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Canopy Growth is boosting capacity to serve an increasingly larger marijuana market in Canada (and elsewhere). However, its market cap is already north of $1 billion, and it's still losing money, so investors are right to wonder if it's too late to buy shares. Read on to learn how Canopy Growth...

What happens to the economy, the criminal gangs, the growers and the dealers when an illicit drug is legalized? Whatever form it takes, legalization is likely to mean the use, production, sale and supply of cannabis is allowed with restrictions. As with tobacco or alcohol, age and point of sale...

With cannabis legalization across multiple states in the U.S. and other countries around the world, there's been an explosion of research firms looking into the industry. ArcView Market Research became famous for its market-size predictions, Viridian Capital Advisors acquired notoriety for its...

Marijuana stocks have soared as state after state in the U.S. has legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. The market potential is huge, with some estimating that the marijuana industry in the U.S. could generate sales of more than $18 billion by 2020. But focusing only on the...

The biggest challenge for Justin Trudeau's forthcoming legal recreational marijuana market is a shortage of pot, the finance minister of Canada's most-populous province says. Ontario's Charles Sousa said a supply crunch was discussed during a meeting with provincial and federal counterparts...

Leading drug researcher Associate Professor Chris Wilkins from Massey University's SHORE and Whāriki Research Centre is calling for the adoption of a not-for-profit public health model for recreational cannabis. It would allow regulated cannabis products to be sold by philanthropic societies, in...

Does the growing legalization of recreational and medical marijuana represent a pot of gold for industrial real estate? It could, experts say, but only if investors quickly and carefully pounce on opportunities. The industrial real estate frenzy tied to legalized marijuana is subsiding in...

High-level state officials met recently with the U.S. attorney for Oregon to defend the state's efforts to regulate marijuana in a state notorious for black market trafficking. The session, disclosed publicly Monday, took place as the Trump administration re-examines the federal government's...

Which U.S. marijuana grower has the biggest market cap? While there are Canadian medical marijuana suppliers that are larger, Medical Marijuana, Inc. appears to be the largest U.S. marijuana stock right now (excluding biotechs that are developing cannabinoid drugs). But Medical Marijuana...

Today, more than six months after the deadline to apply, the Humboldt County Planning Department has received fewer than 200 completed cannabis cultivation permit applications from the entire county. That means that more than 2,000 permit applications remain far from complete. The Planning...

The complicated conundrum of Canadian cannabis is real. Yes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his administration are swiftly creating one of the world's most important legal marijuana markets–a federal recreational weed economy debuting summer 2018 and widely considered a triumph for sensible...

Tell me if you've had a familiar experience to this one. I was out to dinner with a friend the first time I encountered someone vaping. Someone had left their vape out next to our outdoor table and that small box with a spigot attached to it caught my eye. Then, they puffed and giant thickets of...

Adding cannabis to everything from iced coffee to breath mints, startups are jockeying for a bite of California's growing marijuana edibles market as the state gears up to allow recreational pot sales. The industry that barely existed 10 years ago – apart from a few bakers making pot brownies...

Adding cannabis to everything from iced coffee to breath mints, startups are jockeying for a bite of California's growing marijuana edibles market as the state gears up to allow recreational pot sales. The industry that barely existed 10 years ago – apart from a few bakers making pot brownies...

Getting a Rocky Mountain high may soon be legal in all 50 states, which means pot is fast on its way to becoming just another industry, albeit an exploding one. And as the marijuana industry comes aboveground, it's opening a huge space for the usual disruptors – tech startups and data analytics...

Despite declining TV ratings for National Football League (NFL) games, football remains the most popular sport among Americans. It's also a big industry, with the NFL generating estimated revenue of around $14 billion last season. Another industry could soon eclipse the NFL, though, if...

Marijuana is legal in eight states and the District of Columbia, and medical marijuana is legal in nearly 30 (although often under quite restrictive regulatory schemes). Between the two, legal weed is generating total annual sales of between $4 billion and $4.5 billion. But legal marijuana...

America is in an opioid epidemic. On an average day, 91 Americans will die from an opioid-related overdose. That's according to the CDC, which also reports that the number of prescription opioids sold in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled since 1999 despite no overall change in the amount of pain...

State lawmakers are considering whether to eliminate a cap on the amount of marijuana that can be grown for recreational sale in Maine. Last fall, voters narrowly approved the Marijuana Legalization Act, a ballot initiative that limited the amount of marijuana that could be grown for retail sale...

Some people think the Lib Dems are potty after they unveiled one of the most radical policies of the general election campaign so far. The party, led by Tim Farron , said it would legalize cannabis and allow it to be sold openly if it wins. The plan is to "break the grip of criminal gangs"...