 and 14 to adopt a conference committee report for competing bills to legalize adult-use cannabis dispensary sales starting Jan. 1, 2027, sending the finalized legislation to Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk. |
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| Mar 16, 2026 |
Canopy Growth Completes Acquisition of MTL Cannabis Creating Canada’s Leading Medical Cannabis Business By Revenue SMITHS FALLS, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Canopy Growth Corporation ("Canopy Growth" or the "Company") (TSX: WEED) (Nasdaq: CGC) and MTL Cannabis Corp. ("MTL Cannabis" or "MTL") (CSE: MTLC) (OTCQX: MTLNF) today announced the completion of the previously announced arrangement (the "Arrangement"), whereby, among other things, Canopy Growth has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of MTL (the "MTL Shares"). |
| Mar 16, 2026 |
San Francisco leaders plan to roll out new ordinance for cannabis cafes San Francisco may be ready to turn over a new leaf when it comes to cannabis cafes. Cannabis cafes exist across California after state legislation opened the door for food service over a year ago. That legislation, authored by Assemblymember Matt Haney, expanded what cannabis lounges can legally do across the state, including allowing cannabis retailers to prepare and service non-cannabis food and beverage inside consumption areas. It also allows lounges to sell tickets for live music and other performances. |
| Mar 15, 2026 |
Anti-Cannabis Group SAM Says New York Weed Is Failing. The Data Says Otherwise. Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) has released another report criticizing legal cannabis—this time focused on New York. As with past publications, the report relies heavily on selective data points and narrow timeframes to advance conclusions that do not fully reflect the broader body of available evidence. |
| Mar 15, 2026 |
January 2026 figures show continued drop in cannabis wholesale revenue as inventories remain steady Wholesale trade and sales for cannabis merchant wholesalers have continued to decline from a peak of about $288 million a month in 2024 and 2025. The most recent figures from Statistics Canada show that sales for cannabis merchant wholesalers were $213.4 million in January 2026, a 13% decline from the previous month and a 29% decline from January 2025. |
| Mar 15, 2026 |
Membertou First Nation tells province, RCMP to butt out of cannabis and tobacco sales An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the province and RCMP have no right to carry out enforcement on its lands, as police and provincial officials step up raids on what they claim are illegal cannabis operations. |
| Mar 15, 2026 |
Explainer: The history of drug decriminalization in Canada Over the past two decades, Canada has shifted away from a punitive approach to drug policy. It has reduced or eliminated criminal sanctions for drug use and introduced policies that prioritize health and harm reduction through safer drug use. Canada’s approach to decriminalization has been uneven, and the results so far are mixed. Here, we provide an overview of key developments in Canada’s drug laws and policies, and what the data reveal about them. |
| Mar 14, 2026 |
Oklahoma Lawmakers Reject Bill To Let Employers Fire More Workers For Using Medical Marijuana Oklahoma House lawmakers on Thursday defeated a measure that would give employers more leeway to fire individuals for using medical marijuana. |
| Mar 13, 2026 |
Virginia Lawmakers Pass Bill To Legalize Recreational Marijuana Sales, Sending It To Governor’s Desk Virginia House and Senate lawmakers have sent a bill to legalize recreational marijuana sales in the commonwealth to the governor’s desk. |
| Mar 13, 2026 |
AGCO reverses policing of the word "dispensary," now says stores can use the term outside of medical context Following a recent enforcement push, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) now says it will no longer prevent cannabis retailers from using the term "dispensary" in their business descriptions as long as it does not inherently imply medical advice or a medical context. |
| Mar 13, 2026 |
Virginia Lawmakers Reach Deal On Final Bill To Legalize Recreational Marijuana Sales Virginia House and Senate lawmakers have reached a deal on a final bill to legalize recreational marijuana sales in the commonwealth. |
| Mar 13, 2026 |
N.S. First Nation asserts control over cannabis-related activities on traditional lands The Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia has launched the Cannabis Control Law, which they say will give them exclusive jurisdiction over the governance and regulation of all cannabis-related activities on their traditional lands. |
| Mar 13, 2026 |
Delaware Senate Passes Bill To Let Terminally Ill Patients Use Medical Marijuana In Hospitals The Delaware Senate has unanimously approved a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis in hospitals. |
| Mar 13, 2026 |
New Hampshire House Lets Marijuana Legalization And Psilocybin Therapy Bills Die Without A Vote The New Hampshire House of Representatives has effectively killed bills to legalize marijuana and allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin by not bringing them up for floor votes ahead of a key deadline. Meanwhile, separate legislation on those topics has already advanced. |
| Mar 13, 2026 |
Alaskan Thunderfuck, We Hardly Knew Ye In 1988, we dropped our first cassette, titled Alaskan Thunderfuck, named after a strong strain of marijuana. We, of course, had never smoked Alaskan Thunderfuck and from our perspective never would. To us, the idea of actually smoking quality weed was a pipe dream. The album title was meant to express our wildest pot fantasies. We’d listen to Toots and the Maytals and imagine lying on Jamaican shores while happy locals rolled baseball bat-sized joints for us. That fantasy was tarnished when our friend Max returned from a Jamaican family vacation and let us know that the locals are, in fact, not happy in the slightest and fairly aggressive when it came to shaking down tourists. |
| Mar 13, 2026 |
What Canada Owes Its Veterans: Getting Medical Cannabis Reimbursement Right “When they have been called to serve, Canadian Armed Forces members have always answered. As Canadians, we must fulfil our responsibility to them in turn.” Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke those words to mark Veterans’ Week last year. That responsibility includes ensuring that the healthcare programs Veterans rely on are grounded in sound clinical policy. One of those programs is Cannabis for Medical Purposes (CMP), which reimburses Veterans for cannabis prescribed to treat a wide range of health issues that often cannot be effectively treated otherwise. On April 1, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) is set to change this reimbursement, benchmarking coverage against a recreational market average instead. This new pricing model raises legitimate concerns because it fails to accurately reflect the medical realities of the Veterans' program and, ultimately, risks undermining treatment continuity for tens of thousands of Veterans. |
| Mar 12, 2026 |
CBSA seizes 1,066 kg of Cannabis in the Greater Toronto Area From January 1 to February 28, 2026, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), in conjunction with RCMP Toronto Airport Detachment (TAD), intercepted over 1,000 kg of illegal cannabis from travellers and commercial shipments leaving the country. |
| Mar 12, 2026 |
Consumers Show No Impairment in Their Next-Day Driving Performance Despite Residual THC Blood Levels Cannabis consumers exhibit no next-day driving impairment despite having trace levels of THC in their blood, according to driving simulator data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research. Canadian investigators assessed consumers’ psychomotor performance some 12 hours after they last inhaled cannabis. Their performance was compared to that of subjects with no history of marijuana use. |
| Mar 12, 2026 |
Virginia Lawmakers Advance to Governor’s Desk Bill Protecting Parents That Use Marijuana Legislators in Virginia have approved legislation to safeguard the parental rights of individuals who legally use cannabis under state law. The proposal, introduced by Delegate Nadarius Clark, received approval from both the House and the Senate after revisions were added. The measure now awaits a decision from Governor Abigail Spanberger. |
| Mar 12, 2026 |
New Hampshire: Senate Republicans Kill House-Backed Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Bill Members of the New Hampshire Senate voted largely along party lines to defeat House-backed legislation that sought to legalize the possession, home-cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for adults. |