The 1970s Colombian cannabis boom built Santa Marta Gold, lifted 150,000 families and was crushed by U.S. operations that paved the way for the Medellín and Cali cartels. The story of La Bonanza Marimbera.
After three weeks of meditating with cannabis, the message was unexpected and sometimes painful. Cannabis is a mother and a healer. She is also, the writer says, angry.
Berlin police are warning residents after receiving reports that suspected drug samples were being left in residential mailboxes, allegedly in an effort to attract new
For half a century, Morocco jailed the farmers who grew its world-famous hashish. Last year, the king pardoned 5,000 of them. A dispatch from the Rif Mountains and the men who never stopped growing.
Europe’s cannabis capital keeps moving. Paris, then Amsterdam, then Barcelona, now Berlin. And a January 2026 court ruling against Hungary just rewrote who gets to decide where it moves next.
Amsterdam’s new coalition just killed the plan to ban tourists from its coffeeshops. The doors stay open, the tourist tax goes to the highest in Europe, and the mecca of weed tourism doubles down while the rest of the world pulls back.
In Lebanon, Myanmar and Afghanistan, cannabis is not a lifestyle choice or a policy debate. It is the difference between feeding your family and losing everything. This is what a cannabis market looks like when a country falls apart.
Medical cannabis and clean energy are converging in Baranoa, Colombia, where Cannabis Medical Company has launched a solar farm to power part of its agroindustrial operation. With 147 solar panels expected to generate nearly 178,670 kWh per year, the project points to a broader shift: using renewable energy to reduce costs, lower emissions and modernize high-value agricultural sectors like medical cannabis.
Spain has increased penalties for electricity theft linked to indoor cannabis cultivation after Endesa reported a record number of illegal power hookups. In 2025 alone,
Brazil now has more than 873,000 medical cannabis patients, a market approaching $200 million in annual revenue, and a regulatory framework that just opened the
Cannabis has gone from underground taboo to a $149 billion global industry in a decade. Here’s what changed between 2016 and 2026 — and what the Green Rush got wrong.
15,000 people marched down Paseo de la Reforma on May 2nd demanding the cannabis law Mexico’s Congress has owed since 2021. A firsthand chronicle of a march that also had streets in Colombia and Chile.
The 1970s Colombian cannabis boom built Santa Marta Gold, lifted 150,000 families and was crushed by U.S. operations that paved the way for the Medellín and Cali cartels. The story of La Bonanza Marimbera.
After three weeks of meditating with cannabis, the message was unexpected and sometimes painful. Cannabis is a mother and a healer. She is also, the writer says, angry.
Berlin police are warning residents after receiving reports that suspected drug samples were being left in residential mailboxes, allegedly in an effort to attract new customers. While only a limited number of cases have been confirmed so far, the incidents highlight how the illegal drug market continues to adopt increasingly sophisticated marketing tactics. What Berlin residents can expect to find
For half a century, Morocco jailed the farmers who grew its world-famous hashish. Last year, the king pardoned 5,000 of them. A dispatch from the Rif Mountains and the men who never stopped growing.
Europe’s cannabis capital keeps moving. Paris, then Amsterdam, then Barcelona, now Berlin. And a January 2026 court ruling against Hungary just rewrote who gets to decide where it moves next.
Amsterdam’s new coalition just killed the plan to ban tourists from its coffeeshops. The doors stay open, the tourist tax goes to the highest in Europe, and the mecca of weed tourism doubles down while the rest of the world pulls back.
In Lebanon, Myanmar and Afghanistan, cannabis is not a lifestyle choice or a policy debate. It is the difference between feeding your family and losing everything. This is what a cannabis market looks like when a country falls apart.
Medical cannabis and clean energy are converging in Baranoa, Colombia, where Cannabis Medical Company has launched a solar farm to power part of its agroindustrial operation. With 147 solar panels expected to generate nearly 178,670 kWh per year, the project points to a broader shift: using renewable energy to reduce costs, lower emissions and modernize high-value agricultural sectors like medical cannabis.
Spain has increased penalties for electricity theft linked to indoor cannabis cultivation after Endesa reported a record number of illegal power hookups. In 2025 alone, the company detected 72,700 cases of fraud: about 200 daily—and dismantled nearly 1,850 illegal indoor cannabis grows. These numbers coincide with a significant legal change: starting this year, electricity fraud linked to cannabis cultivation may
Brazil now has more than 873,000 medical cannabis patients, a market approaching $200 million in annual revenue, and a regulatory framework that just opened the door to domestic hemp cultivation. The industry gathers at Cannabis Fair 2026 in São Paulo from May 21 to 23. Here’s what US operators need to know about the Latin American market they aren’t tracking.
Cannabis has gone from underground taboo to a $149 billion global industry in a decade. Here’s what changed between 2016 and 2026 — and what the Green Rush got wrong.
15,000 people marched down Paseo de la Reforma on May 2nd demanding the cannabis law Mexico’s Congress has owed since 2021. A firsthand chronicle of a march that also had streets in Colombia and Chile.
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