This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Jan. 4-10

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 […]

Shoppers Drug Mart Launches Medical Cannabis Sales Online

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 […]

By the Numbers: A Year of Cannabis in 2018

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 […]

Canada’s First Legal Rec Seeds Now For Sale in Ontario

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 […]

Canopy Buys German Vaporizer Pioneers Storz & Bickel

Canopy Growth Corporation announced on Thursday that it has acquired Storz & Bickel in a €145 million ($220 million CAD) deal. The German company, maker of the Volcano, is globally recognized as a leader in the design and manufacturing of medically approved vaporizers. RELATED STORY The Volcano: A History of the World’s Most Iconic Cannabis Vaporizer “S&B […]

How 420 Cyber Tailors Cybersecurity for Cannabis Businesses

This article is brought to you by 420 Cyber, offering cybersecurity solutions tailored to the cannabis industry. As legal cannabis, both medicinal and recreational, becomes more widely available throughout the United States, more and more businesses are getting into the game. But the influx of investment and new businesses has made the growing legal cannabis […]

Willie Nelson, Kevin Smith, Ton of Cannabis Prepped for Emerald Cup 2018

This year’s Emerald Cup couldn’t come at a better time. After weeks of suffering from some of the worst wildfires in US history, Californians from Arcata to San Diego will congregate on the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, Calif., for the self-described “largest, most respected, organic, outdoor, cannabis competition in the world.” This year […]

Marlboro-Maker in Talks With Canadian Cannabis Company

Altria Group—the biggest tobacco company in the world and owner of the Marlboro brand—is in active negotiations to either invest in, or outright acquire, the Cronos Group, a major Canadian cannabis producer. At this point, both companies have said, no contracts have been signed; but they have agreed to keep negotiations going, although Toronto-based Cronos […]

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