Decibel books CA$1.7 million profit on rising cannabis sales

Decibel Cannabis Co. recorded net income of 1.7 million Canadian dollars ($1.3 million) for the 2021 fiscal year and positive adjusted EBITDA of CA$7.4 million on the back of growing cannabis sales.

Cannabis producer Organigram reports modest positive adjusted EBITDA

Organigram reported positive adjusted EBITDA of 1.6 million Canadian dollars ($1.27 million) on the back of growing international medical cannabis sales in the second quarter, marking a key milestone for the Moncton, New Brunswick, producer.

Labatt shutters CBD beverage unit in Canada in latest blow to category

Labatt Breweries of Canada, one of the country’s top beer makers, pulled the plug on its nonalcoholic CBD beverage unit in Canada, Fluent Beverages, signaling continued pressure on the nation’s fledgling infused-drinks category.

Dutch recreational cannabis production pilot beset by delays

A pilot program to allow the limited cultivation and distribution of recreational cannabis in the Netherlands has been hit with another major delay.

Company tapped by DEA to grow marijuana for research files to list on Nasdaq

A Florida company with “conditional approval” from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to cultivate marijuana for research purposes could become the first U.S.-based plant-touching business to trade on the Nasdaq market.

Opinion: 2022 could be the year for pharmaceutical marijuana

Despite the success of adult-use marijuana, 2022 is looking like the year pharmaceutical cannabis becomes a major market driver.

Amid transformation push, marijuana producer Hexo posts CA$690.3M Q2 loss

Major Canadian marijuana producer Hexo Corp. posted a net loss of nearly 690.3 million Canadian dollars ($547 million) for the quarter ended Jan. 31, including write-downs worth CA$616 million.

Founders win $140 million in arbitration fight over Colorado marijuana company

A nearly five-year legal battle over ownership of Colorado marijuana retail chain Native Roots has almost come to a close, with two of the owners winning a $140 million judgment against their partner for breach of contract.

Cannabis MSO MedMen seeks to recoup $612,000 in legal fees from former CFO

Cannabis multistate operator MedMen Enterprises is trying to recover $612,000 in legal fees it previously was ordered to pay its former chief financial officer in conjunction with a lawsuit he filed against the company.

Health Canada seized more than 35M grams of marijuana, 7,800 plants after inspections

Health Canada seized more than 35 million grams (77,162 pounds) of cannabis products and thousands of plants from federal license holders for regulatory shortfalls in the 2019-20 fiscal year, the federal regulator disclosed to MJBizDaily.

NFL’s changing perception of marijuana sharing center stage with Super Bowl

Marijuana has become part of the hype and hoopla running up to Sunday’s Super Bowl.

But it’s not because the league suspended any players for failing or missing testing for such banned substances as marijuana, as it has in past seasons with star players such as Josh Gordon, Von Miller and Santonio Holmes.

Canadian cannabis sales could top CA$4.8 billion in 2022, analyst forecasts

Canada’s recreational marijuana sales could reach 4.8 billion Canadian dollars ($3.8 billion) this year, which would be 19% more than 2021’s estimated figure, a new report from ATB Capital Markets anticipates.