Specially trained doctors will be able to legally issue prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines for the first time in the United Kingdom starting Nov. 1, marking an important milestone for the medical marijuana industry in the country. The law introduced in the...
Canada’s securities watchdog is warning the country’s publicly traded marijuana companies to improve their disclosure practices - including any risks tied to their executives and employees crossing into the United States - or face additional regulatory action. The...
British Columbia is set to join other Canadian provinces in giving hotel owners the option to allow recreational marijuana consumption in guest rooms, opening the door to potentially lucrative new cannabis tourism opportunities. According to the province’s new and...
Canada’s largest province is aiming to give its new marijuana law a final vote of approval one day before cannabis becomes legal across the country in a little more than a week. The bill - the Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act - is a complete reset of rules set by...
Canada added more than 34,000 registered medical cannabis patients in the second quarter of this year, an increase of just over 11% from the previous quarter, according to new data from Health Canada. The increase ended five consecutive quarters of slowing growth in...
Licensed producers of marijuana in Canada have stored away a record amount of cannabis in the months leading up to legalization, yet analysts still anticipate a significant shortage after initial inventories are depleted - particularly of highly sought-after strains....
A licensed producer was suspended by Health Canada for the first time in four years, a sign that the government agency is keeping a closer eye on companies for potential violations ahead of this month’s launch of the nation’s recreational marijuana market.
Branding partnerships between Canada’s biggest cannabis companies and their celebrity backers will be thrown into limbo when new regulations governing recreational cannabis take effect Oct. 17. The Cannabis Act has general prohibitions on the promotion of marijuana...
Ontario’s proposed new rules for recreational cannabis would allow licensed producers to sell marijuana to consumers at cultivation facilities, a move that gives producers the ability to curate “customer experiences” and opens the door to new branding opportunities....
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has joined a short, but growing, list of former heads of state getting involved in the international cannabis industry. Barak has joined Herzliya-based licensed medical cannabis company Intercure as chairman of its board of...
A Caribbean company has sent the first-ever shipment of medical cannabis from Jamaica to Canada for analytical testing, marking a watershed moment that portends significant growth in trade between the countries, executives say.
Ontario’s plan to liberalize cannabis consumption rules is a major boon for the tourism sector, according to industry executives and analysts, because it gives hotel owners the ability to allow recreational consumption in guest rooms.
Ontario’s Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act – introduced in the Legislature on Thursday – would put owners of hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts in a position to capitalize on cannabis tourism if it is approved.
