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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Problems continue to mount for CannTrust after it revealed Health Canada found several new regulatory breaches at the cannabis company's Vaughan, Ont. manufacturing facility.

Louisiana joins more than 30 U.S. states, and the first one in the Deep South, with a medical cannabis program that officially began on Aug. 6 after a four-year regulatory hurdle.

Shares in CannTrust swung wildly on Friday after the embattled pot producer revealed its outside auditor was withdrawing its year-end and first-quarter reports.

Tiny Luxembourg could have a big effect on cannabis legalization in the European Union and open up the market for pot once the country goes recreational in two years.

Ottawa's new pardoning system waves a five-year wait time and a $631 fee, but critics say it doesn't go far enough and call for full expungement

The troubled Canadian pot company hired Greenhill & Co Inc. to help it conduct a "review of strategic alternatives," including finding a buyer, while it awaits federal enforcement action.

From California to Vancouver to Toronto, authorities in major jurisdictions are raiding illegal pot shops and coming down hard on the black market in an effort to curb illicit cannabis sales.

The governor of America's fourth most populous state wanted to legalize recreational cannabis use this year, but had to settle for decriminalization of pot.

CannTrust CEO Paul Aceto has been "terminated with cause" by the company's board, while chairman Eric Paul was asked to resign and he agreed to do so.

The Globe and Mail and BNN Bloomberg released troubling reports this week alleging CannTrust CEO and company executives were made aware of illegal growing in November.

The province's new rules will ban pot-infused candies, chocolates, desserts as well as skin creams and topical products before those items become legal in Canada later this year.

The FDA issued a warning letter to the largest cannabis company based in the U.S. for illegally selling and providing unproven claims online for its CBD products.

Health Canada has only approved only 65 of approximately 600 cannabis research applications since legalization took place Oct. 17, according to a recent CTV News report.

While cannabis producer CannTrust awaits enforcement action from Health Canada, reports have surfaced a potential buyer could swoop in to rescue the embattled company.

The Edmonton-based pot company said it will focus on research and development at its 207-acre operation in Westwold, B.C., and at a 21,000 square-foot field in Lachute, Que.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said last week it is speeding up its efforts to create rules for CBD and plans to publish a report on its progress by early fall.

The Vancouver-based pot company is the first to have its licences revoked from the federal regulator for allegedly selling cannabis products to the black market last year.

Negative headlines and an industry-wide struggle to record profits have been hurting investor confidence in cannabis stocks in 2019.

CannTrust stock tumbles further on a Globe and Mail bombshell report with allegations the company hid illegal grow rooms from Health Canada with fake walls.

Democrat Governor David Ige says the new bill could lead to further legalization efforts “and other mechanisms to make marijuana more available.”

Both Republicans and Democrats discussed ways to end U.S. federal cannabis prohibition at a landmark Congressional hearing on July 10.

The Ontario Cannabis Store said it won't be selling CannTrust's pot products until Health Canada conducts its investigation on how the company grew weed illegally.

According to U.S. federal data, at the end of March there were 493 banks and 140 credit unions that handled transactions relating to the cannabis industry.

The Ontario cannabis producer has 12,700 kilograms of dried cannabis on hold by Health Canada, which is estimated to be worth around $70 million.

The head of Toronto-based cannabis producer Cronos Group Inc. slammed the Canadian government for its strict rules on the pot industry that he said are making it impossible for companies to create global brands.

One-in-four medical cannabis users said supply issues have been preventing them from getting the medicine they need, according to a survey commissioned by Canadian Pharmacists Association and two other groups.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act on Tuesday, to make cannabis more accessible for patients battling disease and needing pain relief.

A loophole in a 2016 law to support hemp farmers has created an opportunity for hundreds of stores to open and sell low-potency pot across the European nation.