Cannabis—like asparagus, dates, mulberry, ginkgo, persimmons, and spinach—is a dioecious species, meaning that the male and female reproductive structures involved in propagation are typically found on different individual plants, rather than on a single plant (as in a monoecious species). Cannabis is also an annual, so it dies off each winter, but not before dropping […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The makers of Budweiser, Coors and other large-scale brewers are placing their bets on cannabis as a way to fight saturated markets and shifting consumer trends. For years, the industry’s largest players have struggled with stagnating markets and shifting consumer tastes. Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors and Corona brewer Constellation Brands have […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled details of his cannabis legalization plan on Tuesday afternoon in his State of the State speech, as well as in the details of his fiscal year 2020 budget. Cuomo’s plan would be the first in the nation to regulate medical marijuana, adult-use cannabis, hemp, and hemp-derived products such as […]
This is the year Texas residents will find out whether lawmakers are ready to build Texas a viable medical cannabis program or whether the Lone Star State’s old-fashioned politics will limit patients’ access to effective medicine. While the state Legislature passed a limited medical cannabis bill in 2015, hardly anyone in Texas can currently access […]
The weekend Lift & Co Expo highlighted Canadian innovation and entrepreneurial spirit at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Over 200 exhibitors and 100 speakers traded ideas and brainstormed for a sustainable cannabis future. And while the clouds of criminalization have blown out of the Canadian sky many exhibitors were still anxious about having their names appear […]
Vancouver stalwart Cannabis Culture is closing at the end of the month, as many as 35,000 would-be cannabis store operators entered Ontario’s lottery, and Shoppers Drug Mart has launched an online store for medical cannabis. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top Headlines From Around the Web End of the Line for Cannabis […]
The cannabis industry collides with gritty true crime drama in the latest Netflix docu-series Murder Mountain. The 6-part series traces the case of a Southern Californian man who, like many others, has gone missing in Humboldt County. His last known whereabouts: a cannabis farm in the heart of the Emerald Triangle. Without spoiling any of […]
Online, the company bills itself as the “first Canadian retail pharmacy chain to offer a variety of cannabis products to medical cannabis patients,” but while product information is available nationally, Shoppers Drug Mart can initially only sell medical cannabis to patients in Ontario. RELATED STORY Shoppers Drug Mart Granted License to Sell Medical Cannabis Online […]
It’s safe to say 2018 was a monumental year for cannabis. Canada went legal, California tallied up recreational sales for the first time, and a new farm bill made the business of hemp legit in the eyes of the US government. If that wasn’t enough, two more states approved recreational sales while three approved medical […]
With almost three months into legalization in Canada, the Ontario Cannabis Store has finally stocked their digital shelves with cannabis seeds, meaning cannabis consumers in Canada’s most populous province now have a place they can legally purchase starting material to cultivate cannabis from. Tweed, the flagship brand of cannabis conglomerate Canopy Growth Corporation, released two […]
