Business Colombia orders all medical insurance providers to cover cannabis As of Jan. 1, up to 6M patients can look forward to significantly reduced costs and a simpler application process Natalia Buendia CalvilloJanuary 4, 2022
Business B2B events firm Emerald buys MJBiz for US$120M The total deal amounts to nearly half of Emerald's market value Nick LabaJanuary 4, 2022
Business More genetics programs will help boost Canada’s cannabis market in 2022 Currently just a relative handful of nurseries supply hundreds of licensed producers with clones and seeds Nick LabaDecember 31, 2021
Psychedelics Palliative care providers see psychedelic-assisted therapy as treatment option for existential distress: study Currently treatments are largely insufficient, so care providers encourage more research despite stigma Natalia Buendia CalvilloDecember 30, 2021
Cannabis Cannabis decriminalization lowers racial disparity in arrests: study Decriminalization was linked to a roughly 17% drop in racial disparity between Black and white adults being arrested Kathryn TindaleDecember 29, 2021
Canada Over half of cannabis consumers bought legal in 2021: Health Canada Canadians' attitudes haven't shifted much over the past year Nick LabaDecember 29, 2021
Canada Health Canada to increase legal access to psychedelics for therapy Psychedelics firm Numinus says amendments made to the country's Special Access Programme come into effect in January Natalia Buendia CalvilloDecember 28, 2021
Business Pot sales return to pre-pandemic levels due to more in-person activities: Headset Lockdowns and stimulus cheques were responsible for an irregular boost in buying weed Natalia Buendia CalvilloDecember 22, 2021
Business Organigram gains Quebec foothold with $36M Laurentian acquisition The deal also adds premium flower and hash to its portfolio Nick LabaDecember 22, 2021
Canada BC reaches cannabis agreements with Cowichan Tribes and Snuneymuxw The Section 119 agreements come a year after the first one with Williams Lake First Nation was announced Kathryn TindaleDecember 21, 2021