Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is supporting the nation's binding 2020 referendum on ending cannabis prohibition. In an opinion piece published in the United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper titled “Cannabis prohibition doesn't work anywhere; It's New...
With every passing day, the cannabis industry becomes more of an international market. The September issue of Marijuana Business Magazine focused on 12 notable countries that already offer plant-touching business opportunities in cultivation, retail, exports and...
Momentum continues to build for medical cannabis legalization around the globe, prying open new markets and tens of billions of dollars in business opportunities for entrepreneurs and companies with global ambitions.
Milestones in the Medical Cannabis Program Zimbabwe legalized the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes in 2018, making it the second country in Africa to lay the groundwork for a medical marijuana industry. The law defined how companies could...
Milestones in the Medical Cannabis Program The first cultivation license was issued in 2018. Key Laws and Regulations Narcotic Drugs Act of 1967 (and 2016 amendment) Therapeutic Goods Act of 1989 Therapeutic Goods Regulations of 1990 Special Access Scheme...
Milestones in the Medical Cannabis Program A legal framework for the cultivation and processing of cannabis as an ingredient in registered medicines was approved in 2017. When local production is up and running, more regulations will be needed to facilitate access....
Milestones in the Medical Cannabis Program A 2008 law allowed for some medical cannabis businesses, but legislation was updated last year to create regulatory certainty the industry needed to get off the ground. Another update is planned for this year. Key Laws...
Edmonton, Alberta-based Atlas Biotechnologies is expanding to Denmark, where the Canadian producer plans to repurpose a sprawling indoor mushroom farm for medical cannabis cultivation. The initiative, expected to cost 40 million-50 million Canadian dollars ($27...
The cultivation scandal that engulfed Ontario-based CannTrust, one of Canada’s top marijuana companies, dealt a serious blow to the company’s reputation, according to a survey by market research firm Leger, which exclusively shared its findings with Marijuana Business Daily.
Canadian cannabis producer Tilray is expanding into Alberta's competitive recreational marijuana market with the planned acquisition of retailer Four20 for 110 million Canadian dollars ($82 million). It is Tilray's first agreement to acquire a cannabis retailer in...
Altria Group and Philip Morris International are in discussions over a potential all-stock "merger of equals," the companies confirmed Tuesday. If the merger comes to fruition, it could have an impact on one of the Canadian cannabis sector's leading companies....
Former acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will serve as outside counsel for Toronto-based CBD company Alternate Health, officials announced Tuesday.
