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    • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
      Cannabis group Curaleaf targets German windfall

      Company expects to be selling the drug for recreational use by end of next year after government legislation

    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Germany
      Germany’s cabinet approves plan for ‘controlled legalisation’ of cannabis

      Compromise would allow ‘cannabis clubs’ to grow and distribute marijuana to their members

      Protesters march with a giant mock joint that bears the words ‘Legalisation’ in Berlin
    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      UK medical cannabis group woos patients to buy into the business

      Isle of Man’s GLO wants to sell 25 per cent to clients, letting them influence production

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      Special ReportThe Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
      Cannabis companies proliferate on list of fastest-growing American businesses

      Spread of legal marijuana lifts 11 companies into FT/Statista ranking, with some recording $1bn in annual revenue

      Kristen Aiesi, dispensary manager in Ware, fills a container with the Gorilla Grape Gush
    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Ukraine pleads for air defence missiles

      EU gas usage falls 18% after price shock caused by Russian supply cuts

    • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
      Germany
      Germany set to legalise personal use of cannabis

      Bill less ambitious than original plan, which envisaged free sale of drug in Dutch-styled coffee shops

      A pro-cannabis march in Berlin in 2019
    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Recreational drugs
      Zurich to legalise consumption and sale of cannabis in trial scheme

      Experiment in Switzerland’s biggest city will assess benefits of regulating supply of the recreational drug

      The cultivation of legal cannabis plants in Switzerland
    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Celadon becomes first UK medical cannabis group to win right to sell in Britain

      Update to Home Office licence will allow London-listed pharmaceuticals group to pursue supply deals

      Celadon’s manufacturing plant, can currently cultivate about 3 tonnes of cannabis flower a year, but once manufacturing is ramped up it  will be able to process closer to 10 tonnes
    • Saturday, 7 January, 2023
      Retail & Consumer industry
      New York’s legal cannabis market tries to avoid a bad comedown

      Can the city solve the problems that have plagued regulated sales of the drug in other states?

      A customer makes one of the first purchases during day one of regulated adult-use cannabis sales in New York City on December 29
    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
      Lex
      Germany/cannabis: spliff what-ifs will temper weed need Premium content

      If the US and Canada are any guide, the lesson of legalisation is to avoid oversupply and overregulation

      A person holds a joint in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      German politics
      Germany unveils plans to legalise cannabis

      Move would create the world’s largest regulated national market for the drug

      Pro-legalisation campaigners in Berlin
    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      Lex
      Cannabis stocks: after years of hype it’s high time for profits  Premium content

      Legalisation is not the cure-all the sector hoped for

      Different strains of cannabis are displayed for sale at the Harborside dispensary in Oakland, California
    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      US politics & policy
      Biden to pardon thousands for ‘simple’ marijuana possession

      US president calls for review of drug’s classification under federal law

      US president Joe Biden speaks at an event
    • Saturday, 20 August, 2022
      FT Magazine
      How legal weed is changing New York City’s vibe (and smell)

      What newly liberalised marijuana culture says about the city post-pandemic

      People picnicking in a park under a bridge in New York
    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      InterviewOffice of National Drug Control Policy
      US pivots to ‘harm reduction’ after 107,000 overdose deaths last year

      White House drug tsar says marijuana legalisation and safe injection sites will also be reviewed

      Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Rahul Gupta speaks to the media before the offload of approximately $1.06bn in cocaine and marijuana at the Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on February 17 2022
    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      UK group moves to Jersey after rules relaxed on cannabis-related products

      Consumer goods company Tenacious Labs shifts HQ to Channel Island to help expansion

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      Drugs research
      Indivior sees ‘huge opportunity’ for drug targeting cannabis misuse

      Biotech company hopes to win first US approval for medicine aimed at people addicted to marijuana

      Dried hemp plants are sorted and trimmed at Hepworth Farms in Milton, New York, Monday, April 12 2021
    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      UK economy
      UK taxpayer takes stake in cannabis products firm through Future Fund

      Covid support scheme launched by Rishi Sunak in 2020 now holds shares in 337 companies

      Grass & Co makes cannabidiol-based health products
    • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
      News in-depth
      UK crackdown on CBD upends rapidly growing market

      Food safety watchdog reopens approval process after hundreds of cannabinoid products fail to comply

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Channel 4’s venture arm invests in cannabis company

      UK public service broadcaster swaps advertising slots for equity in medical marijuana group Cannaray

      Marijuana leaves on cannabis plant
    • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
      FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
      Cannabis stocks suffer as US federal legalisation stalls

      Sales soar but shares hit by fading hopes for imminent reform across the country

      A hand holding medical marijuana
    • Monday, 27 December, 2021
      News in-depthGermany
      Germany’s nascent cannabis industry hits new highs as legalisation looms

      Progress will be closely watched by other countries toying with liberalising their drug laws

    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
      FT live news
      News updates from November 22: Biden nominates Jay Powell for second term as Fed chair, Athenahealth to be sold in $17bn private equity deal, EU consumer confidence drops on Covid anxiety
    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
      Uber Technologies Inc
      Uber to sell cannabis to customers in Canada

      Users in Ontario will be able to make orders through the group’s Eats app to pick up in person

      Uber logo on a car
    • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      YouTube’s music streaming flex, banking on cannabis

      The Google-owned website has attracted millions of new paying users

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