A doctor says those who deal synthetic cannabis should be charged with manslaughter, as the drug continues to overwhelm emergency services. Canterbury DHB say they are seeing more and more people in Emergency Departments because of synthetic drugs. In the last 24 hours alone ten people have been admitted to …
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Meet B.C.’s Tilray, the $17-billion cannabis king with scant revenue
Two months ago, Tilray Inc. was a little-known Canadian marijuana producer working to build its international footprint from the sleepy British Columbia town of Nanaimo. Today, Tilray has become the king of pot. The stock has soared more than 10-fold since its initial public offering in July, dethroning Canopy Growth …
Read More »Danish cannabis IPO aims to benefit from surge in investor interest
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish cannabis firm StenoCare is preparing to list shares in Copenhagen next month, the first in Europe to launch an initial public offering (IPO) to take advantage of a surge in investor interest. A StenoCare cannabis drops photographed in Birkeroed, Denmark September 20, 2018. StenoCare/Handout via REUTERS …
Read More »JAMIE CARR: Investors are flocking to the cannabis sector
JAMIE CARR: Investors are flocking to the cannabis sector Full story is available here.
Read More »The ConCourt ruling on cannabis in five interesting tokes
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the private cultivation, possession and consumption of cannabis is legal. Here are the key elements of the ruling: 1. Laws cannot prohibit private individuals from using or possessing cannabis in private The ruling says that section 4(b) of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act …
Read More »You can get a job as a ‘cannabis connoisseur’ for $50 an hour
Smoking weed can be your actual job. (Picture: EyeEm) Toronto-based company AHLOT is hiring ‘cannabis connoisseurs’ to test out samples of weed from licensed producers across Canada. Yes, you can really get a job smoking pot. With the country set to legalise marijuana and even Coca Cola expressing interest in …
Read More »Aurora Cannabis Eyes NYSE, Nasdaq October Listing, Hopes For Less Volatility
Canadian marijuana giant Aurora Cannabis is targeting a listing on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq in October, an executive said, adding that he “very much” looks forward to calming of the volatility that has sent Tilray (TLRY) stock and other marijuana stocks hurtling through the atmosphere. X …
Read More »Committee unable to agree on penalty change for synthetic cannabis
MPs are unable to agree whether there should be harsher penalties for selling or sypplying synthetic cannabis. Photo: RNZ / Luke McPake A bill by National MP Simeon Brown proposed increasing penalties in the Pschyoactive Substances Act to from two to eight years. But in its report on the bill …
Read More »Synthetic cannabis: ‘We can’t guarantee that they’ll live’
There is no guarantee some of those affected by a bad batch of synthetic cannabis will survive, a doctor says. Photo: RNZ / Luke McPake In the past 48 hours, 10 people have been taken to Christchurch Hospital after smoking the drug. They were admitted separately and have come from …
Read More »GOP congressman questions Tilray medical-cannabis imports to U.S.
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who is spearheading a medical cannabis reform law, has questioned this week’s decision to allow Canada-based Tilray Inc. to import the drug for use in a clinical trial. Tilray …
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