Research

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

In the first THC and pregnancy study to control for factors like socioeconomic status, scientists found decreased birth weights and less developed organs in rats

InMed Pharmaceuticals has initiated a clinical trial for its epidermolysis bullosa treatment, after regulatory approval in December

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

While the impairment may be different, the effect is the same: decreased reaction time and increased danger, according to a chief safety strategist

There are fewer new cases but still more now than at the start of the outbreak in June 2019

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

Almost 19 per cent of survey respondents with depression reported using pot over the last 30 days

RYAH Medtech is gearing up to enter more foreign markets and list on the CSE

Tetra Bio-Pharma’s stock continues to rise after announcing more trials at no additional cost to shareholders

Altas Biotechnologies Inc. donated nearly $300,000 to U of A for research over the next 2 years

Can cannabis ... is a new series where Mugglehead journalists investigate controversial claims about the uses of weed, in an effort to inform our readers and move the conversation forward.

Tissue culture uses less space and labour than the traditional trimming cloning method

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

Questions remain as to whether impairment should be measured by blood-THC or cognitive functioning

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

First-of-its-kind research points to cannabis as a treatment for PTSD symptoms

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

Tilray shares jumped after announcing it successfully imported medical cannabis into the U.S. in support of a new clinical trial on its use for treating breast cancer drug side effects

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.

Ikänik Farms is looking to go public in the next several months, and CEO Brian Baca tells Mugglehead its Pideka acquisition will "crush everybody coming out of Canada" with its low-cost cultivation and export potential.

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.

Mugglehead talks to Everett Knight, executive vice president of strategy and investments at Valens, how the extraction company's focus on quality is helping it land big contracts ahead of Cannabis 2.0.

The two companies said they have been pouring in resources the last five months to develop water soluble pot drinks they expect will make a big splash in the $2.7 billion derivatives market.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic examine lung tissue samples from 17 patients associated with the vaping health crisis that has sickened 1,080 Americans since April.