U.S. Cannabis Tax Revenue Tops $3 Billion In 2020
Cannabis legalization in the United States at the state level has been a smashing success by virtually every measure. With New York,...
Is Spain On The Verge Of Regulating Cannabis Clubs?
As a monumental challenge to the current law loses in Strasbourg, organizers including political parties are challenging the government...
European Cannabis Association Is Working Towards A Harmonized Regulatory Framework
Cannabis is medicine. That is a phrase that has always been true, yet was not always reflected in public policy. The cannabis plant was...
Apply To Pitch To Cannabis Investors At The Emerge Virtual Cannabis Conference
Being an entrepreneur and pursuing your business dreams is a very exciting thing to do. Yes, it involves long hours and a lot of...
Basque Region Cannabis Clubs Throw Down Gauntlet To Reopen
After being devastated by Pandemic shutdowns, clubs in the Basque region of Spain petition their government to let them reopen for...
Bangkok Embraces Cannabis Cafe Culture
It may not be Amsterdam, but Thailand is taking a stab at infused cannabis reform.
Thailand, which enacted cannabis reform as of...
The Opportunity Of Cannabis Funds And Stocks On The London Stock Exchange
With MCG Pharmaceuticals becoming the first cannastock to list on the public exchange in London, and a plethora to follow in the coming...
Australian Pharmacies Can Now Sell CBD Without A Prescription
Cannabidiol (CBD) is arguably the most popular cannabinoid on earth right now, even ahead of THC. THC is obviously still very...
Texas’ Hemp Industry To Experience Exponential Growth In The Coming Years
The hemp industry is picking up steam around the world, with more and more countries legalizing hemp production for human consumption....
Ole! The Spanish Supreme Court Takes Aim At Barcelona’s Cannabis Clubs
The Spanish Constitutional Court has issued two rulings against the Barcelona club scene – but with a pending case in the...
Aphria Announces First Cannabis Harvest For Germany
The second growing facility for medical cannabis is about to deliver – but is this all going to be enough?
Aphria, now merged with...
How Much Legal Cannabis Did Illinois Sell In 2020?
Currently, 15 states in the U.S. have legalized cannabis for adult-use along with Washington D.C. Some of those states already have...
Dutch Cannabis Licensing Scheme Hits Local Protests
Plans to replace the production of blackberries with coffee-shop bound cannabis hit skids over NIMBYism at proposed grow sites for new...
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Now Has A Cannabis Index
For many years investing in the emerging cannabis industry was a very tricky thing for many reasons, not the least of which was that the...
Pandemics, Mergers And 2020 – Oh, My, Goodbye!
A strange year has wound up with a whimper rather than a bang as two of the largest Canadian public cannabis companies merge in a...
Ready, Set, Thai Canna Tour?
Thailand plans a tour to educate locals about medical cannabis. Fully-fledged production is the goal, but will this lead to other things...
Israeli Company Panaxia Pharmaceuticals Signs Deal With France
The Israelis are moving quickly to take advantage of the opening in the French medical cannabis market. Panaxia Pharmaceuticals has just...
Zimbabwe Announces Rules For Cultivating Cannabis
The legal cannabis industry is emerging all over the planet right now, and that includes spreading across the African continent. An...
Colorado Dispensaries Sold A Record Amount Of Cannabis In July
Colorado and Washington State were the first two states in the U.S. to vote to legalize cannabis for adult use. The successful...
Jamaican Officials Highlight Efforts To Increase Cannabis Imports/Exports
The cannabis plant is obviously a big part of the culture in Jamaica. Cannabis is consumed for religious purposes in Jamaica, in...
Cannabis Consumers Prefer Floral Cannabis Over Concentrates According To Survey
For many decades cannabis flower dominated the unregulated market. Cannabis concentrates, often referred to as ‘hash’, were...
Legal Cannabis Sales Outpace Unregulated Sales In Canada For The First Time
Legal adult-use cannabis sales started in Canada in 2018. Canada is only one of two countries where adult-use cannabis sales are...
Canadian Retailers Sold A Record Amount Of Adult-Use Cannabis In June
Canada is the undeniable international cannabis leader right now. The North American nation had a well-established cannabis industry...
Check Out CB Club – Switzerland’s b2b Cannabis Meeting
Our friends at CannaTrade have an event coming up that you should absolutely check out. Below is a press release with more...
Maine Will Finally Launch Adult-Use Cannabis Sales This Fall
Maine was one of four states to legalize cannabis for adult-use in 2016 along with California, Nevada, and Massachusetts. However,...
Most Americans In Legal States Express “Positive Perceptions” Of The Cannabis Marketplace Per Study
Below is a press release that we received from our friends at NORML:
Adults residing in states where retail marijuana sales are legally...
Portugal Moves Forward On Regulating Domestic Hemp Market
On August 4, the Portuguese government issued a regulatory document that authorizes the cultivation and exploitation of the domestic...
Tilray Recalling Cannabis Extract From German Market
According to DAZ online, a German-language, pharmacy-oriented publication, Tilray has had to recall its cannabis extract in the German...
Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Set A Record In July
The State of Illinois is one of the most populated states in the U.S. and is also home to a regulated adult-use cannabis industry....
Ontario Regulators End Cannabis Delivery And Curbside Pickup Services
The ongoing pandemic has altered the way that most, if not all of us, live. All over the planet, people are adapting to the changes that...
Canada Now Has More Than 1,000 Legal Recreational Cannabis Dispensaries
It is official. Canada now has more than 1,000 dispensaries. The last official count as of mid-July was actually 1010.
This is a...
European Commission Is Considering Classifying CBD As A Narcotic
As if the confusion over Novel food in the EU was not daunting enough! The news just surfaced late last week that the European...
Major League Soccer May Approve A CBD Sponsorship In 2020
Cannabis reform is spreading to all parts of the globe, and that includes professional sports. For many decades professional sports...
Most Canadian Patients Obtaining Cannabis In Recreational Or Unregulated Markets
Despite all the reform in Canada, it appears that long-standing issues for patients have not been solved. Indeed, according to a recent...
Yelp Chooses To Discriminate Against Cannabis Businesses
Yelp is one of the most popular websites in the United States. Yelp is a website and mobile app which houses reviews about businesses....
Calling Dutch Growers: Government Tenders Up For Grabs
It sounds like a dream job, right? Grow cannabis (legally) in Holland.
Here is the good news: The Dutch government is opening up ten...
Irish-French Alternative Investment Fund Launched In Search Of Long-Term Cannabis Returns
Óskare Fund – a joint venture between Irish and French firms (Crossroads Capital Management and Óskare Capital) is an...
Rumbles In The German Cannabis Distribution Jungle
As Germany opens up its economy again, cautiously, of course in the aftermath of the first COVID-19 scare, there are certainly moves...
Where Goes The Canadian-German Export Market?
For the past several years (since 2016), Canadian exporters have sent ever-larger amounts of medical cannabis to Germany. The amount...
Zimbabwe Flips Cannabis Policy To Create Total Privatization Of The Market
As South African lawmakers miss a deadline to change the law, finally enshrining cultivation, possession and consumption as a...
The Five Best Online And Virtual Cannabis Industry Events
The history of the cannabis movement is a history of innovative people constantly facing hurdles, and consistently overcoming those...
The European Court Of Justice Throws Down On Hemp
Apart from the Herculean task of normalization of cannabis generally, the battle for regulatory definitions over hemp has definitely...
International Cannabis Business Conference To Host Virtual Global Cannabis Symposium June 9th
The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) is excited to announce that we are hosting a virtual cannabis symposium on June...
Could Cannabis Reform Be Part Of The Post Covid “Green New Deal”
While governments are still struggling to deal with the economic fallout from the global pandemic, one question continues to float...
Ontario’s Decision To Allow Cannabis Delivery And Pickup Is The Right One
The coronavirus pandemic has affected virtually every facet of almost every industry on earth in one way or another. Companies are being...
Shortages, Price Increases Are The Snapshot Of The Euro Industry During The Covid 19 Pandemic
If there is one thing that is clear during the current Pandemic, it is this – policymakers from a national and international level...
Medical Cannabis Imports Double In Germany In The Last Year
Germany is home to the largest economy in Europe and a population that is more than twice the size of the population of California. With...
Are Prices Going To Fall On Domestically Grown Cannabis In Germany?
With the world in lockdown and the race for “The Vaccine” if not “The Cure” what does this bode for cannabis...
What Kind Of Cannabis Is Being Dispensed In German Pharmacies?
According to the latest figures from the statutory health insurers, there are now five different kinds of cannabinoids being dispensed...
Canada’s Cannabis Industry Lobbies For Economic Aid Due To Virus Fallout
The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the global economy, and the cannabis industry is no exception. Some states in the U.S. have...