Now that recreational marijuana is legal in Canada and 10 US states (with potentially more on the way), businesses are finding increasingly innovative ways to encourage consumers to part with their cash in their search for a lawful high.

Canadian pot producer Tilray (TLRY) will supply CBD ingredients to be used in wellness products backed by golfing legend Greg Norman, under a deal announced Thursday with Ohio-based cannabis company Green Growth Brands. Tilray stock was down Thursday, while other marijuana stocks marched higher.

Under the terms of the deal, GGB Beauty, a subsidiary of Green Growth Brands, entered into a licensing agreement with Norman and Authentic Brands Group, a company that owns or provides development services for a wide range of well-known retailers.

A cannabis producer that has a facility in Delta announced it entered a major supply deal with Shoppers Drug Mart.

Zenabis will be selling dried cannabis and oils through Shoppers’ online platform.

Shoppers will purchase dried marijuana and cannabis oil (once Zenabis receives its licence to sell oil) from the Zenabis medical branded product line, subject to regulations. Shoppers also has the right to purchase all future products available as laws and regulations allow. Zenabis branded medical cannabis products will then be sold online at cannabis.shoppersdrugmart.ca, as regulations do not allow the sale of medical cannabis in retail pharmacies.

If there was one investment that took the financial markets by storm in 2018, it was marijuana stocks. The group, headlined by Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC), Tilray(NASDAQ:TLRY), Aurora (NYSE:ACB) and Cronos(NASDAQ:CRON), wasn’t well known to investors at the beginning of last year. But, by October, these stocks were flying high, with many of them more than doubling between July and October.

Snoop Dogg’s logo could be counter to Cannabis Act marketing rules, says David Lipkus, a partner at Kestenberg Siegal Lipkus LLP and trademark agent.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have opposed a trademark owned by celebrity Snoop Dogg’s cannabis brand, but apart from its alleged similarity to the team’s logo, the brand, on its own, may also fail to be compliant with Canada’s regulations governing the marketing of cannabis products, say IP lawyers.

The Cannabis Act prohibits marketing that appeals to minors or has a direct or indirect endorsement or testimonial. “That, to me, is celebrity endorsement,” says Lipkus. “I don't know how that issue will be overcome by the applicant.”

MedMen Enterprises Inc. (MMNFF) is facing a new lawsuit from the company’s former Chief Financial Officer James Parker. Parker filed his case on January 29 in the Superior Court of California in the County of Los Angeles claiming wrongful termination for an undetermined amount of damages.

MedMen spokesman Daniel Yi said that the company was unable to respond to the filing because it had not been officially served, but would do so once that happened.

Guest list? Check. Cake check? Check. Location? Check.
Weed at the wedding? Oh yes!

Looks like it’s not just Meghan Markle who can boast about having marijuana party bags at her (first) wedding. Now that cannabis is legal in Canada and some parts of the U.S., the demand for cannabis at weddings is on the rise.

Most cannabis companies are eager to list on Canadian exchanges, which has become the go-to location for the international marijuana companies seeking exposure to public markets.

However, some businesses prefer to operate on American exchanges, seeing a more mature market alongside larger pools of potential funding as a better opportunity to pursue. One Canadian cannabis producer, Flowr Corporation (TSXV: FLWR) announced today that it had completed an application to list on the NASDAQ.

Health Canada has suspended the sales license of an embattled Winnipeg-based cannabis producer after it was found to be non-compliant with the federal Cannabis Act.

The country’s federal health arm revoked the license on Monday following a review of recent activities with Bonify Medical Cannabis “to protect public health and public safety.”

In December, Bonify fired its three senior managers and suspended a board member after somehow obtaining 200 kilograms of unauthorized pot. Two of its strains — Cherry Lime Pie and Warlock Kush (both 3.5-gram varieties) — were found to be contaminated.

An internal investigation into Bonify also found that some of its employees were pressured to remain silent after voicing their concerns over the product.

It was Feb. 6, 1969 and the news story noted that more than a quarter of Calgary high school students had “smoked up,” as the kids used to say.

One of the experts also noted that “business men in the city have been caught smoking marijuana, but they were not arrested.”

While these respectable types didn’t suffer a penalty, “the guy with the hair that’s a bit longer” was more likely to get arrested, the expert said, adding 15 University of Calgary students had been arrested on pot-related charges in the previous 10 days. That expert, a U of C professor named L.E. Acker, also added he had tried pot — and liked it.