Commercial Realities and the Cost of Exclusion While government remains locked in administrative delay, the cannabis economy continues to develop in plain sight.  Across South Africa, businesses operate openly, commercial properties are occupied, employees earn livelihoods and consumers purchase pro...

Eight years have passed since the Constitutional Court confirmed that adults have a constitutional right to possess, use, and cultivate cannabis for private purposes. Over the same period, successive State of the Nation Addresses have identified cannabis as a source of economic opportunity, rural de...

On 11 April 2022, the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein handed down a significant judgment in the matter of Minister of Health and Another v Alliance of Natural Health Products South Africa. The ruling has become one of the key modern authorities on the limits of SAHPRA’s regulatory power over...

For years, how we've viewed people who use cannabis has been distorted by a stubborn and often damaging image: the "lazy, unmotivated, unintelligent stoner." This tired old picture, fueled by old propaganda and what we see in movies, paints these folks as stuck, lacking drive, sharp thinking, or any...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cannapages to Launch High Times Local Under New Publishing License America’s leading cannabis couponing magazine steps into a new era with localized High Times editions DENVER, CO – December 3, 2025 — Cannapages, the longest-running cannabis couponing and deals magazine in the ...

Trusted banking. Resilient operations. Scalable systems. What it really takes to create momentum in a complex and highly regulated market. The cannabis industry has moved beyond hype, but in many ways it hasn’t yet matured. Operators are working harder than ever just to stay in motion. They are nav...

Cannabis tourism is not a new concept, considering Amsterdam has been a mecca since the 1970’s. In the U.S., however, it’s a fledgling, yet rapidly budding industry. The convergence of two massive industries creates unique opportunities for entrepreneurs across both sectors -- if the legal, health,...