Items tagged with cannabis industry
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Morocco: Two years after cannabis law, farmers in the Rif still 'in the dark' [08.05.2023] | 2023 may be the year of his first legal cannabis harvest in Morocco. After years of semi-underground, Aziz has decided to move over to "the legal sid ... |
Thailand's promised cannabis bonanza disappoints as politicians trade blame [06.04.2023] | Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis has delighted its fans, alarmed some health experts and has increasingly disappointed farmers who have been ... |
Cannabis industry plans for South Africa have stalled: how to get them moving again [24.03.2023] | The opportunity to commercialise the hemp and cannabis industry in South Africa is that it is a new, fast-growing, multi-billion dollar sector with l ... |
À Chefchaouen, les coopératives s’apprêtent à lancer la saison de culture du cannabis légalisé [07.03.2023] | Un atelier de travail s’est tenu, le 6 mars au siège de la province de Chefchaouen, afin d’examiner les modalités concrètes de soutien aux coopérativ ... |
Jamaican ganja farmers outraged after licence granted to import Canadian herb [26.02.2023] | Some local ganja farmers are fuming over reports that a licence has been granted to a company to import Canadian cannabis into Jamaica. Speaking insi ... |
Cannabis associations will need to have salaries approved by regulator [18.02.2023] | Salaries paid out by cannabis associations will have to be approved by the regulator to ensure they are in line with market rates, ARUC boss Leonid M ... |
Why is Lesotho’s cannabis boom failing to deliver the prosperity it promised? [15.02.2023] | Even though legislation in 2008 made it possible to grow cannabis for medical or scientific purposes in Lesotho, doing so without a licence from the ... |
Cannabis producer Canopy cutting 800 jobs, closing flagship Canadian facility [09.02.2023] | Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth said it is closing its flagship cultivation facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, and cutting more than a third ... |
Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business? [28.12.2022] | If the federal government legalizes cannabis, lawmakers should beware of monopolization by national corporations, says Shaleen Title, chief executive ... |
Marijuana law reached peak absurdity in 2022 [24.12.2022] | Banning a plant with hundreds of industrial and medical uses was never going to work out well, but 2022 saw marijuana prohibition reach peak absurdit ... |
Activists fear medical cannabis companies want in on recreational market [21.11.2022] | Established medical cannabis companies could be looking to set their foot in Malta’s flegdling recreational cannabis market, according to sources. Re ... |
A tale of marijuana charlatans, corruption, collusion and exploitation [16.11.2022] | Through manipulating trust and exploiting public ignorance, cannabis charlatans – new and old – are trying to construct corporate empires, some of wh ... |
Could Germany’s impending cannabis legalization prop up Canada’s flagging producers? [18.09.2022] | First-mover advantage: It’s a phrase long used by Canadian cannabis companies that have spent billions of dollars to accelerate their international s ... |
Cannabis policy changes in Africa are welcome. But small producers are the losers [30.05.2022] | Many African states that persecuted citizens for cannabis related offences for years are now promoting legal cannabis production. Over the past five ... |
Why cannabis prices are plunging – unlike just about everything else [02.05.2022] | As Canadians deal with the highest inflation in decades and broadening price hikes, one industry remains locked in a lengthy trend of discounting and ... |
Africa eyes the global cannabis market [06.04.2022] | Benjamin Cadet stands among his plants in a white polo shirt bearing his company logo. He dons surgeon's gloves and handles the flowers carefully. Th ... |
Inside California's cannabis crisis [21.02.2022] | California’s marijuana market, which reached an estimated $4.4 billion in sales in 2020, has seemingly reached peak cannabis capitalism. But the over ... |
Budding market: Lucrative cannabis industry looks to leverage ex-politicians’ sway [02.02.2022] | Not too long ago, Ehud Olmert was trying to lead Israel to a historic peace agreement. These days, the former Israeli prime minister is pushing a dif ... |
A cannabis monopoly asteroid is coming [01.02.2022] | If you think two or three powerful companies owning and controlling the sales of all regulated marijuana sounds like a good thing, you can click away ... |
Cannabis companies facing 'crossroads' selling off stores, farms and warehouses [13.01.2022] | Cannabis companies are selling off growing facilities, stores and warehouses as they try to better align their offerings with demand. Industry observ ... |
Three years post-legalization, Canada's cannabis industry ready for a reset [15.10.2021] | Three years after Canada legalized cannabis, the industry appears ready for a reset. When midnight struck on Oct. 17, 2018, Canada became the first d ... |
Despite layoffs and losses, cannabis CEOs awarded millions in bonuses [11.10.2021] | Despite stagnant revenue, layoffs, facility closings and big losses, the top executives of some of the largest cannabis companies in Canada were awar ... |
Stand for craft: How Canada’s craft cannabis cultivators are pushing for tax reform [29.09.2021] | It’s been just three short years since cannabis was legalized in Canada, but it’s already clear the nation’s exorbitant taxation on cannabis cultivat ... |
What do you do with a billion grams of surplus weed? [05.08.2021] | Back in 2018, during those months before Canada legalized recreational cannabis, things were good for the pot industry. Companies were being hyped as ... |
Canadian cannabis producers have sold less than 20% of output since adult-use legalization [28.07.2021] | Cannabis producers in Canada have sold less than 20% of their production since the country launched adult-use sales in October 2018, according to an ... |
Fact or fable: Will cannabis be Africa’s economic saviour? [18.07.2021] | In recent years several African governments have changed their stance and implemented policies that legalise cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and ... |
Massachusetts cannabis workers unionize, part of a national movement [01.07.2021] | Many cannabis cultivation workers share common challenges. They frequently lack a living wage, benefits (like health care and retirement plans) or pa ... |
Congress only has one chance to legalize marijuana the right way [01.06.2021] | Congressional Democratic leaders filed a marijuana legalization bill last week aimed at remedying the injustices of the drug war. But my experience a ... |
Cannabis goes corporate: Lobbyists, unions seek to shape marijuana industry [08.05.2021] | The rally at the state capitol on April 20, the unofficial holiday for pot aficionados, brought out green-wigged supporters ringed in wisps of smoke. ... |
After Aphria deal, the new Tilray eyes transformation into a global cannabis brands giant [03.05.2021] | Tilray Inc. shareholders approved the merger with Aphria Inc., creating a cannabis powerhouse that’s both the largest medical marijuana company in Eu ... |
Lesotho firm first in Africa to be granted EU licence for medical cannabis [21.04.2021] | A company in Lesotho has become the first in Africa to receive a licence to sell medical cannabis to the EU. The country’s top medical cannabis produ ... |
After ‘Green Rush,’ Canada’s legal pot suppliers are stumbling [18.04.2021] | When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government’s legalized marijuana in 2018, a primary goal was to create a more equitable justice system — not a m ... |
A Sustainable Future for Cannabis Farmers [16.04.2021] | Learn how lessening the barriers for small farmers while raising them for large companies can help to steer legal cannabis markets in a more sustaina ... |
This cannabis giant has European targets in its sights ahead of U.S. legalization frenzy, CEO says [12.04.2021] | Cannabis deals in Europe will help pot giant Aphria build up a war chest ahead of an expected frenzy of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. High-mar ... |
A founding father of legal pot in Colorado reveals regrets [09.04.2021] | I helped write Amendment 64, litigated numerous cases before and after 64 to make it a reality, and also helped design implementing regulations at th ... |
Big tobacco is coming for legal marijuana [08.04.2021] | Big Tobacco has been planning for this moment for decades. A 1983 industry list titled New Product Ideas, made public as part of a court settlement, ... |
New chairman of CLA wants ganja industry to earn maximum benefits globally [02.04.2021] | Reforming the Cannabis industry into one which earns maximum benefits globally, is the goal of newly appointed Chairman for the Cannabis Licensing Au ... |
New York legalizing weed could mean big things for the future of the cannabis industry [01.04.2021] | New York became the latest state to legalize recreational cannabis, and is poised to become one of the nation's largest markets. The multibillion-dol ... |
Cannabis: Black farmers to ‘shut down’ regulator [23.03.2021] | The Black Farmers' Association of South Africa (BFASA) have threatened to shut down the regulatory authority for allegedly excluding them from opport ... |
Mexico’s lower house approves recreational cannabis bill [11.03.2021] | Mexico’s lower house has approved a bill that would legalise the recreational use of cannabis, putting the country on the path to becoming one of the ... |
BAT looks beyond tobacco to Canadian marijuana [11.03.2021] | British American Tobacco said it will buy a nearly 20% stake in Canada-based cannabis producer Organigram for about 126 million pounds ($175.8 millio ... |
How tobacco giant Altria is becoming a cannabis company [09.02.2021] | Altria, one of the world’s biggest tobacco companies, is well on its way to also being one of the world’s biggest and most influential cannabis compa ... |
‘There’s no stopping the industry now’: Democratic control is a big win for marijuana [31.01.2021] | Cannabis companies are positioning themselves for the greater likelihood that federal cannabis restrictions will be loosened significantly. Sales are ... |
Mexico moves to create world’s largest legal cannabis market [12.01.2021] | Mexico’s health ministry published rules to regulate the use of medicinal cannabis, a major step in a broader reform to create the world’s largest le ... |
How state marijuana legalization became a boon for corruption [27.12.2020] | In the past decade, 15 states have legalized a regulated marijuana market for adults over 21, and another 17 have legalized medical marijuana. But in ... |
After blockbuster Aphria-Tilray merger, world’s largest cannabis company eyes U.S. market [18.12.2020] | Tilray and Aphria, two of the biggest marijuana companies in Canada, announced plans to merge and create the world’s largest cannabis outfit. With ex ... |
Swiss cannabis market - a delicate balancing act [01.12.2020] | Producing and selling hemp inflorescences (clusters of flowers on a stem) with a low THC content has been legal in Switzerland since 2017. However, t ... |
Mexico may become the third country to legalise cannabis [21.11.2020] | On November 19, the Senate began debating a bill that would make Mexico the third country in the world, after Uruguay and Canada, to legalise cannabi ... |
Mexico is poised to legalize marijuana, but advocates don’t like the details [08.11.2020] | It's the moment for which advocates of legal marijuana here have been waiting: Mexican lawmakers, working under a court order, have until mid-Decembe ... |
Black and Indigenous entrepreneurs struggle for traction in Canada's cannabis industry [17.10.2020] | A policy brief by the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and the University of Toronto looked at c-suite level executives, parent companies and license ... |
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