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| Oct 23, 2025 |
Circle K to sell hemp THC beverages nationwide in 2026 The ubiquitous roadside retailer and convenience store chain plans to start selling hemp-derived THC beverages in as many as 3,000 stores nationwide sometime next year, company officials told MJBizDaily. |
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| Oct 22, 2025 |
LA's staggering cannabis problem could cost the city $400M The legal cannabis market in Los Angeles is hitting a breaking point. At least two-thirds of LA weed businesses have failed to pay their local taxes, and the city is currently out hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue. |
| Oct 22, 2025 |
Cannabis boom in South Africa and Zimbabwe is good for wealthy investors, bad for small farmers But is this boom benefiting indigenous cannabis farmers in southern Africa? They’d been growing the plant for hundreds of years before colonial authorities criminalised it in the early 1900s. Rural people continued to grow it illicitly after that, relying on its medicinal properties. |
| Oct 21, 2025 |
Spirit Rising House fined $35K for giving cannabis to kids in care in Winnipeg, charges against owners stayed All charges against the owners of a foster agency that gave cannabis to children in care were stayed Tuesday, after a plea bargain was reached that saw the organization — Spirit Rising House — plead guilty and pay a $35,000 fine. |
| Oct 21, 2025 |
Campaign to end Massachusetts’ $1.6 billion legal marijuana market claims early success Advocates of a ballot initiative that would eliminate Massachusetts’ $1.6 billion annual legal cannabis industry claim they are “on track” to qualify the controversial measure for the November 2026 ballot. |
| Oct 20, 2025 |
Cannabis works better than opioids for back pain, in two European studies "Anecdotally, [people] say cannabis works great," says Price, an assistant professor of neurological surgery at UC Davis. "It's the only thing that helps them sleep at night, the only thing that takes the edge off." |
| Oct 19, 2025 |
Cannabis revenue outsmokes liquor sales in Manitoba when it comes to revenue growth Cannabis provided a big revenue buzz for Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries during the most recent fiscal year, with sales of cannabis flower, extracts and edibles fuelling more revenue growth for the Crown corporation than sales of alcohol or any form of gaming revenue. |
| Oct 17, 2025 |
Alberta’s first cannabis farmgate store prepares to open its doors Gorilla Garden Supplies, a micro producer in Okotoks, recently received its cannabis farmgate licence from Alberta’s regulator, the AGLC. The farmgate licence allows a cannabis producer in the province to sell cannabis products produced at its processing/cultivating facility directly to consumers from a store at the production facility. |
| Oct 16, 2025 |
How AI is transforming the cannabis industry Long constrained by strict regulations and advertising restrictions, the cannabis industry is finding a powerful ally in artificial intelligence (AI). |
| Oct 16, 2025 |
Cannabis vape products to hit P.E.I. shelves soon, sparking concern among health officials, police Legal prefilled cannabis vaping products are coming soon to store shelves in P.E.I., which is sparking concerns among Island health officials and RCMP officers. |
| Oct 15, 2025 |
Decoding DNA: Western researcher finds genetic links to cannabis use Why is it some people only use cannabis once, while others become frequent users and some go on to develop cannabis use disorder? The first study of its kind to look at the trait of frequency of cannabis use has shed light on the possible genetic factors at play. |
| Oct 14, 2025 |
Marijuana Blunt Smoking Has 'Increased Significantly' In The U.S. In Recent Years, Study Shows The number of Americans who have ever smoked a marijuana blunt has risen by more than a fifth over a recent eight-year period, a new study shows. |
| Oct 14, 2025 |
California Governor Vetoes Bill to Allow Medical Cannabis Home Shipments California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Oct. 11 that had aimed to expand patient access to medical cannabis in the nation’s oldest legalized marketplace. |
| Oct 14, 2025 |
Australia doctors warn of 'excessive' medical weed prescriptions Australia's medical cannabis industry is "excessively" prescribing weed with little oversight and needs urgent regulation, the country's top doctors association and pharmacists warned on Tuesday. |
| Oct 13, 2025 |
Croptober: The Fall Harvest That Shapes The Global Cannabis Industry Every autumn, as the leaves turn and the air chills, cannabis cultivators brace for one of the most defining moments in the calendar: Croptober. It’s when months of labor under the sun, in soil or in controlled environments, yield their bounty. And for many in the cannabis industry, those few weeks determines profitability, survival and what the next season will look like. |
| Oct 13, 2025 |
DeSantis Admits Marijuana Legalization Is Popular With Florida Voters Even Though He Opposes It The Republican governor of Florida is conceding that “more people probably agreed” with a marijuana legalization ballot initiative he helped defeat last year than sided with his prohibitionist viewpoint—but he argued that it was the "morally right" choice for him to intervene to prevent the sale of "dangerous stuff" in his state. |
| Oct 13, 2025 |
Evolve Payment Wins Award For Solving Cannabis Industry’s Payment Problem Minnesota-based Evolve Payment is earning national recognition for its leadership in building trusted financial systems for regulated industries, especially cannabis. |
| Oct 12, 2025 |
Cannabis NB sold $100 million worth of cannabis in 2024-2025 Cannabis NB achieved a net income of $23.1 million from sales of $100.9 million in its 2024-2025 fiscal year ended March 30, 2025. |
| Oct 10, 2025 |
Target Begins Selling THC-Infused Cannabis Drinks As Congress Debates Possible Hemp Law Reversal The retail giant Target is soft launching sales of THC-infused beverages at select stores in Minnesota, an executive of one cannabis drink company participating in the rollout and other industry leaders told Marijuana Moment. |
| Oct 10, 2025 |
Kulture Kizos inc./Kizos Culture inc. recalls 1-gram blunt due to microbial concerns A Quebec-based cannabis producer has recalled an infused blunt due to a potential presence of mould. |