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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    UK business & 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
    The Big Read
    Banking on cannabis: new network of lenders for a semi-legal industry

    Still illegal at federal level, industry has to pay high fees for financial services from less well-known firms

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    A psychedelic guide to wellbeing
    The intoxicating garden: Michael Pollan on growing psychoactive plants

    Plants gratify our need for beauty and nourishment but also speak to a more ambiguous desire — to alter human consciousness

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