Data from a January Headset report shows that female cannabis consumers are on a continued ascendant in the U.S., increasing 55% from Q1 2020 to Q4 2021. This growing consumer demographic is even more robust in Canada, where both Gen Z and Millennial females posted even higher sales than in the United States. In fact, female Canadian consumers contributed to 36.7% of cannabis spending in Q4 2021– 4.1% higher than in the U.S. Consumption among males has also grown, albeit at a smaller percentage, while the female market share has increased notably over the past two years.

Navaya Inc. has launched its first brands, Cactus, and Atti2D, now available at Société québécoise du cannabis stores across Quebec, both in retail locations and online. (Article originally appeared on Benzinga)

The launch is the culmination of over two years of hard work and dedication by the team at Navaya with the goal to deliver consistent quality cannabis, to Canadians of legal age.

“We are incredibly proud of our team's hard work,” Sophie Denis, director of operations at Navaya, said. “Focused entirely on quality production, we’ve created two brands that will meet the demands of the market.”

TORONTO, Feb. 4, 2022 /CNW/ - ShinyBud Corp. ("ShinyBud" or the "Company") (TSXV: SNYB), one of Ontario's fastest growing cannabis retailers, today announced the formal launch of its retail franchise program. Focused on becoming the top cannabis retailer in the province, the Company is starting a franchising queue with the goal of opening 20 franchise stores in 2022. ShinyBud is a cannabis retailer with over 35 well-established corporate and licensed locations across Ontario catering to diverse consumer profiles.

The company said the first Glacial Gold products, which includes Anytime Vape and Distilled 30/30 Blend Oil, will be available to Ontario consumers beginning in May 2022.

Nextleaf Solutions Ltd (CSE:OILS, OTCQB:OILFF) announced that it has received approval from the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) to list Nextleaf’s Glacial Gold products for sale in Ontario.

The company said the first Glacial Gold products, which includes Anytime Vape and Distilled 30/30 Blend Oil, will be available to Ontario consumers beginning in May 2022.  

“We are thrilled for British Columbia's #1 selling CBD-focused vape to be available at cannabis retailers across Ontario this Spring,” Nextleaf Solutions CEO Paul Pedersen said in a statement.

THC KISS Cannabis Biscuits are available in Ontario for $2.95 per pack.

Vancouver-based licensed producer THC Biomed has launched an edible that might just be the most affordable in the country.

In a news release, the company reported the full-spectrum biscuits, which are available in cinnamon or cocoa flavours, are currently the lowest priced edibles available through the OCS, the world’s largest cannabis supplier.

Meet the man famous for civil disobedience via public plantings and joints to parliament, Michael Condon of Ireland.

Longtime Cork County, Ireland, cannabis activist, husband and father of two, Michael Condon, has been leading campaigns to bring an end to cannabis prohibition. Condon has done so by actively engaging in civil disobedience and organizing public demonstrations for the past 12 years, which have been continuing in Ireland for the past 20 years.

He’s supporting many others who are fighting to use cannabis as medicine for severe ailments, such as Vera Twomey, and her now-12-year fight for cannabis to treat her daughter, Ava, who has severe epilepsy (see Higher Profile, A Mother’s Love).

Week in Weed: Herbs that won’t get you high, OCS unveils 240+ new pot products and Amazon supports legalization of weed in the U.S.

Getting uncomfortably high was a problem Lauren Tansley struggled with due to her low tolerance for THC. So she started adding herbs to her cannabis to dilute the potency.

Tansley says adding herbs, such as lemon balm, peppermint, and lavender, to cannabis is like mixing “soda with your whiskey.” They can boost flavour profiles, stretch out the stash, and water down the potency to a preferred level.

A whopping 93 percent of survey respondents in the EU admitted to using cannabis in the previous 12 months.

A new survey studying the consumption habits of participants in the European Union (EU) reveal that cannabis use has increased, and the use of ecstasy has decreased considerably.

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) recently found that cannabis and ecstasy saw the strongest changes in consumption habits. The European Web Survey on Drugs was conducted online between March and April 2021 with the intention of illuminating patterns of drug use to consider in future regulation. Throughout 21 EU countries and nine non-EU countries, the survey recorded answers from those who were 18 or older and had used drugs.

A growing number of Canadians who consume cannabis are obtaining it from the legal marketplace, according to data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators affiliated with the University of Waterloo, School of Public Health Sciences surveyed nearly 5,000 Canadian adults who acknowledged having purchased cannabis flowers within the past year.

Study of 18- to 30-year-olds shows weed and alcohol make for improved sex lives.

Spanish researchers exploring how cannabis and alcohol use influences sexuality found that young people partaking in both seem to be more than happy with their sex lives.