Day: September 4, 2019

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As the first country to regulate medical and adult-use cannabis at a federal level, Canada has an opportunity to be the leading force in setting standards for other nations to follow, according to former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell. She said integrity of businesses, the regulators and products all areContinue Reading

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For years, former Mexican President Vicente Fox was bullish on launching a legal medical marijuana market in the country he led for half a decade. And now? He’s less optimistic. “I moved from very optimistic time-wise to neutral, because I don’t see things happening. But it will happen very soon.Continue Reading

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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 Zealand’s turn to legalize it,” Clark urged voters to make New Zealand theContinue Reading

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Cannabis legalization will be a hot ticket item in Indiana’s election next year. This cannabis activist is throwing in his bid for Governor. The post Cannabis Church Founder Runs for Indiana Governor appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Cannabis Church Founder Runs for Indiana GovernorContinue Reading

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New Hampshire’s small, highly regulated medical cannabis market is being hampered by delays in registering patients, according to a new report. Virtually all qualified patients don’t receive their cards to purchase MMJ within the mandated five-day period, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader, citing a legislative performance audit. TheContinue Reading

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Toronto-based TruTrace Technologies, which registers and tracks intellectual property in the marijuana industry, has formed an alliance with consulting giant Deloitte to ensure product safety and efficiency. TruTrace will use its StrainSecure system through the collection of plant-testing data. Subsequent information will be stored in a database designed to ensureContinue Reading

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Authorities in the famed wine country of Sonoma County, California, shut down the largest illegal marijuana grow operation in the county’s history, seizing roughly 63,000 unlicensed cannabis plants. County inspectors with the Permit and Resource Management Department on Aug. 28 came across five properties in South Santa Rosa that held aContinue Reading

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Aurora Cannabis, one of Canada’s largest marijuana companies, sold its remaining stake in Toronto-based The Green Organic Dutchman for 86.5 million Canadian dollars ($64.9 million). The sale, which gave Aurora an approximate return of 50% on its initial investment, involved 28.8 million shares, or about 10.5% of The Green OrganicContinue Reading

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Dante explains why blunts are falling out of his cannabis rotation—and he’s real sad about it. The post It Might Be Time to Quit Blunts, and I’m Sad About It appeared first on Leafly. Read More: It Might Be Time to Quit Blunts, and I’m Sad About ItContinue Reading