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  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK taxpayer takes stake in cannabis products firm through Future Fund

    Covid support scheme launched by Rishi Sunak in 2020 now holds shares in 337 companies

  • Saturday, 23 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    UK crackdown on CBD upends rapidly growing market

    Food safety watchdog reopens approval process after hundreds of cannabinoid products fail to comply

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Channel 4’s venture arm invests in cannabis company

    UK public service broadcaster swaps advertising slots for equity in medical marijuana group Cannaray

  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Cannabis stocks suffer as US federal legalisation stalls

    Sales soar but shares hit by fading hopes for imminent reform across the country

  • Monday, 27 December, 2021
    News in-depthGermany
    Germany’s nascent cannabis industry hits new highs as legalisation looms

    Progress will be closely watched by other countries toying with liberalising their drug laws

  • Monday, 22 November, 2021
    FT live news
    News updates from November 22: Biden nominates Jay Powell for second term as Fed chair, Athenahealth to be sold in $17bn private equity deal, EU consumer confidence drops on Covid anxiety
  • Monday, 22 November, 2021
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber to sell cannabis to customers in Canada

    Users in Ontario will be able to make orders through the group’s Eats app to pick up in person

  • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    YouTube’s music streaming flex, banking on cannabis

    The Google-owned website has attracted millions of new paying users

  • Wednesday, 25 August, 2021
    The Big Read
    Banking on cannabis: new network of lenders for a semi-legal industry

    Still illegal at federal level, industry has to pay high fees for financial services from less well-known firms

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    A psychedelic guide to wellbeing
    The intoxicating garden: Michael Pollan on growing psychoactive plants

    Plants gratify our need for beauty and nourishment but also speak to a more ambiguous desire — to alter human consciousness

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Doping in sport
    White House to push for rethink on cannabis use in sport

    US seeks talks with World Anti-Doping Agency after suspension of star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    Patti Waldmeir
    Can racial equality be built into the US cannabis industry?

    Increasing minority ownership is a challenge, even in a nascent industry

  • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
    Wellbeing and fitness
    Holy smoke: how cannabis is wooing the wellness industry

    From sustainable farming to skincare, cannabis is hitting a new high

  • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
    Biotech
    Start-up focused on painkilling effects of cannabis to list in London

    Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies emerged from university research project into potential treatments

  • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
    Special ReportInvesting in Canada
    Canada’s cannabis ‘green rush’ yet to reap rewards

    Hype around legalisation has not turned into reliable profits

  • Monday, 10 May, 2021
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Cannabis investors bet on regulatory softening

    Backers of themed ETFs optimistic after rulings by UN and European Court of Justice boost investor sentiment

  • Friday, 30 April, 2021
    How To Spend It
    The Hope Issue

    Tracee Ellis Ross, Dan Levy, Adam Curtis, Dan Pearson, Lisa Brice, Florian Krewer, Simone Ashley and others join a special edition dedicated to the future and finding the positives in life

  • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
    How To Spend ItThe Hope Issue
    Top of the pot: the cannabis growers cornering the luxury market

    Craft farming, terroir, tasting notes and appellations is the new language of getting high

  • Sunday, 25 April, 2021
    UK medical cannabis sector renews call for reform to kickstart growth

    Just three prescriptions have been administered by the NHS since 2018, industry reports

  • Sunday, 4 April, 2021
    News in-depth
    Cannabis reignites corporate interest as it edges towards mainstream

    Hopes for further liberalisation in the US and beyond spur flurry of dealmaking

  • Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
    New York legalises cannabis after years of debate

    State becomes the 16th in the US to allow marijuana sales after lawmakers broker agreement

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Mexico’s passing high

    Case for legalising marijuana is not as straightforward as its advocates say

  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    British American Tobacco takes stake in Canadian cannabis producer

    Maker of Lucky Strike cigarettes moves beyond nicotine in effort to attract consumers

  • Tuesday, 9 March, 2021
    Curaleaf bets on more liberal Europe with $300m deal for cannabis producer

    World’s largest marijuana retailer says relaxed attitudes are ‘taking hold’ across continent

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Red flags raised over cannabis ETF ‘hype’

    Analysis shows 43 out of 59 companies in major marijuana funds were lossmaking

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