San Antonio Certifies Marijuana And Abortion Initiative For May Ballot, But Officials Question Enforceability

San Antonio, Texas officials have officially certified a local initiative for the May ballot that would decriminalize marijuana, prevent the enforcement of abortion restriction laws and ban no-knock warrants. But already, the city attorney is indicating that the local reforms would not be enforcable under state statute, even if voters ultimately approve the measure on […]

New Zealand Officials Seize Half a Billion Dollars Worth of Cocaine

Officials in New Zealand announced this week that they have completed a massive seizure of cocaine at sea, calling it a “major financial blow” to producers and traffickers of the drug.  Authorities there said on Wednesday that the seizure was a part of “Operation Hyrdros,” with New Zealand Police working in partnership with both New […]

New York City Sues Unlicensed Cannabis Dispensaries and Landlords

As New York cannabis retail licensing proceeds at a snail’s pace, countless businesses are openly selling marijuana products out of unlicensed stores and smoke shops. It is obvious to anyone walking through New York City that the city has been unable to reign in these “businesses.”  After allegedly sending cease and desist notices to those […]

Cannabis producer Canopy cutting 800 jobs, closing flagship Canadian facility

(This is a developing story and will be updated.) Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth said Thursday it is closing its flagship cultivation facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, and cutting more a third of its workforce as part of a shift to an “asset-light model” in Canada. Canopy disclosed the new strategy when it reported a […]

Canopy Growth to shutter Ontario headquarters, lay off 60% of staff

As a result of the Smiths Falls closure, the company is exiting cannabis flower cultivation at the Ontario facility. It will also cease the sourcing of cannabis flower from a Mirabel, Quebec facility, and move to a third-party sourcing model for cannabis beverages, edibles, vapes and extracts. The moves follow Canopy’s exit from the Canadian […]

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