The press has spent a considerable amount of time, focused on cannabis developments in the U.S. and in Canada. 

Canada, for example, just legalized cannabis throughout the country.  Corporate America is quickly waking up to the opportunity, transforming multi-billion-dollar industries.  U.S. states are approving the use of cannabis for recreational or medicinal use.  

However, at the same time, the cannabis story is proving to be just as exciting in Europe.

According to Canaccord Genuity as noted by The Boston Globe, “CBD, has become a ‘trending ingredient’ in a range of consumer goods and is now highly visible in pharmacies and health stores. It estimates the CBD product market in Europe was worth 750 million euros ($857 million) to 1 billion euros in 2018…”

Billions of dollars are shifting from the black market to legal marijuana marketplaces and that's sent marijuana stocks soaring to new highs. However, there's increasing concern the economy will weaken because of interest rate increases and trade wars, and if so, pot stocks could tumble. If there's a widespread sell-off in marijuana stocks, here's what you should do.

Don't let fear determine your next move

We're hardwired to avoid danger and it doesn't matter if that danger presents itself in the form of a falling account balance or a raging rhinoceros. However, panicking isn't a recipe for successfully navigating the stock market.

Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) is off to a fantastic start in 2019. Its share price is up more than 55%. But there's a marijuana stock with a market cap less than one-third of Aurora's that is enjoying an even better start to the year. That stock is Green Thumb Industries (NASDAQOTH:GTBIF), which is up close to 70% year to date.

Which of these two marijuana stocks is the better pick for investors now? Here's how Aurora Cannabis and Green Thumb Industries stack up against each other.

Increasingly, our “little brain” is being recognized as playing a bigger role than previously thought in cognition, learning, emotions, and addiction. Because human cerebellum has a high density of CB1 cannabinoid receptors, there is speculation that cannabis use most likely affects both cerebellar function and structure. In recent months, two different systematic reviews have done deep and detailed dives into how cannabis affects the cerebellum. 

Volatility is the name of the game when it comes to investing in the cannabis sector.

The sector is prone to large price swings and have been a trader’s dream. Year to date, the Global Cannabis Stock Index is up almost 50% in less than three months.

Is it time to lock-in your profits? Let’s take a look.

She is 77 years old and best known for dispensing advice on such vital matters as how to tidy up a linen closet or make the perfect cheesy vegetable frittata.

Now Martha Stewart is branching out into the marijuana business, as America's most celebrated domestic goddess teams up with a Canadian cannabis business, Canopy Growth Corporation.

The marijuana industry is evolving at a rapid pace. Back in 1995, a mere 25% of all respondents in Gallup's annual survey were in favor of legalizing marijuana, and not a single U.S. state or country around the world had given the green light to cannabis.

Today, two-thirds of all respondents in Gallup's annual survey now favor the legalization of pot in the U.S., with 33 U.S. states having legalized the drug for medical purposes, and 10 allowing adult consumption. There are also two countries (Canada and Uruguay) worldwide to OK recreational weed, with more than two dozen medically legal countries.

The legalization of cannabis has changed laws, but impaired is still impaired, say Atlantic Police Academy instructors. “It always used to be that it was a victimless crime, but that’s not the case. You can put yourself and others in danger,” said the Insp. Gord Campbell, referring to getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle while impaired.

Campbell is one of the instructors at the Slemon Park-based training facility. He teaches use of force, firearms and Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) curriculum.

Cannabis became legal in Canada on Oct. 17, 2018.

Now, not only is there a federal act for the control of marijuana, police academy students learn about the individual provincial acts which regulate marijuana.

Cannabidiol (CBD) has taken off lately, and the recent passage of the Farm Act in December has accelerated interest in the cannabinoid found in cannabis plants that was also the active ingredient in the first FDA approved drug derived from botanical cannabis, GW Pharmaceuticals's Epidiolex, which is indicated for the treatment of seizures in treatment-resistant forms of two types of epilepsy, Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Products containing CBD are becoming increasingly available in a variety of formats and through an increasing number of venues, with consumers able to access products derived from industrial hemp through mail order, convenience stores, health food stores, some restaurants and coffee shops and now even malls.

B.C.'s first round of tax revenue from legal cannabis is lower than the estimates written into the 2018/2019 budget.

The province had estimated it would receive $200 million over three years. But provincial Finance Minister Carole James told reporters Wednesday the province has now built in $68 million over three years.

"We can make adjustments to that each year as we see the progress of the stores opening," she said.

James said the discrepancy was due to delays in legalization from the federal government and municipal elections across B.C. which put new permits for pot shops on hold.

"We've seen a delay in opening of stores and that obviously impacts the revenue," she said.