The Government has announced the definition for cannabis-based products for medicinal use ahead of the proposed law change this autumn. The products will be made available on prescription in the UK ahead of a proposal to change the law to include Northern Ireland. It sets out which product categories the …

If this keeps up, Alberta’s soon going to run out of cheesy pot puns for which to name their cannabis stores. The legalization of marijuana is less than a month away in Canada, and the province is expecting 250 private outlets to open across Alberta within the first year. (Move …

Even in the heyday of cigarettes, when people still smoked in their offices, you wouldn’t expect to open a newspaper and see a reporter assigned to cover the “tobacco beat.”  And, alcohol, which is consumed by Canadians in quantities greater than ever, still only typically gets covered by wine reviewers, who …

Pot Topics is a weekly collection of cannabis-related news curated by the Chicago Sun-Times. Here’s this week’s top stories: Coca-Cola considering CBD-infused beverages Pot museum opens in downtown Las Vegas Sober Dax Shepard defends wife Kristen Bell’s pot use New Mexico Senate candidate Gary Johnson discloses pot sector holdings Coca-Cola …

As the countdown to legal marijuana becomes a matter of weeks and days, not months, it comes more and more into focus. Here’s what we learned this week: Legal marijuana markets will mostly be online to start in several provinces (totally online in Ontario). Online shopping, as we know, means …

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – Would you drink a cannabis-infused soda? More and more companies are tapping into this market. Friday, a company is launching its first marijuana infused drinks in Las Vegas. The product launch for Keef Brands marijuana-infused sodas coincides with Life Is Beautiful because their target market are …

Two men who smuggled more than £10 million worth of cannabis into the UK by hiding it in rabbit hay have been jailed. Mark Owens, 58, and Paul Seabrook, 52, were jailed for nine years and six months, and nine years, respectively after their drug supply conspiracy was uncovered by …

HANNAH ROSS Last updated 17:02, September 22 2018 If cannabis was put into a trusts model, profits from sales would go back into the community through grants. A “community cannabis licensing trust” could be a viable model for selling marijuana if its use was legalised, a researcher believes. Massey University is …

Tears streamed down Jana Adams’ face Friday when her attorney delivered the news by phone that her 5-year-old daughter, Brooke, can continue attending public elementary school — and bring with her the cannabis-based medication she needs. The move came after state administrative law Judge Charles Marson ruled Brooke, who suffers …

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada forecasts Canadians could spend more than $1 billion on legal cannabis between October and December this year once marijuana for adult use is legalized on Oct. 17. The agency estimates that the amount spent on legal pot during the fourth quarter could range between $816 million …