Xebra Brands Ltd. ("Xebra") (CSE: XBRA) (OTCQB: XBRAF) (FSE: 9YC), a cannabis company, is pleased to report on its progress towards having its first cannabis beverage product, Vicious Citrus Lemonade available for sale in Canada. The Xebra team has been actively targeting the three major provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario with its differentiated product offering.

Canadian cannabis producers Tilray Brands (TSX:TLRY) and Hexo Corp. (TSX:HEXO) are forming a new strategic partnership.

The joint venture will see Tilray take a minority stake in its financially troubled rival Hexo. In a news release, Tilray said it will acquire up to $211 million U.S. of Hexo’s debt, an investment that will give it the right to own 37% of Hexo.

In addition to the debt deal, the two companies said their joint venture will help the companies produce cannabis products such as pre-rolls, beverages and edibles within the next two years while leading to $50 million in cost efficiencies.

Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ: ACB) and Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC) are two of the top cannabis companies in Canada. But both businesses have struggled in recent years in growing their operations and staying out of the red.

In their most recent quarterly results, the two companies appeared to be moving in different directions. Aurora has been making significant progress in strengthening its bottom line while Canopy Growth remains nowhere near breakeven.

Although the number of veterans in Canada covered by Veterans Affairs Canada’s (VAC) medical cannabis reimbursement program continues to increase every year.

Veterans Affairs Canada’s cannabis for medical purposes reimbursement policy allows approved veterans to be reimbursed for up to three grams a day at a fixed cost of nor more than $8.50 a gram. 

Although the program initially had no limit on how much cannabis could be reimbursed, the three-gram policy was implemented in November 2016, in large part to address rising costs and very high daily gram totals from some who were using the program. 

Smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing “should protect residents from involuntary exposure to all types of second-hand smoke.”

A new study estimates about 17 per cent of Canadians living in detached single-family homes and multi-unit housing (MUH) in 2019 were exposed to second-hand cannabis smoke (SHCS).

That proved better and worse, respectively, than U.S. residents living in legal and illegal cannabis states, investigators note in the pre-proof study published online this week in the peer-reviewed journal, Preventive Medicine.

As of last week, Hexo has acquired Canada’s largest licensed producer Redecan. For C$925 million ($766 million), it bought the company from Risticant Group. It accounted for 37 million dollars. Members of Jim Cramer’s Action Alerts PLUS club are members of Amazon.

Impaired driving is the most prominent factor for serious road crashes in Canada

Over 40% of drivers have consumed alcohol and smoked cannabis and gotten behind the wheel, a new U.S. study found.

The latest MADD Canada statistics from 2019 show there were 86,864 alcohol and drug-related charges laid against drivers.

Statistics Canada says the police-reported impaired driving rate increased by 19% in 2019 from 2018.

“Alcohol and cannabis are two of the most common substances involved in impaired driving and motor vehicle crashes (in the United States),” said Priscila Dib, a postdoctoral research fellow in the epidemiology department at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.

Cookies concentrates now available in Ontario

Today Pure Sunfarms Corp. (“Pure Sunfarms”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Village Farms International, Inc. (Nasdaq: VFF), announces it, together with its partner NOYA Cannabis Inc (“NOYA”), has launched Cookies concentrates in Canada.

Working with Cookies genetics from NOYA, the exclusive cultivation and processing partner of Cookies in Canada, Pure Sunfarms has grown and processed Cookies strains into cannabis concentrates. The initial offering includes GP20 Diamonds, GP20 Sauce, Georgia P Diamonds, and Georgia P Sauce now available in Ontario.

The legalization of recreational cannabis in over 18 US states and Canada has brought the industry to create new appealing products to satisfy the consumers' demand.

Cannabis flowers are not the only product consumed in legal cannabis states. The use of new, less invasive ways to consume cannabis is rising among enthusiasts.

A recent report by Headset, a data-driven tech company that provides a cannabis market and business intelligence solution for the cannabis industry, shows the relative popularity of cannabis product categories ebb and flow, even in mature markets.

Once you have received a valid licence from both the CRA and HHS, you can begin producing marijuana products. The Canada Department has more information on health certificates. Cannabis is a genus in North America.