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Aug 4, 2026	Thailand Presses Medical-Only Cannabis Bill Toward Cabinet as Enforcement Drive Widens Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health is pressing ahead with a draft Cannabis and Hemp Act that would restrict its liberal cannabis market to purely medical and research use cases. As the act edges closer to cabinet under the prime minister who decriminalised cannabis three years earlier, it is preemptively being enforced on the ground.
Aug 3, 2026	Federally Funded Study Finds High Marijuana Taxes Boost Black Market A newly released federally-funded study suggests that states with higher taxes on legal cannabis may be unintentionally encouraging consumers to purchase cannabis from illegal sellers instead of licensed retailers. The research examined the buying habits of 1,525 Americans aged 21 and over who had used recreational cannabis within the previous month. Researchers analyzed how pricing and taxation influence purchasing decisions in both regulated and unregulated markets.
Aug 3, 2026	The Contradictions of Cannabis Law: From the United States to International Treaties Cannabis law has never been more contradictory. In the U.S., federal and state governments often regulate identical products under completely different legal frameworks. Hemp and marijuana can produce the same intoxicating effects, yet lawmakers treat them as fundamentally different. Medical marijuana now occupies a unique place under federal law while adult use marijuana remains prohibited. Internationally, countries continue to expand legalization, despite treaty obligations that appear to prohibit it.
Aug 3, 2026	Cannabis NB’s $2 Pre-Rolls Seek to Compete with Black Market as Sales Cool New Brunswick sold $25.4 million in cannabis in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2026-2027, which ended June 28, 2026, for a gross profit of $12 million and net income of $4.6 million. Product sales represented a 2% decline year-over-year compared to Q1 2025, gross profits were down 3.9%, and net income was down 20.4%. There were 433,000 transactions in the first quarter, with an average basket size of $53.67, representing a YOY increase in transactions but a decline in average basket size compared with 411,000 transactions with an average basket size of $58.77 in the same quarter in the previous year.
Aug 3, 2026	Beyond the THC Number: How Cannabis Retail Can Make Room for Quality For much of Canada’s legal cannabis market, one number has carried an extraordinary amount of weight: THC percentage. It appears prominently on product labels, retail menus and purchasing spreadsheets. Consumers use it to compare products, budtenders rely on it when sensory information is limited, and buyers use it to assess anticipated demand. Over time, this has helped create a self-reinforcing market in which higher THC is often treated as shorthand for stronger effects, better quality and greater value.
Aug 3, 2026	B.C. has a craft cannabis advantage — now it needs a strategy British Columbia has built a global reputation around craft: wine, beer, cider, local food, small farms and tourism experiences that connect products to the people and places behind them. Craft cannabis should be part of that story. B.C. is home to one of the world’s most respected cannabis cultures, with more than 230 licensed producers, nearly 500 independent retailers, more than 5,000 jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue. Yet provincial policy still treats legal cannabis more like a regulatory file than an economic sector to grow.
Aug 3, 2026	Alabama may opt out of federal marijuana rescheduling. What happens next? Alabama’s official objection to the Trump administration’s federal medical marijuana rescheduling push is raising questions about 280E tax relief, interstate shipping rights and whether a state can simply say no to a federal scheduling change. The answer, according to legal experts, is complicated. However, the issue shouldn’t affect the ongoing rollout of Alabama’s medical cannabis market.
Aug 3, 2026	US Hemp Industry Wins a Stay of Execution as Senate Delays Ban Until December The US hemp industry has successfully bought itself some additional time to find a permanent solution to the incoming federal ban. Senate leaders moved to include a short delay to the sweeping hemp ban into a must-pass spending bill, giving some, but not all hemp-derived products until December 11 rather than November 12 before they’re pulled from shelves.
Aug 2, 2026	NEPAL: Inside Gandaki’s new cannabis law: Who can grow it, where, and under what rules Gandaki Province has formally opened the door to the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial use after its province chief authenticated a landmark law that establishes one of the country’s most comprehensive regulatory regimes for the crop.
Aug 2, 2026	Is Green Thumb the Safest Cannabis Stock to Own Right Now? The cannabis industry has taught investors a painful lesson over the past five years: Revenue growth means very little if a company can't generate cash. Dozens of operators expanded too quickly, took on excessive debt, or repeatedly diluted shareholders to stay afloat.
Aug 2, 2026	Good Times, Less Waste: Can Cannabis Clean Up the Vape Problem? Vape hardware is one of the cannabis industry’s most persistent waste problems. Fernway launched the first take-back program in 2022, and this summer opened its dropboxes to any brand’s device.
Aug 2, 2026	‘Free up the ganja’: Rastafarians in Kenya fight to decriminalise marijuana Marijuana plays a sacred role among Rastafari followers and they say criminalising it violates their rights
Aug 1, 2026	Smell of cannabis can trigger a police search if it’s not the only factor, court rules An odor of marijuana is not normally sufficient cause for police to conduct a search, but it can be if police determine that the occupants of a car are minors and thus prohibited from possessing cannabis, according to a new court ruling.
Aug 1, 2026	The Cannabis Industry Built on Schedule III. Federal Courts Are About to Decide Whether That Foundation Holds WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACCESS Newswire / August 1, 2026 / The cannabis industry has largely treated the Attorney General's April 2026 Marijuana Rescheduling Order as a settled foundation for future growth. The federal courts have not yet decided whether that foundation is lawful.
Aug 1, 2026	Marijuana brand launches ‘senior-targeted’ cannabis kiosk at retirement community An Arizona retirement community is getting a senior-focused cannabis kiosk, giving residents an easier way to purchase marijuana products without traveling to a dispensary.
Jul 31, 2026	RECALL: Edible cannabis products recalled due to allergen, packaging and quality concerns Health Canada says not to consume specific edible cannabis products that were sold by the thousands in Ontario and Saskatchewan, as they are labelled with incorrect cannabinoid values and could contain allergens. The health agency says the recall is for certain Sweet Vengeance edible cannabis products due to undeclared milk and hazelnut, as well labelling issues.
Jul 31, 2026	DEA Hearings on Cannabis Rescheduling Conclude Last month, the Drug Enforcement Agency concluded its hearings related to the reclassification of Cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. Analysis as to how it went is limited by restrictions that prohibited live streaming, cell phones, recording devices, or cameras in the hearing room gallery, which only had 20 seats. Hearing transcripts and audio recordings have not yet been released by the Feds.
Jul 31, 2026	Largest strike in cannabis industry ends at MSO-owned Illinois cultivation operation More than 300 workers are back on the job at a cannabis multistate operator’s cultivation operation in southern Illinois after the resolution of a monthlong strike that union organizers said was also the $30 billion national industry’s biggest-ever strike.
Jul 31, 2026	The Growing Role of Cannabis Education in Agricultural Careers Agriculture has always evolved alongside advances in science, technology, and consumer demand. Today, one area attracting increasing attention is cannabis cultivation. As legal cannabis industries continue to develop in many regions, educational institutions, agricultural professionals, and aspiring growers are recognizing that cannabis is more than a niche crop. It offers opportunities to study plant genetics, sustainable cultivation, pest management, and controlled-environment agriculture through a practical, real-world lens.
Jul 31, 2026	US Court Dismisses Case From Canadian Cannabis Executives Rejected at the Border A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a company with operations and executives located in Canada that makes automated post-harvest processing equipment for the cannabis industry. The lawsuit, filed by Eteros Technologies USA, Inc. and several of its Canadian executives against the United States government, centred on what the plaintiffs described as a “dual policy,” where the government permits the importation of Eteros’s cannabis-related manufacturing equipment but consistently bars the company’s Canadian employees from entering the US. (h/t law360.com)

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