In the first year since cannabis became legal in Canada, the Ontario government suffered huge financial losses selling the substance. Industry experts join The Agenda to explore what went wrong, how Ontario’s approach differed from provinces that were able to turn profits, and what changes are in store when it comes to the business of
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CNBC’s Melissa Lee sits down with ‘The Exchange’ to discuss why investors thinks right now is a good time to get into cannabis.
Marijuana is legal in Illinois as of New Year’s Day, and thousands lined up across the area at medical marijuana dispensaries licensed to sell recreational weed to make their purchases. FULL STORY: https://abc7chicago.com/business/legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-begin-in-illinois/5804233/
Canada is on the verge of legalising marijuana for recreational use. The BBC visited a huge cannabis farm in British Columbia, which the operators say is the largest facility of its kind in the world. Video produced by Trystan Young and Jatinder Sidhu. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
The regional director for the dispensary, Kathleen Olivastro said, “Each day, we figure out how to get it faster, how to keep the lines moving.”
Ontario’s cannabis distributor says dozens of new marijuana products will be available in retail shops starting Monday but supplies will be limited. The Ontario Cannabis Store unveiled 59 new items Friday, including a variety of vapes, edibles and a tea. The products will be available in the province’s legal cannabis retail stores starting next week
Some Chicagoans lined up bright and early on New Year`s Day to be the firsts to legally purchase recreational marijuana.
Doctors will be able to legally prescribe medicinal cannabis to patients in the UK, the Home Office has said. Home Secretary Sajid Javid has decided to reschedule the products, relaxing the rules about the circumstances in which they can be given to patients, after considering expert advice from a specially commissioned review. • Subscribe to
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker granted over 11,000 pardons Tuesday for people who had low-level cannabis convictions, one day before recreational marijuana becomes legalized in the state.
A new CBS News poll says Americans’ support for legal marijuana use is now at 65 percent, up from 45 percent just six years ago. But a majority of Americans say it would make no difference if a presidential candidate supported legal use. Many 2020 Democrats are embracing the idea. Mona Zhang, who covers the