Article by Jenni Avins, Quartz It’s been a brutal year for weed. The six largest publicly traded cannabis companies lost a collective $25 billion in market value since late March—a bloodletting Kevin Murphy, chairman and CEO of Acreage Holdings, compared to “2008 for the cannabis industry.” The Marijuana Index, which tracks the stocks of the 45 leading North American cannabis stocks plummeted 63% percent after ...

Article by Maham Abedi, Global News More than one-quarter of young Canadians admit to recently driving under the influence of cannabis — or being in a vehicle while the driver was high —according to a survey by the Canadian Automobile Association. The survey, released on Friday, found that 26 per cent of Canadians aged 18-24 made the admission. While 86 per ...

Video by Amy Anonymous, YouTube This is the 9th year that Canada’s cannabis community has come together to make this possible. SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT DONATED AND HELPED OUT. In loving memory of Tracy Curley “Well behaved women rarely make history.” See the full video here.

Article by Nathalie Atkinson, Globe and Mail Sure, cannabis has health benefits and therapeutic properties, but what about its entertaining value? . With the promise of ready-made infused cookies, brownies or candy edibles on the horizon for legal cannabis retailers, The Globe and Mail convened a group of industry insiders and curious diners for a candid conversation on the new ...

Article by CBC News Shares in cannabis firm Hexo Corp. tumbled Friday by as much as 21 per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange after it announced it would issue about 15 million new shares, a move that could dilute the value of its existing stock. The shares fell to a new 26-month low of $2.03 on the first trading ...

Article by Growth Op Want to spice up your sex life with Wonder Woman or curl up with The Golden Girls? Tough luck: Canadian cannabis consumers couldn’t buy these rare cannabis strains on the regulated market in 2019. There are thousands of cannabis strains worldwide, but more than one year after legalization, there’s just a limited number on the regulated Canadian market. ...

Article by Emma Spears, Growth Op With the proper equipment, cannabis can be grown almost anywhere. And grown almost anywhere it was, from behind a tiny, secret, Narnia-like door by a toilet in Nottinghamshire, England to concealed underneath an old barn in Hatherleigh. Continued cannabis prohibition in the UK in particular seems to have bred some serious creativity in the world of cannabis ...

Article by Elianna Lev, Growth Op It’s tough to deny the blessings of CBD. But did we get a little too excited this year about the non-impairing cannabis compound, with its anti-anxiety and anti-inflammatory properties? Now that hemp-derived CBD is federally legal in the United States, industry innovators put the stuff in seemingly everything. Here are some examples of truly baffling products ...

Article by David Wylie, Casanet The first full year of legal cannabis is nearly over. We’re reflecting on five major stories that will shape the cannabis discussion in the coming year — and beyond. More brick-and-mortar Cannabis stores are spreading throughout the Okanagan — and B.C. There are now 25 licensed private cannabis stores in the Okanagan, as well as ...

Article by Jonathan Forani, CTV News Emma Alter realized something was wrong with her King Charles spaniel Maggie when she turned down a cookie. They’d gone to the dog park in Toronto where Alter, 31, can only assume Maggie got into something she shouldn’t have. Two to three hours after the walk, the dog had rejected the treat, could barely ...