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A new study suggests Americans who are worried about crime should live closer to cannabis dispensaries.

One in 25 Canadians said they go to work high according to a new Ipsos poll, but workplace productivity hasn't suffered.

The Seattle-based cannabis media company launches a brand new user-friendly guide to marijuana strains, colour coding cannabinoids and terpenes in flower-like visualizations.

Canada's legal cannabis industry brought in $104 million in July sales, up more than 14% over sales in June, according to StatsCan. The country is on pace to rake in $1 billion in the first year of legalization.

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.

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.

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.

The Nanaimo, B.C.-based licensed producer made a retail power grab by acquiring Four20, which operates six licensed stores in Alberta and has secured 16 other shops.

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.

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.

As the cannabis industry reaches the heart of earnings season, investors are looking for profits and weren't impressed with Cronos CEO's second-half spending projections in its Q2 report.

As CBD continues to soar in popularity, one survey shows it gets more online searches than Beyonce and Kim Kardashian, while a recent Gallup poll says one-in-seven Americans now take the vaunted extract.

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.

Canadians spent more than $85 million on legal pot in May, an $11 million increase over April, on the back of new stores opening in Ontario and B.C.

Despite cannabis-infused beverages only making up around one per cent of sales in U.S. states with legal pot markets, BevCanna has high hopes for its CBD and THC-infused drinks.

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.

U.S. cannabis market research firm Brightfield Group says the American CBD market will reach US$5 billion this year due to hemp legalization and more retail chains carrying CBD products.

Statistics Canada latest quarterly report from crowdsourced data showed a gram of legal pot costed $10.65 over the $5.93 price tag for illicit weed.

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.

BDS Analytics and Arcview Market Research predict the global cannabis market will reach US$14.9 billion this year and US$40.6 billion by 2024.

Researchers found the number of U.S. high school students who said they used pot at least once a month jumped from 0.6 per cent in 1991 to 6.3 per cent in 2017.

National inventory levels of unfinished and unpackaged cannabis continued to rise in April, according to a report Health Canada released last month.

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.

Canopy Growth Corp. has been the cannabis industry's top dog by market capitalization so far, but U.S. companies are growing fast and could take over top spot.

An annual report released by Ontario's ombudsman revealed that the OCS received the single most complaints among government organizations in the past year.

Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics forecast the legal industry will nearly triple by 2024 from the US$14.9 billion they project will be spent this year.

Canadian pot firms are amassing a supply glut of unfinished cannabis, and the issue could lead to industry writedowns, according to analysts at BMO Capital Markets.

Provincial and federal governments earned $186 million in total cannabis-related tax revenue in the first five-and-a-half months following legalization, according to new Statistics Canada data.

The Colorado Department of Revenue reported the landmark figure is comprised from marijuana taxes, licenses and fees on the state's total sales of US$6.5 billion since legalization began in 2014.

The state known for its Rocky Mountains continues to set new heights with a record US$142 million in legal pot sales in March.

Despite encouraging results, researchers warned parents should wait for more data before they treat their children with autism.

Short supply, low quality, high prices, and long line ups at stores have plagued the legal market pushing almost 80 per cent of cannabis purchases to stay in the black market, according to data collected by Statistics Canada for the last quarter of 2018.

Statistics Canada released updated numbers for its National Cannabis Survey, which looked at usage during the first quarter of 2019. Here are the key takeaways from the report.

Massachusetts opened its doors to recreational marijuana back in November and we learned this week that it has now reached more than $100 million in sales according to the Cannabis Control Commission.

The State of Colorado recently updated its sales numbers for cannabis, and they're continuing to slide. With $119 million in sales for February, it was the lowest month that the State had since February of last year when it earned $113 million. It was also the second consecutive month that total cannabis sales were down.

Oregon has a marijuana supply problem. According to a report from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, updated on March 2, there is nearly 1.2 million pounds of marijuana inventory sitting in the State in what it calls "usable marijuana."