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Rubicon Organics CEO Jesse McConnell, wearing shoe protectors in his greenhouse, would have concerns about his plants’ biological safety were the facility open to the general public Photo: Rob Kruyt

Cannabis-related tourism, or canna-tourism, is a niche in the cannabis sector that has a way to go to take shape as the legal cannabis industry evolves.

After Canada legalized cannabis in October 2018, many businesses started to realize that cannabis culture’s social element, similar to that of alcohol, makes the drug a natural counterpart for tourism ventures.

Tilray Inc. sold nearly five times more pot than last year, according to a quarterly earnings report released Thursday, in part thanks to the acquisition of the world’s largest hemp-food maker and early returns from selling medical marijuana in Europe.

The Second Cup Ltd., has plans to change its name and acquire its own cannabis stores as early as next year.

According to a release, the company will change its name to Aegis Brands Inc., which will continue to own and operate the existing Second Cup Coffee Co. shops as part of a portfolio of brands.

Missouri has already approved more than 17,000 patients for its yet-to-be-launched medical marijuana program — a stark contrast to neighboring Illinois, which had less than 3,000 patients in the first 10 months. 

Licenses for Missouri’s dispensaries are expected to be awarded by January, and cannabis should be available for medical card holders by spring. 

Image Source: MICHEL COMTE/AFP/Getty Images/ People gather outside during a ribbon cutting ceremony by the owners at the new Fire and Flowerpot store on April 1, 2019, in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the first bricks and mortar retail cannabis stores opened in Ontario

Although recreational pot will become fully legal in Illinois from early January next year, Chicago's Housing Authority has warned residents of public housing that they cannot use marijuana in their premises and any violation will lead to eviction.

Image: In this photo dated, June 16, 2019, a marijuana rally outside New York Governor Cuomo's Manhattan office calls on him, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to enact the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (Photo by Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Although New York did legalize medical marijuana in 2014 with the passage of the Compassionate Care Act, the current reality of this state's painfully small market of

ATLANTA — Georgia farmers are poised to cash in on the cannabis craze.

By the end of the year, state officials plan to submit proposed rules to the federal government for growing hemp, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

That means Georgia farmers could begin legally raising the crop as early as this spring.

Racing to try to get on the November 2020 ballot, a political committee backing a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana had submitted more than 57,000 petition signatures to the state Division of Elections as of Wednesday, records show.

The committee Make It Legal Florida registered with the state in August and had spent more than $1 million as of Sept. 30 as it gathers petition signatures.