Legal changes could soon make transacting business easier for the cannabis industry. Reports indicate that the president plans to reform cannabis laws, making commerce easier for businesses working in states with legal markets. Reforming the law could improve the position of companies working with cannabidiol (CBD) as a food additive and industrial hemp. Hemp and...
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Nova Scotia cannabis users concerned over ‘excessive’ plastic packaging
Packaging must be tamper-resistant and child-proof, but provinces decide how to follow rules Some Canadians are discovering smoking cannabis legally comes wrapped in a whole lot of plastic. Nova Scotians who have purchased legal cannabis through the province’s stores have been taking to social media, surprised their paper bags of pot are filled with so much packaging. Greg MacLean says he was...
Toronto: Nothing in store, except cannabis enthusiasm
Header image Toronto, just after midnight: A depiction of a cannabis bud drops from the ceiling at a countdown party by the education group Leafly. picture by Chris Young/The Associated Press In Canada’s largest city, cannabis users didn’t have a legal store to line up at when midnight hit. For now, the province is...
Canada cannabis legalization: ‘We know the world is watching’
For many Canadians, the idea of legal cannabis once seemed a pipe dream. But from 17 October, Canada will become the first G7 country to give recreational cannabis the green light. It’s following a trail first blazed by Uruguay in 2013. “It’s becoming a serious industry,” says one entrepreneur. Supporters say legalization will bring new...
Canada’s Legal Marijuana Producers Will Meet Only 30-60% of Demand
Canadian pot producers have just been given something else to cheer about. A new study, reported on by CP24 and Bloomberg, claims that legal supply of marijuana in Canada is set to meet only 30% to 60% of consumer demand. Researchers from the C.D. Howe Institute, a Toronto-based think-thank, and the University of Waterloo estimate...
Province Brands’ Brewing the World’s First Beer From Cannabis
‘Brewing a world-class beer from the cannabis plant wasn’t easy’, says Province Brands With a new brewing tradition, Province Brands’ patent-pending technology is designed to enable the world’s first beer brewed from cannabis, creating a first of it’s kind premium craft product. Province Brands, a Toronto based Canadian company, founded by entrepreneurs with a substantial...
Aphria Introduces Consumer Cannabis Brands
Aphria unveils comprehensive portfolio of adult-use brands Solei, RIFF, Good Supply, Goodfields and Broken Coast represent the Company’s first wave of consumer-centric adult-use brands Aphria Inc. (“Aphria” or the “Company”) (TSX: APH and US OTC: APHQF) unveiled its comprehensive portfolio of adult-use brands that will be available for sale in the adult-use market. Backed by...
Aleafia and Serruya Family to Enter Cannabis Retail Joint-Venture for Launch of One Plant™
Major Retail Operation Backed by Family behind Iconic Yogen Früz, Second Cup Brands Aleafia Health Inc. (TSXV: ALEF; OTCQX: ALEAF, FRA: ARAH) (“Aleafia“) or (the “Company“), has entered into a letter of intent to acquire a 51 per cent stake in One Plant™, an adult-use cannabis retail operation led by members of the Serruya Family...
Abattis Bioceuticals Corp (ATTBF) prepares for 2018 elections
In late 2017, the World stood in awe as Bitcoin and other CryptoCurrencies began soaring to astronomical heights with seemingly no end in sight. Wall Street was forced to take notice — finally admitting that Cryptocurrencies are here to stay and it’s underlying BlockChain Technology could change Banking & Accounting forever. Not to be outdone,...
High Times to Launch High Times TV
High Times, the most well-known brand in Cannabis behind more than four decades of Cannabis-related content, today announced that it is launching an unfiltered “over-the-top” online streaming-video product, High Times TV. HTTV will be home to the best cannabis-related videos across the internet, giving creators and fans a much-needed resource to find entertainment and information...