When legalization hit, the first thing consumers complained about, after supply shortages, was the price. Nearly two years later, we’re hitting the sweet spot where producers are bringing discount brands online.

In addition to being more affordable, these options generally come with less packaging to cart around and figure out how to recycle. They’re perfect for those who want a good ride without emptying their wallet. We scoured the internet to find you the cheapest* options across the country.

Canadian researchers are hoping to fill in the gaps regarding how effective medicinal marijuana is in treating adults with chronic pain, sleep, anxiety and depression issues as part of a new six-month study.

Aurora Cannabis Inc. is closing some of its European operations as the cannabis producer opts to consolidate its presence in the continent amid soft demand for medical pot, according to an internal memo obtained by BNN Bloomberg. 

Aurora told its employees last week that it will shut its offices in Portugal, Spain, and Italy while reducing its European workforces by one-quarter in select countries and its regional office, the memo said. The Edmonton-based company will shift its European headquarters from Germany to its Denmark office while acquiring the remaining 49 per cent of its Danish business that it doesn't already own, the company said. 

It is almost impossible these days to avoid the wave that is CBD. It seems that everywhere you look, people are advertising some new product that contains cannabidiol which purports to be able to relieve one chronic symptom or another.

Since cannabis was legalized here in Canada a couple of years ago, CBD products have rapidly flooded the wellness and supplement markets, coming in a wide variety of forms which range from oils and capsules to vapes and even CBD beers and teas! Among this innovative array of new products are CBD topicals, including creams.

If you’re a cannabis consumer on the West Coast, you’ve likely purchased an ‘eighth’ before. If you’re located in Ontario or the East Coast, you might call the same amount of cannabis a ‘half-quarter.’ But if you’re new to pot and you buy it through the government channels, you might call the same amount of cannabis something else entirely: 3.5 grams. 

In less than two years after the country legalized recreational cannabis, Canada has reached an important milestone. According to a report in BNN Bloomberg, the country's dispensary count crossed the 1,000 mark as of July 17, landing at 1,010.

Of all the country's provinces and territories, Alberta in the West has the highest number, at 494. No. 2 is the province where some of the highest-quality Canadian cannabis has traditionally come from, British Columbia (211 dispensaries).

On Wednesday morning, the Victoria Police Department and the Community Safety Unit (CSU) raided the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, a longstanding institution that has been providing medicinal cannabis to those in need for almost 25 years. 

During the last year, we have noticed increased interest in the Israeli cannabis market and this is a market that we have been favorable on since inception. The climate in Israel is ideal for cultivating cannabis and we are bullish on the industry due to the economics that are associated with it.

Federal research shows 137 children have shown up at Canadian hospital emergency rooms for weed poisoning since Ottawa legalized cannabis edibles last October.

The Health Ministry research also says cannabis use among youth has increased overall, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

This trend is a reversal of long-term downward use before the feds repealed a criminal ban on recreational pot in 2018.

“Significant changes in the risk perception of this substance were also noted … suggesting a decreasing trend in the viewing of cannabis as a harmful substance,” according to the study called Sentinel Surveillance Of Injuries And Poisonings Associated With Cannabis.

Only 9% of high schoolers said marijuana was harmless.

MCN speaks with industry expert Jamie Shaw about cannabis sector regulation in Canada, the issues patients still encounter, and industry sexism.