Canadian cannabis industry - Cannabuzz Columnist

Canada Consumes Copious Quantities of Cannabis Edibles

- January 20, 2020April 25, 2020 0837

A woman looks out over a lake, mountains and trees, her back is to the camera, and she wears a hat. She is wrapped in a Canadian flag.

To the North, the people once again doing a better job with virtually every aspect of their society than we are, Canada, continues the development of their nationwide cannabis program with new product categories coming to market, resulting in what the Toronto Sun dubbed “Edibles Madness.” Cannabis flower has been legal

Alcohol Deaths On the Rise, as Cannabis Slows Alcohol Sales

- January 15, 2020April 25, 2020 0774

There’s been a recent flurry of news stories regarding how establishing a regulated cannabis program impacts the sale and use of alcohol. And there’s also a number of stories about how alcohol abuse is on the rise in some sectors, while on the decline in others. Let’s start with a look

Canada Bets On Cultivation Of Colombian Cannabis

- July 10, 2019April 26, 2020 0764

While Canada sorts out the inevitable challenges that arise when an entire country legalizes cannabis, it remains a money magnet for cannabis investors, who are throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at the Canuck kush scene. After initial hiccups, sales are like you after a seventh dab—really high, and getting higher.

Canadian Cannabis Update

- January 31, 2019April 27, 2020 0766

Let’s check in on how Canada’s doing with its national legalization of cannabis, four months in. It’s the largest cannabis legalization program ever undertaken, and even though Americans do terribly in learning from other countries (or from history), perhaps we can buck that trend and take away some insight from the

Micheal Bloomberg Is Not A Friend Of Cannabis Legalization

- January 23, 2019May 15, 2020 01322

The rush of candidates running for the Democratic nomination for president is breathtaking and encouraging—looking at you, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Kamala Harris—and provided there is anything left of the US by election time, we could be looking at a candidate who favors cannabis legalization at the federal level. Well,

Clueless On Cannabis Investing? Join The Club.

- January 3, 2019April 27, 2020 0744

I'm often asked what I think about investing in the rapidly expanding cannabis stock markets. My response is the same as what you’d get if you asked a dog for his take on the intricacies of German biodynamic farming—near zero comprehension, evidenced by a tilting of the head, and possibly licking

Beer Makers Begin Investment In Cannabis

- December 20, 2018May 16, 2020 0876

The company that makes an inexplicably popular beer that gives me cringe shivers when I choke it down because it tastes so bad has made a joint $100 million investment to find a way to make THC- and CBD-infused beverages. The industry that contributed untold dollars to prohibitionist efforts has now

Canadian Cannabis Industry Sees Big Investment from Big Tobacco

- December 13, 2018May 13, 2020 0671

In "news that is sure to thrill Canadian (and potentially global) consumers of both cannabis and tobacco," Marijuana Business Daily reported last week that Big Tobacco has made its largest investment to date into North American cannabis. This news validates the crazy conspiracy theories of your stoner buddy in college who

Recreational Canadian Cannabis Sales Begin Today

- October 17, 2018June 13, 2020 0671

Starting today, the poutine-loving, Celine Dion-blasting, hockey-playing, moose-wrestling residents of Canada may now legally purchase cannabis all across their fine country. That's right: It's now legal, nationwide. Which leads me to the question, "Who in Canada would like to marry a cannabis columnist who is seeking to flee the flaming sewer bomb