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 …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …