Canada Ontario cannabis sheds lottery retail system, welcomes open market Retailers will be able to apply for and open new stores by April 2020 Michelle GamageDecember 13, 2019
Enforcement Move over chewing tobacco, MLB players can now use cannabis Drug screening will also test for opioids and players who test positive will be referred to treatment, not punished Michelle GamageDecember 12, 2019
Canada Canadians dropped $908 million on legal weed in first year: Stats Can 45 per cent of Canadians live within 10 kilometres of the country's 400 retail stores Michelle GamageDecember 11, 2019
Canada Manitoba’s ticketing rule for illicit cannabis possession called ‘policy nonsense’ Police officers can hand out $672 fines for anyone caught with illicit or unlabelled cannabis Michelle GamageDecember 11, 2019
Canada Crypto-cannabis pushes back against counterfeit pot products Akerna's solo science cryptographically-secured stamp lets cannabis consumers verify their own pot products Michelle GamageDecember 10, 2019
Canada Constellation finance chief David Klein appointed as new Canopy CEO Former co-CEO Bruce Linton said he would have chosen David Klein to fill his shoes back in July. Michelle GamageDecember 9, 2019
Legalization Over half of U.S. medical students unprepared to talk about cannabis: study Despite medical cannabis being legal since 2010, Washington, D.C., students are still in the dark Michelle GamageDecember 6, 2019
Beverages Cannabis 2.0 won’t hit shelves till early January: Canopy Expect a slow rollout of cannabis edibles and beverages with some products scheduled for a late February release Michelle GamageDecember 6, 2019
Cannabis 2.0 AgraFlora Organics moves to buy Sanna Health for $23 million In the all-stock transaction AgraFlora acquired Sanna for $23 million for $0.30 per share. Michelle GamageDecember 5, 2019
Coming soon New Zealand and Brazil move to relax cannabis policies New Zealand released its draft recreational cannabis legalization bill and Brazil legalized medical weed Michelle GamageDecember 5, 2019