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Tilray Brands, Inc., announced this week it has agreed to acquire four craft breweries including Hop Valley Brewing Company, Terrapin Beer Co., Revolver Brewing, and Atwater Brewery.

Recent polling suggests there are more daily cannabis consumers than daily alcohol drinkers in the U.S., although alcohol use is still far more prevalent in terms of monthly use.

Daily cannabis consumers outnumbered daily alcohol consumers in the U.S. in 2022 for the first time on record, according to an analysis of the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

A recent study by New Zealand researchers found that planting hemp as a cover crop in vineyards could be beneficial, increasing organic matter and total carbon in the soil.

Cannabis company Tilray Brands Inc. has acquired eight beer and beverage brands from Anheuser-Busch, giving Tilray the fifth-largest craft beer position in the U.S.

A recent study using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that binge drinking among teenagers tends to decline following the passage of adult-use cannabis laws.

New York regulators on Thursday shut down multiple unlicensed cannabis shops in Ithaca, Binghamton, and New York City. The companies face fines of up to $10,000 per day of operating without a license.

Researchers at the University of Iowa have launched a pilot study to investigate the use of psilocybin and ketamine as a treatment for alcohol addiction.

A recent survey found that 21% of people doing Dry January — where participants abstain from alcohol for the entire month of January — are replacing their alcohol consumption with cannabis and CBD products.

A federal survey found 52.5 million Americans aged 12 and older, about 20%, reported having used cannabis over the past year.

Research analysts at Cowen Equity Research say that legal cannabis sales in the U.S. have started eating into the sales of beer, wine, and liquor.

According to research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, cannabis legalization in Washington state has not led to increases in the use of alcohol and cigarettes or abuse of pharmaceutical painkillers.

Excise taxes for cannabis far exceeded those of alcohol in 11 states with functional cannabis programs, according to an Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report.

A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that two in five drivers who reported using alcohol and cannabis in the past year drove under the influence.

Adult-use cannabis excise taxes in Massachusetts surpassed those of alcohol for the first time in December by nearly $23 million.

According to a recent survey, respondents between the ages of 18 to 30 who use cannabis and alcohol have better sexual functions and orgasms than those that don’t consume either.

A new study found that psilocybin may be able to reverse alcohol brain damage, reduce alcohol-addictive behavior, and reduce relapse rates.

Cannabis use among college students reached its highest levels in 35 years in 2020, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, while alcohol use decreased by 6%.

Missouri-based O’Fallon Brewery and SWADE Cannabis are teaming up on a non-alcoholic, THC-infused beer that starts with a traditional beer recipe and removes the alcohol in a unique process.

Cannabis use in Australia spiked during the coronavirus pandemic while the use of alcohol and methamphetamine has dropped, according to new research.

Illinois cannabis tax revenues outpaced alcohol tax revenues for the first time after generating $86 million during the year’s first quarter.