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Will Pot Stock Aurora Cannabis Ever Be Worth Buying?

MMP News AuthorOctober 6, 2020

Though all eyes have been on the fast-growing tech sector for much of 2020, don’t overlook the sleeping giant in North America: Cannabis. After turning in just shy of $11 billion in global sales in 2018, Wall Street estimates suggest that worldwide legal weed revenue could hit $50 billion to ... Read More

Once a bane of pot growers, aerial surveillance now a B.C. cannabis crop ally

MMP News AuthorOctober 4, 2020

Article content continued “I hadn’t really thought of the irony.” The fully-automated drones are programmed to lift off from their base in the middle of the rectangular field, which is then scanned by high-tech cameras and sensors. “It flies over the perimeter of the entire facility and it has the ... Read More

Gone to pot: New Zealand cools on legalising cannabis

MMP News AuthorSeptember 30, 2020

It is believed to be the first country in the world to put the legalisation of recreational cannabis to a national public vote. But amid a pandemic, an election concentrated almost entirely on the Covid-19 crisis, and a simultaneous vote on euthanasia, New Zealand’s upcoming marijuana referendum has not captivated ... Read More

Pot prices at Ontario Cannabis Store rival those of illicit market for the first time

MMP News AuthorSeptember 30, 2020

Staff work in a marijuana grow room at the visitors centre at the Canopy Growth facility in Smiths Falls, Ont., on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick The Ontario Cannabis Store says the average price of dried flower per gram on its website is now lower than ... Read More

With marijuana testing soon underway, pot expected to hit shelves this fall

MMP News AuthorSeptember 30, 2020

Still, that’s a sizeable demand, Gossett said. “The amount of cultivators to the amount of possible demand means there will likely be very limited supply of marijuana out there,” he said. EKG won’t be testing marijuana at its laboratory at 2250 Welsch Industrial Court on site. Instead, it will send ... Read More

Cannabis Guide 2020: Federal Pot Prohibition Contributes to Workplace Risks

MMP News AuthorSeptember 28, 2020

FatCamera / Getty Images The University of Washington has led a special initiative to investigate workplace risks associated with the cannabis industry, and they’ve found a particularly chaotic landscape when it comes to worker protections. Because the federal government still hasn’t legalized pot, there’s no national guidance on protecting the ... Read More