Columbia Care Enters World’s Largest Regulated Cannabis Market with Grand Opening of Flagship Dispensary in San Diego, California Global medical cannabis leader launches west coast expansion plan in California’s largest, limited license metropolitan market Nationally proven high-touch, provider-based dispensary model and proprietary pharmaceutical-quality products bring novel, impactful and personalized... Read more
Patients in Switzerland can currently get a prescription for medical cannabis, but it isn’t easy. The Swiss government wants to change that, laying out a proposal on Wednesday that would eliminate a major barrier for those with cancer and other serious diagnoses to use cannabis to treat their illness. ... Read more
Canadian firm Tilray, Inc. has exported its first bulk shipment of medicinal cannabis oil to the United Kingdom, according to a press release from the company. The shipment comes after a controversy over another Tilray product led the U.K. government to approve the use of medical cannabis therapies for... Read more
Faced with a significant cannabis surplus, a new law in Oregon could ultimately enable business owners to export pot to other states. Kate Brown, Oregon’s Democratic governor, has signed Senate Bill 582 into law, which allows the state to negotiate and enter into agreements to ship its marijuana off... Read more
Illinois just became the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana. Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into effect on Tuesday that will automatically expunge and pardon the records of 800,000 state residents with a record of non-violent small scale cannabis possession. “Today Illinois is demonstrating everything that can... Read more
Hip-hop icon and weed aficionado Wiz Khalifa announced on Tuesday that he will be releasing a line of Khalifa Kush Enterprises cannabis oils in Canada. The new products will be produced under a partnership between Khalifa, Khalifa Kush Enterprises Canada, and Supreme Cannabis. “I’m excited to bring our first... Read more
Two men, one of whom is a Baltimore mail carrier, have pleaded guilty to smuggling marijuana into the city through the U.S. Postal Service. Both men face decades in federal prison as punishment for their convictions, according to a report in local media. Michael Gray pleaded guilty to federal... Read more
Concerned over e-cigarettes’ health risk to residents, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to become the first major United States city to ban the sale of the products. The prohibition applies to both in-store sales and delivery of e-cigarettes to city addresses. It will take... Read more
Fire & Flower Announces First Quarter 2019 Financial and Operational Results EDMONTON, June 26, 2019 /CNW/ – Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. (“Fire & Flower” or the “Company”)(1) (TSXV: FAF), today announced its financial and operational results for the thirteen weeks ended May 4, 2019. Financial and Operational Highlights for the thirteen weeks ended May... Read more
SMITHS FALLS, ON, June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Canopy Growth Corporation (“Canopy Growth” or the “Company”) (TSX:WEED,NYSE:CGC) is pleased to announce that it has completed a transaction to acquire Saskatoon-based bio-product extractor KeyLeaf Life Sciences (“KeyLeaf”), related entities, and intellectual property. Canopy Growth has been working closely with KeyLeaf... Read more
