Aurora Cannabis Inc. has closed the sale of its Edmonton-based Polaris facility. Announced in 2019 as a 300,000-square-foot expansion, the facility was intended to serve as Aurora’s “centre of excellence for the industrial-scale production of higher margin, value added products.” Those facilities were based in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The company sells its products under […]
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Lawmakers introduced an adult-use marijuana legalization bill in Minnesota, where newly empowered Democrats say the friendlier political landscape bodes well for the measure’s passage. After the swearing-in of the new state Legislature on Tuesday, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) controls both the state Senate and House for the first time in eight years. ADVERTISEMENT Legalization also […]
Illinois marijuana sales reached a record high of more than $1.5 billion in 2022—and this past December marked the strongest sales month to date—officials announced on Friday. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) said that “2022 set adult use cannabis sales records in all categories it tracks.” That includes a yearly adult-use […]
Rick Garza, director of the Washington state Liquor and Cannabis Board, is retiring from the post, effective July 1. Garza worked for the agency for 25 years. ADVERTISEMENT “Over the years we’ve successfully addressed major challenges, including … creation of a regulatory system to allow adult-use cannabis that has been a model for the nation,” he […]
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Google Ads will no longer ban all hemp and CBD advertising in California, Colorado and Puerto Rico, but there continue to be limitations to marketers. Google announced the change to its ad policies in a blog post. ADVERTISEMENT As of Jan. 20, 2023, the ban will be lifted for: FDA-approved pharmaceutical products containing CBD. Topical, […]
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Employers would be prohibited from discriminating against most job applicants for off-duty marijuana use or for testing positive for non-psychoactive THC metabolites under a new bill filed in the Washington State Senate. The legislation, which was pre-filed for the 2023 session late last month, is one of several cannabis reform proposals that will be taken […]
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