Cannabis

U.S. Congress made history Sept. 25 after passing the SAFE Banking Act, but the bill that would help the cannabis industry access banks faces an uphill battle in the Senate.

State regulators gave the green light for businesses to apply for cafe and home delivery licenses, but the rollout will be delayed due to local laws and heavy regulations.

The Ontario-based extraction pioneer inked a sales deal with Canadian pot producer TerrAscend, while also entering Germany's medical pot market and gaining organic certification all in a span of six days.

America's most valuable pot firm is the first to sell dried flower products in New York, a move one analyst expects will help expand the state's patient base to 400,000 from today's 107,000.

U.S. Epidiolex sales have surged on strong patient uptake and now the CBD-based epilepsy drug could be sold in 31 European countries after EU authorities gave GW the green light.

An industry group revealed there are 2,835 illicit sellers in California with just 873 licensed sellers statewide, and it blamed Weedmaps for helping fuel the black market

A group of Wisconsin Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill to legalize medical marijuana, but the Senate Majority Leader is standing in the way from it becoming law.

At nearly the exact time Canopy announced its CEO hiring plans, Linton revealed he's joining two U.S. cannabis companies and one Toronto based medical psychedelic company.

The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act, the bill that would help U.S. pot firms access banks, is being revised to lure Republicans and will be voted on in Congress by the end of this month.

While Alberta leads the way with 284 pot shot licences being issued, other provinces lag being in brick-and-mortar infrastructure which is allowing the black market to thrive.

The beleaguered producer's licences to sell and cultivate pot were suspended by the federal regulator Sept. 17, making it more likely the CannTrust saga will end with a breakup of the company.

An Ontario judge will rule on Sept. 25 whether 11 disqualified applicants should be allowed to keep their cannabis store licences, but the ruling could delay the retail-starved province's store rollout.

While investors await Health Canada's ruling on how it will enforce CannTrust's compliance breaches, the small pot producer's licences were suspended due to "critical observations" by the federal agency.

The Ontario Securities Commission accuses three former executives of Canada Cannabis Corp. who raised more than $10 million of defrauding its 125 investors.

Westleaf and its Prairie Records cannabis retail chain was named the top Canadian retailer at a major exposition in the same weekend the company opened its first Alberta location in Calgary.

Amid a breakout of vape-related lung illnesses in the U.S., the industry is calling for products to be regulated, while in Canada, pot firms say their legal vapes are rigorously tested and safe.

Mugglehead speaks with Dr. Arup Sen, chief science officer at Sproutly, about its industry-leading technology used to develop high quality infused beverages with precise THC dosing.

While wine tourism brings in big money, Canadian federal rules for marketing pot are causing opportunities for cannabis tourism to go up in smoke.

Mugglehead talks to University of British Columbia's M-J Milloy who is studying how cannabis might help with opioid addiction while big pharma is being sued for millions.

The recent University of Michigan survey comes on the heals of a separate U.S. report that shows high school students are using less pot, but either way, the industry knows it needs to show social responsibility.

Employees at the embattled pot producer allegedly sourced out black market cannabis seeds and tainted the legal supply with illicit weed, according to BNN Bloomberg.

Two deaths and hundreds of cases of a mysterious lung illness all linked to vaping e-cigarettes or illegal cannabis oil in the U.S. has sparked investigations in Canada and south of the border.

Mugglehead speaks with MediPharm president Keith Strachan about how the cannabis extraction pioneer is gearing up for the launch of Cannabis 2.0 products in Canada.

Aurora Cannabis nets $86.5 million in cash by selling its remaining stake in The Green Organic Dutchman as both companies strategies evolve.

A recent American Society of Anesthesiologists survey shows an escalating interest in marijuana for managing pain among U.S. adults, but the ASA warns more research is needed.

Texas effectively, by accident, decriminalized cannabis when it legalized hemp in June, and it's developing a way to decipher between legal hemp and illegal pot by early 2020 to fix the issue.

Shares of The Alkaline Water Co. surged 24 per cent after it said it is teaming up with the first-ever legal CBD company in the U.S. to expand its CBD product portfolio.

Despite Curaleaf reporting wider losses and lower-than-expected revenues in the second-quarter, investors remained upbeat on its more than US$1-billion revenue guidance for 2020.

The former New England Patriots tight end will promote CBD products for Rhode Island-based Abacus Health while calling on the NFL to allow athletes to use the touted wellness extract.

The Vancouver-based pot producer inked a deal with a "Canadian beverage technology company" to ready itself for the coming next-phase infused product launch in Canada later this year.

Mugglehead talks with Adam Coates, chief commercial officer at Westleaf, how the company will produce next-phase cannabis products at its newly-minted extraction facility designed by world-leading scientists.

Victoria-based Paracanna launched a DIY kit for consumers to legally infuse cannabis oil into gummies ahead of the second-wave of legalization.

New York-based Acabada is taking the CBD craze to another level, launching a new line of CBD-infused activewear designed to help female athletes recover faster by reducing pain and inflammation.

Ontario selected 42 operators from its second cannabis retail lottery Aug. 20, but critics say the new stores still won't be enough to combat the black market while pointing out other issues.

The Toronto-based pot company is the latest to make its foray into the U.S. by acquiring Quill, a multi-state vape technology brand known for its health-focused disposable vape pens.

Statistics Canada's national survey of licensed producers reveals a surge in employment and reports there are now 175 companies operating in the cannabis space.

Despite 40 per cent of its market value being wiped out since March, the Edmonton-based company has bold plans to dominate the global hemp CBD market moving forward.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is investigating 94 reports of people in hospitals with vape-related lung illnesses across 14 states with a number of cases related to the use of illegal cannabis vape cartridges.

Pot-infused gummies, shatter and face creams will be legal in Canada at the end of the year and a survey conducted by Ernst & Young and Lift & Co. suggests those items will attract three million additional consumers.

The National Cannabis Survey also shows 42 per cent of Canadians who said they use pot bought it from the black market.