Landmark Netherlands cannabis experiment set to begin this week

The Netherlands’ cannabis cultivation and distribution experiment is set to kick off Friday in what executives are calling a milestone for the industry in Europe – even though the supply-chain trial is starting years later than originally planned.

Image of the center of the city of Breda, Netherlands.

Why was the Ontario Cannabis Store sitting on a CA$500 million cash stockpile?

Ontario’s government-owned marijuana wholesaler was sitting on more than 500 million Canadian dollars ($367 million) in cash earlier this year, but officials have declined to spell out why the Ontario Cannabis Store held on to that much money rather than remit some of it back to the provincial government earlier.

Image of a 3D rendering of stacks of CA$100 bills.