All posts tagged "Canada"

Legal

Canada Bans Flight Crews From Consuming Cannabis 28 Days Before Work

A new set of rules in Canada bars anyone working in the aviation industry from consuming...

Joint Opinions

More People Try Cannabis for the First Time When It’s Legal

Legalization in Canada is resulting in more first-time cannabis users.

Legal

Inside the Free Speech Battle Over Vancouver’s 420 Festivities

A showdown is shaping up in Vancouver, where the city's 420 event has always been held...

Economics

Meet the Psychedelic English Countess Marketing Cannabis to Europe

To expand its footprint overseas, Canopy Growth Corp is turning to lifted gentry with a hole...

Edibles

Canada Prepares To Legalize Marijuana Edibles Market

Canadians could have low-dose, individually packaged cannabis infused food and drinks by summer.

Cultivation

Fragrant Possibilities: Craft Cannabis in Canada’s Legal Market

At the dawn of a new era for legalized, corporate weed in Canada, one craft grower...

Economics

Tilray Acquires Manitoba Harvest, Dives Into American CBD Market

Canadian cannabis company Tilray just gave hemp food manufacturer Manitoba Harvest a huge vote of confidence...

Medical

UK Imports First Shipments of Medicinal Cannabis Products

Counterintuitively, the world's top legal cannabis producer, the United Kingdom, has just imported its first shipment...

Legal

Slowly but Surely, Efforts Mount to Expunge Old Cannabis Convictions

With cannabis now legal in 10 U.S. states as well as Canada, demands are growing to...

Strains

Patented Pot: What Is a Proprietary Marijuana Strain? 

Canadian marijuana companies are busy acquiring strain banks—which doesn’t really mean much, yet.

Politics

British Columbia Cracks Down on ‘Gray Market,’ Even Amid Cannabis Shortage

Vancouver is shutting down its unlicensed cannabis dispensaries, after a high court decision upheld the right...

Politics

The Year in Review: Global Steps Toward Cannabis Liberation in 2018

This year, 8 countries legalized cannabis for medical or adult use. Here’s a roundup of what...

Economics

Cannabis Stocks Dropped in 2018, But Investors Hope for Rebound

As the year ends, there is a sense of disappointment over the performance of cannabis stocks,...

Economics

Big Pharma Has Big Advantage in Global Marijuana Expansion Game

In a first, Tilray and Sandoz, a subsidiary of Novartis, will market, develop, and sell cannabis-based...

Medical

Is Canada Selling Placebo Cannabis Oil to Sick People?

Could our neighbors up north be perpetrating the Great White Scam? One biopharmaceutical company seems to...

Economics

Canadian Cannabis Industry Needs More Workers, Apply Within

Come on in, the water’s warm. Hot, even!

Economics

Canadian Cannabis Shortages Spark Post-Legalization Reckoning

Nationwide cannabis shortages since Canada went legal last month are causing some provinces to rethink their...

Legal

Canadian Police Say No Rise in Pot DUIs Following Legalization

Early data points to the conclusion that cannabis legalization has not changed the amount that Canadians...

Economics

Canada Pot Stocks Dipped After Last Quarter Before Legal Sales

Numbers are affected by buyouts and upscaling.

Culture

The Most Marijuana Friendly Airport in the World

You can smoke and vape cannabis at Vancouver International Airport.