Results should be used by policy makers to save lives during the overdose crisis, says cannabis and addiction scientist M-J Milloy
Projections from industry analysts, conflicting data and expert opinion call StatsCan's survey-based figures into question
Data suggest gummies are primed to increase sales share and there's opportunity for new brands to enter the space
The trend emphasizes the need for online product info, which can cause a consumer to jump if not available, says branding expert
General Covid-related spending habits appear to be responsible for the trend
Complaints of inadequate regulatory framework and prohibitive cost mirror criticisms in Canada
The bulk value category is trending up as legal players compete with Canada's still-thriving unregulated market
Studies on the potential harms of weed use are often written off as propaganda, but dismissing research can be harmful in its own right
But during COVID-19, other data show an ensuing sales surge and a 4/20 boost
The report used the stoner holiday to show how black people are still almost 4X more likely to be arrested for weed
Cannabis sales are on pace for US$745 million in 2020, which could be a catalyst for legalization in neighbouring states, says BDS Analytics
The recent COVID-19-related sales bump won't last as demand for cannabis isn't as inelastic during a recession as some think, Jerome Hass of Lightwater Partners says
BDS Analytics’s CEO weighs in on the most recent round of sales data from one of the industry’s leading data firms
Forget clinical studies, Cannametrics crunches user reviews to calculate how cannabinoids and terpenes will make you feel
The rate of use is up 75 % from 2015 to 2018, despite few studies being done to test how cannabis interacts with pharmaceutical drugs
With a population of 5.7 million, Colorado recently reported legal weed sales of US$1.75 billion for 2019
The Bay State and its 6.9 million residents have averaged $45 million in monthly legal weed sales since November 2018
Legal cannabis sales represent $2.3 billion of Canada's $6 billion annual weed market, according to the federal agency's latest data
Sales figures from one of the U.S.’s most recent recreational markets is heads above the rest
It may have been a sobering year for the legal weed industry, but cannabis still made major waves in society, politics and science in 2019
An analysis of Health Canada's report shows a contrast between Trudeau's strict mandate and the relatively small societal harm caused by cannabis
Rates of cannabis vaping doubled between 2018 and 2019
Intelligence firm Coherent Market Insights say the growth is due to an expanding patient base and nods from authorities
Education company’s unsurprising numbers indicate most people don’t like expensive, inconvenient weed
45 per cent of Canadians live within 10 kilometres of the country's 400 retail stores
The Cannabis Science Symposium explored how weed could be used for harm reduction in the overdose crisis
The study showed inhaling cannabis reduced migraine severity by 49.6 per cent
It's a different kind of flower power, but boomers are still enjoying its mellowing effects
Up to $216 million of debentures will be converted
A bong rip a day keeps frequent opioid use at bay for people self-medicating their chronic pain, according to the latest research from the BC Centre on Substance Use
California exported around 5.8 million kilograms of illegal cannabis in 2019, while New York illegally imported over 711,000 kilograms
But the authors of the research published in JAMA Psychiatry say it doesn't mean legalization is a bad idea
The vertically integrated medicinal cannabis company's inaugural outdoor harvest yielded 10,300 kilograms of dried cannabis flower and cost just 10 cents per gram to produce
Cannabis consumption among Canadians aged 65 and older has grown from 40,000 users in 2012 to 400,000 users in the third quarter of 2019, according to the federal statistics agency
The Kitchener-based cannabis company known as 'JWC' saw more than 800 people apply for around 50 jobs at its expanding growing facility as the pot sector continues to bolster the Canadian economy
Cannabis retail sales in the Great White North surged to $127.4 million in August, up almost 19 per cent from the previous month as consumers had access to more pot shops across the country
High prices, a lack of stores, and a thriving black market: a breakdown of some of the statistics on why the legal cannabis sector stumbled in its first year of legalization in Canada.
Millennial males buy over half of all cannabis sold in Washington's online stores, but generation Z is the fastest expanding market according to a new study by Headset.
Pot prices from the legal market dropped for the first time last quarter, but illicit weed is still significantly cheaper and reports show the black market still accounts for more than 80 per cent of sales in Canada.








































