Earnings season is heating up for the cannabis sector and we hope to see a trend reversal over the next few weeks.

Canadian Licensed Producers (LPs) have come under additional pressure after a few leading operators reported less-than-stellar results. The market has been recently rewarding cannabis companies that have reported to be profitable (or at least are heading in that direction) and have punished those who have released numbers that are below expectations. (article originall appeared on Technical420.com)

A new set of studies aims to explore how weed affects people from diverse communities, including queer and trans folks

Between the legalization of cannabis in late 2018 and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, the amount of cannabis Canadians are using is increasing. At the same time, a greater emphasis has been put on mental health as people cope with the loss, isolation and hardship of the pandemic. Yet there are still many gaps in our knowledge of how cannabis use affects our mental health, and debate abounds over whether it is an effective coping tool or a harmful crutch. 

Turnover is nothing new for top cannabis producers in Canada, even at leadership levels. Bruce Linton (Canopy Growth), Vic Neufeld (Aphria -- which is now part of Tilray), Terry Booth (Aurora Cannabis), and Greg Engel (OrganiGram Holdings) are all former CEOs who left their positions atop their respective cannabis companies in recent years. The latest to join that list is Sebastien St-Louis of marijuana producer Hexo (NASDAQ:HEXO).

What made the Hexo announcement unique was the catalyst behind it: a shareholder letter. Investors weren't happy with the direction of the business and the company now has a new boss, Scott Cooper, who comes from the packaged goods industry. Will the change make Hexo a better buy?

“Ketamine slowed me down in so many ways and that's what's helped me. Before I would get mad at something small, where I shouldn't be mad at all. Now I stop and think and say ‘Do I really need to put that energy into being mad at something like this?’"

Canadian Forces veteran Scott Atkinson says he was a different person a year ago.

Canada is known as a haven for hockey fans and beer drinkers. To the list, add pot smokers. After initial growing pains, the marijuana industry in Canada is exploding on the upside. Perhaps the Great White North will one day replace the maple leaf on its flag with a marijuana leaf.

This month marks the third anniversary of Canada’s nationwide legalization of adult-use (recreational) cannabis, a milestone in the multi-billion-dollar global market for pot.

Canada’s move came five years after Uruguay became the first country in the world to do so, but Canada has the distinction of being the first G-7 nation to fully legalize cannabis.

Seth Rogen rolls out his Houseplant brand ashtrays nationwide; Ricky Williams launches Highsman cannabis to play off his Heisman Trophy win in 1998

NFL player Ricky Williams and movie actor and writer Seth Rogen are pursuing fresh efforts in the cannabis space, as celebrities leverage their fame to launch marijuana-themed businesses, with mixed results thus far.

Entertainment and sports stars have been routinely flexing their entrepreneurial muscles in response to the legal cannabis business rolling out in newer states such as New York and New Jersey. The prospect of federal legalization remains a possibility some time in the future as well.

The Moose has dabbled in psychedelics.

In a recent Q&A with Macleans Magazine , six-time Stanley Cup winner Mark Messier discussed a “transformative” mushroom trip he took when he was 19-years-old.

Half of Canadian cannabis users report buying from black market some of the time: Jason Busse

Three years after recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada, a researcher says the change spawned "partial successes" — but information on marijuana's impact on health is still needed.

"Data's still out on the final conclusions about this large social experiment," said Jason Busse, associate director of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research at McMaster University in Hamilton.

The federal government legalized recreational marijuana in October 2018, opening the door to a lucrative market for the regulation and sale of cannabis while reducing the impact of black market sales.

Three years after Canada legalized cannabis, the industry appears ready for a reset. 

When midnight struck on Oct. 17, 2018, Canada became the first developed nation to allow the sale of cannabis for recreational purposes, and since then the industry has had its share of ups and downs. While billions of dollars worth of legal pot has been sold across thousands of licensed stores, helping to stamp out roughly half of the illicit market, it's also seen many cannabis companies cumulatively post billions of dollars in losses as market dynamics warped lofty expectations made in the early days of legalization. 

Thriving black market full of misleading health claims, potentially contaminated products.

The claim from the sales person to the undercover Marketplace crew seemed straightforward enough: a CBD-infused balm will "100 per cent" help with back pain and "in 15 minutes it will feel like relief." But not only is that promise a complete exaggeration, both that claim and the product are illegal.

A CBC Marketplace investigation has found hundreds of illegal CBD products for sale in a thriving Canadian black market. Going undercover, we found products are easily available and salespeople are willing to make extravagant and illicit health claims.