Just days after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the Alberta company that opened five stores on October 17 says it made seven figures in sales over five days.

Alcanna said from the start of sales on the Wednesday to closing Sunday, October 21, the five NOVA Cannabis stores in Alberta made a combined total of $1.3 million.

Mexico "absolutely" could follow Canada's lead in legalizing marijuana as a way to reduce violence generated by a war on drugs that "doesn't work," its incoming foreign minister said Tuesday.

Marcelo Ebrard, who will become foreign minister when Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador takes office December 1, said he discussed Ottawa's experience Monday with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Asked whether Mexico might follow Canada's example, Ebrard told reporters, "Sure, absolutely."

"We think it is a very interesting option in the short term for Mexico," he said. "We think there are two options: the Canadian model or the Uruguay model."

Legal recreational cannabis in Canada is less than a week into its tenure and already dispensaries across the country are emptying their shelves.

In Quebec, only a few dozens products are still in stock according to the SQDC website. SQDC stores, too, appear to be running out of cannabis.

There's no telling when the demand for cannabis and the government-controlled supply chain will balance.

But in the meantime, enthusiastic Canadians have grabbed up a massive quantity of marijuana.

Now, consumers are taking to the internet to review and rank products from across the country.

The cannabis internet culture has always existed, but now legalization has pulled it out of its shadowy depths to the forefront of public conversation about the drug.

Canada has officially legalized recreational marijuana. What a historical event for Canadians, and honestly, for the world. I wonder which country is next!

Despite the fact that marijuana is legal in Canada now, it's still considered a criminal substance in many countries, and most importantly, in the United States.

Thanks to something called the U.S. Patriot Act, if you purchase marijuana with a credit card in Quebec or Canada, the details of that transaction may be investigated by the U.S. Government.

Visa and Mastercard are almost all located in the United States.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that Canada made history last week when they legalized recreational cannabis on Wednesday. A bill was passed back in June that allows Canadians to spark up whenever they want but made them wait until October to do so. 

Canadians were quick to hop online and order from legal government-run websites to buy the first rounds of legal weed on October 17th. Yet multiple people are facing issues with getting their packages delivered only 5 days after legalization.  While the rules around legalization have already been confusing, new posts online are showing how frustrated Canadians really are with Canada Post now that deliveries are getting screwed up. 

It is official: recreational marijuana is legal in Canada with effect from October 17. With that comes a patchwork of jurisdictional laws establishing where and how marijuana products will be sold and used by consumers.

Since last week, many Canadian citizens are rejoicing as the Cannabis Act went into effect.

Canada becomes just the second country in the world to fully legalize recreational marijuana.

But how does this impact the nation’s most popular pastime? What does this mean for the NHL?

What is it?

The two main components of cannabis plants are cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Both have many similar medical benefits but aren’t the same. The former is the nonpsychoactive ingredient whereas the latter is the chemical that gives users the high that is typically associated with marijuana. Athletes tend to use CBD products more so for that reason.

Shares of major Canadian-listed cannabis companies are extending their broad declines Monday as investors pull out of the volatile sector just a few days after recreational use was legalized in Canada.

Legalization has not been kind to some of the country’s biggest names such as Canopy Growth Corp., Aurora Cannabis Inc. and Tilray Inc. which have seen their respective stocks suffer double-digit declines since Oct. 17 when adult-use of marijuana in Canada was permitted as Bill C-45 came into force.

The Cannabis Act has officially come into force, meaning Canadians can now legally possess and consume recreational cannabis (with some restrictions, of course).

Travelling cannasseurs can now rejoice at not having to search through every bit of luggage before hopping over to a domestic destination (border crossing with weed is still illegal).

Here are the most common modes of transportation and how to stay compliant when you travel with cannabis.

Domestic flights

According to a statement from Transport Canada, “after October 17, 2018, passengers will be permitted to have a legal amount of cannabis, which is 30 grams, in either their carry on or checked bag, if they are flying to a domestic destination.”

With cannabis legal in a number of states and Canada, and even though pot is an agricultural product, not everyone wants to smoke it. So scientists have found a way to make pot's two most valuable compounds in a pot - using yeast.