Marijuana seizures at the U.S. border jumped in the year after Canada legalized recreational cannabis. Figures provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show American officers seized 2,214 kg of marijuana from travellers entering the U.S. between Nov. 1, 2018 and Oct. 31, 2019, up from just 1,259 kg over the same period […]
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Health Canada to start testing cannabis vape emissions from products already on market Social Sharing
Agency tells CBC News it’s ‘expanding’ its ‘laboratory capability’ Health Canada says it’s preparing to test the health effects of inhaling substances emitted from cannabis vaping products that are already legally for sale in Canada. Agency spokesperson Eric Morrissette said in a statement this week it has “research underway” on the emissions of nicotine e-cigarettes […]
A Glimpse Of the US Future: Shoppers Drug Mart expands medical cannabis online sales to Canadian East Coast
Residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I. can now make purchases through pharmacy chain Canadian pharmacy giant Shoppers Drug Mart has expanded its online medical cannabis platform to Canada’s East Coast. As of today, residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island can go online on the company’s website to make their […]
What ails Canada’s legal cannabis industry? Lack of stores, mostly
Weed Me’s growing facility in Pickering, Ont., is so crammed with cannabis lants that a row of pots have to be cranked out of the way before people can walk between them. The growing rooms are perfectly clean and brilliantly lit, and of course, the building is filled with the overwhelming smell of weed. Are […]
Temporary power, humidity and temperature control solve plaguing production problems
Although cannabis is currently a $6 billion a year industry in Canada according to Statistics Canada, only 17% of that demand is being supplied by licensed producers due to a variety of production and regulatory limitations. Instead of fulfilling on investor expectations for rapid growth, otherwise promising businesses in this emerging industry have actually experienced […]
Compound found in U.S. vaping patients not allowed in Canadian cannabis products: officials
OTTAWA – Canadian health officials say a chemical compound discovered in lung fluid taken from 29 patients with a mysterious vaping related illness is not allowed in Canadian cannabis vaping products. Still a spokesperson for Health Canada says the agency, along with the Public Health Agency of Canada, is actively monitoring the apparent U.S. breakthrough. […]
Information Update – Health Canada warns of potential risk of pulmonary illness associated with vaping products
OTTAWA, Oct. 11, 2019 /CNW/ – Health Canada is advising Canadians who use vaping products to monitor themselves for symptoms of pulmonary illness (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, chest pain) and to seek medical attention promptly if they have concerns about their health. In the wake of the recent cases of severe pulmonary illness and […]
Health Crisis Casts Shadow Over Canadian Debut of Cannabis Vapes
The vaping health crisis is happening at a very bad time for the Canadian cannabis industry. With pot stocks already down over 40% since the end of the first quarter, news that an Ontario youth has been diagnosed with Canada’s first reported vaping-linked illness while hundreds have fallen ill in the U.S., is further battering […]
First case of vaping-related lung disease reported in Quebec
Quebec has reported its first case of severe lung disease linked to vaping, the provincial health ministry has confirmed. A man in his 50s who started vaping in April developed chest pain and had trouble breathing. However, the man has since recovered, Dr. Mylène Drouin of the Montreal Public Health Department told reporters at a […]
Canada Has Sold This Much Marijuana Since Its Legalization Day
According to pretty much every Wall Street analyst and independent report, legal marijuana is the next great growth trend. Sales of legal weed have more than tripled on a global basis since 2014 to $10.9 billion, and are on pace to gallop higher by five to 18 times current levels by the end of the next […]
How marijuana is poised for a North American takeover
The United States is feeling some North American peer pressure to get in on the cannabis boom. Producers in Canada, where marijuana is legal for medicinal and recreational uses, are already planning for a future where pot is a globally traded commodity, and some are setting themselves up to profit if it is legalized in […]
Canadians continue to buy cannabis illegally
Nearly half of Canadian cannabis consumers purchase their weed illegally, reveals Statistics Canada’s National Cannabis Survey released Thursday (Aug. 15). Ten months after the country legalized recreational marijuana, 42% of those who partake admitted to buying at least some of their pot from an illegal source, such as a drug dealer. Legalizing the drug has not […]
How Canada failed to smash the cannabis black market
High prices, plain packaging and restrictive licensing conditions have deterred long-term users from switching to the legal market I had forgotten how much I disliked cannabis until I found myself under its influence, in the rain, trying and failing to find Toronto’s Union Train Station so I could get to the airport and go home. […]
Here’s How Much Legal Marijuana Canada Has Sold Since Legalizing Adult-Use Cannabis
The marijuana industry is expected to be a big-money business, and all eyes are on Canada. That’s because Canada became the first industrialized country in the world — and only the second country overall (behind Uruguay) — to legalize recreational marijuana this past October. In the grand scheme of things, Canada isn’t expected to be […]
Canadian Advertising and Promotion Regulations Really Are As Strict As We Thought
By Alison Malsbury, Attorney at Harris Bricken I was fortunate to spend a couple of days last week in Vancouver, B.C. attending an American Bar Association Business Law Section meeting, where I joined a panel to discuss the myriad intellectual property (“IP”) issues business lawyers advising cannabis clients should be thinking about. The panel was comprised […]
Canada’s legalization of marijuana offers a blueprint for the U.S.
When Canada legalized cannabis last fall, the country began blazing a trail that the U.S. should one day follow. There’s much to emulate about the Canadian government’s approach to legalization, and a few things to avoid, but having marijuana legalized on such a large scale so close to home will no doubt have a profound effect on […]
Aurora Cannabis Sales Strong As Losses Swell, Offers ‘First Real Look’ At Canadian Pot Sales Potential
Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis (ACB) reported fiscal second-quarter sales that came in at the high end of an earlier forecast, even as the company’s losses ballooned. Aurora Cannabis stock and other marijuana stocks were mostly lower after Monday’s close. The company’s results arrive as investors look for more insights into how Canada’s biggest pot companies are […]
Cannabis and International Trade: Never the Twain Shall Meet?
By Adams Lee , Attorney at Harris Bricken Recently, we’ve been getting tons of questions from clients regarding the international import and export of cannabis around the globe. 2018 was a historic year for the cannabis industry not just in the United States, but also internationally. Canada legalized recreational marijuana for the entire country. Many countries (e.g., Thailand, […]
