Lexaria Corp CSE:LXX OTC:LXRP

And they could sip Lexaria tea

The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that Ontario is mulling allowing licensed cannabis consumption lounges in the province once recreational weed is legalized in July. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that the proposal is being met with optimism by some cannabis activists and municipal politicians who say the provincial government's approach on where legal weed can be consumed has been too restrictive so far.

Thanks Hoss, looks like we are seeing some consolidation here before the next move higher. Just need a catalyst

BMO shocked with Canopy Growth $200 million raise was 3 times over subscribed, money pouring in big time to this sector

The Globe's Christina Pellegrini and James Bradshaw write that there are still no clear policies within most banks about what counts as acceptable risk on the cannabis front. Canopy appears to have earned bankers' trust. It is the largest public pot company by market value; it was the first to go public and the first to score a major backer in alcohol giant Constellation Brands, which took a 9.9-per-cent stake in Canopy. BMO's $200-million stock sale attracted more than $600-million in demand and is fully sold, with an estimated 80 per cent of shares going to institutional investors.

Nothing much has changed, these charts are not exact science. The clouds now show $1.69 is support and the one below that is $1.45. The stock closed at $1.50 on Friday, perhaps the low of this correction so good enough test form me.

Many indicators are at or close to over sold conditions

Hoss looks like $1.67 support area being tested, any change on the chart?

nice article today

2018-01-11 08:32 ET - News Release


New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - January 11, 2018) - NetworkNewsWire ("NNW"), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company, today announces the publication of an editorial featuring Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (LXRP), a client of NNW that has developed and out-licenses its disruptive patented technology that promotes healthier ingestion methods, lower overall dosing and higher effectiveness of lipophilic active molecules.

The publication, titled, "Intriguing Research into Pathways to Limit Nicotine, Quit Cigarette Use," highlights several companies with novel solutions to reduce the hazards of combustible cigarette smoking.

To view the full publication, visit: www.networknewswire.com/intriguing-resea...-quit-cigarette-use/

Thanks Hoss, I put the chart up on Chart of the Day

Stock shows uptrend still in progress, above ichimoku green cloud in uptrend. Blue conversion line remains above red base and lagging span positive. Support at 1.87 and 1.67. Opening window from 1.67 to 2.40 strong on good volume. CCI and stochastics show stock not over bought. My next upside target $2.90 to $3

Thanks Gambler, that is awesome update

"" We also are investing more time and effort into potential commercial relationships to utilize our patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology and produce increased corporate revenues to Lexaria. ""

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/private-retailers-...cipalities-1.3750171

Published Monday, January 8, 2018 11:47AM EST

REGINA -- Sales of cannabis in Saskatchewan will be handled by private retailers and regulated by the government.

The province says the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority will issue about 60 retail permits to private operators in as many as 40 municipalities and First Nation communities.

Permits will initially go to places with populations of at least 2,500 and larger communities will be allocated additional permits.

Exellent summary put out today

Kelowna, British Columbia / TheNewswire / January 8, 2018 - Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (OTCQX: LXRP) (CSE: LXX) (the "Company" or "Lexaria") announces it's been quite an amazing year for Lexaria stakeholders - the busiest and most productive we've had. I've welcomed so many new shareholders and Lexaria fans in 2017 and I want to ensure both our new followers as well as our long-term supporters remember just how much we've achieved in the past year.

Financial Improvement

In mid-2016 our finances were in rough shape and our balance sheet was weak. I made a promise to everyone back then that Lexaria's first priority was to ensure we could survive as a strong and independent company. In October 2016 our first patent was granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and that event - which we had been working on internally, quietly, for two years - changed everything.

We've raised well over US$4 million in equity since then and paid off all our debt. We never stooped to sign any toxic convertible finance deals; not for a single minute did we forget that our first priority is to our shareholders and our moral and fiduciary duties are to act in the best interest of shareholders. Thus when we completed a brokered private placement early in the Spring of 2017 we did so at prices much closer to a 52-week high than to a 52-week low. We told our shareholders repeatedly that, because we did not want to suffer through any additional dilution, we would not complete another financing in 2017: and we kept our word.

We remain disinterested in dilutive financings and will only contemplate strategic equity that delivers more value to our shareholders than the monetary equivalent.

Ongoing R&D

With our improved financial ability, we were able to announce a $1 million budget for R&D using our patented DehydraTECH(TM) absorption and palatability enhancing technology meant to build long term value - significantly more than we've ever spent in the past. We continue to operate within that budget with plans for a cannabidiol (CBD)-infused topical cream in vitro absorption test scheduled for Jan-Feb; a nicotine-infused oral solution in vivo tolerability and absorption test also scheduled for Jan-Feb; in-house formulation experiments for other formulation enhancements and variants continuing on an ongoing basis; and formulation optimization and testing with potential corporate clients also continuing on an ongoing basis. In addition, we are pursuing a number of intellectual property (IP) enhancement procedures also within our R&D budget as we continually endeavour to broaden and expand our IP portfolio. As results from current-phase experiments are produced we will be able to use our increased knowledge to re-evaluate and enter more advanced phases of experimentation.

We also are progressing into second phase experimentation with our 2017-announced relationship with Canada's National Research Council. Progress here has been measured to date and we expect it to continue throughout the year to come. We announced an exciting set of tests to proceed in partnership with the University of British Columbia (UBC) and were ready to proceed with the launch of those tests in December, having recently completed the manufacturing and quality control testing of all three of the required test articles. Unfortunately, UBC has revised their policies for these sorts of tests which are now on hold, but, we're working hard to either get those tests launched substantially as planned, or make other arrangements to do so elsewhere.

Lexaria is content knowing we have sufficient funds in-hand to complete our anticipated R&D projects and budget throughout 2018. We will continue to stretch our funds as far as we can through partnerships with centers of higher learning and through relationships in the private sector including with potential licensees of our technology; in doing so, our R&D dollars are delivering far more value than the headline figure would indicate.

California and Canada

The cannabis business environment is evolving rapidly and opportunities are growing faster than a weed. Health Canada has issued about 84 cannabis licenses in Canada with indications this could increase to a total of over 200 later in 2018: this is GREAT NEWS for Lexaria as licensed producers will increasingly be searching for ways to differentiate and improve their products vs. the competition.

Lexaria is ready for increased demand for its technology by Canadian licensed cannabis producers in 2018 and is fully aware of the laws of supply and demand: by restricting the number of technology usage licenses we will issue in Canada, we expect the value our technology delivers to be even higher. We expect that the "Powered by Lexaria" label will become highly sought by consumers and lead to a greater likelihood of consumer success by our licensed partners.

Likewise, in California with its new legalized recreational market as of January 1, 2018, we expect demand for our technology to be strong. In both these newly opening markets, Lexaria hopes to enter meaningful new license agreements that will begin to provide the foundation of our operational success far into the future. We've long said that Legalization Equals Regulation: and that regulation is friendly to Lexaria's business model as it strongly incentivizes companies to adopt performance enhancing technology.

Developments in California and Canada, to my eye, are proof that Lexaria's business model is on the right track. I expect newly regulated markets in North America and around the world to offer similar opportunities for technology licensing. If successful, these are the relationships that could provide Lexaria with a strong foundation for revenue growth.

The World Environment for CBD

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has exempted CBD from its 2018-list of controlled substances for use by athletes. Meanwhile the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced an overwhelming global response to questions it posed in 2017 about de-regulating CBD. Lexaria submitted an extensive brief to the WHO in this regard. The WHO is meeting to consider the matter in 2018 and I believe will in fact deregulate and possibly de-schedule CBD entirely. This could open the door to national governments lessening or removing restrictions on CBD products in any number of national markets during 2018 and beyond, and Lexaria is actively evaluating opportunities to expand commercialization of its product offerings in developing markets beyond the USA accordingly.

It is in large part because of these long-term macro trends and evolutions of governments regulatory bodies that Lexaria has taken large positions in subsidiary companies that could benefit. In the Spring of 2017 we launched a joint venture into a company that Lexaria owns 50% of: Ambarii Trade Corp. Over time we hope that Ambarii will offer international opportunities for a class of mouth-melt consumer products empowered with Lexaria's technology. In the Fall of 2017 we consolidated our ownership of PoViva Tea LLC from our previously held 51% holding that we grew this year to 100% ownership. PoViva has great potential as a consumer brand for hemp-oil products but we at Lexaria have known for some time that development and sale of hemp-based consumer products is a long-term project that will require patience to produce significant returns. These opportunities will start to bear fruit in 2018 and beyond.

We also introduced TurboCBDTM, our 100%-owned brand of hemp oil empowered with Lexaria's unique technology blended with American Ginseng and Ginkgo in a capsule format. The product has been a success and has taught us much about incorporating our technology into a common form of consumer product. We are contemplating development of additional varieties of TurboCBDTM as well as international expansion for the product line.

Intellectual Property Creation

It wasn't lost on us that our focus on building core value within Lexaria would be achieved with official recognition of Lexaria's IP. We witnessed this in late in 2016 with our first US patent award; then again in the first half of 2017 with our first patent award in Australia; and more dramatically in November 2017 with our second, most comprehensive patent issuance in the USA. I expect additional patent awards will be received by Lexaria in 2018, both in the USA and internationally. Our patent and IP portfolio continues to expand and evolve over time with alterations, modifications of existing patent applications and R&D into continued new patent applications on the drawing board for 2018.

At this moment in time Lexaria has 33 patent applications pending around the world, including 3 in each of Canada, Japan, Australia, China, India, and the European Union; 12 applications in the USA; and 3 applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. These numbers will continuously vary both up and down now that we have so many applications active in so many regions. Considering that the 2 patents granted in the USA and 1 granted in Australia have been as impactful to Lexaria's present standing as they have, it is easy to understand why we are so bullish on Lexaria's future with respect to additional international and national patent awards.

The patent award that we announced on November 1, 2017 for the application of our core technology to not just the cannabinoids we originally sought, but also to vitamins, NSAIDs, and nicotine is arguably the most important value-creation event - so far - in our company's history. Securing patent protection for this IP was a fundamental requirement for Lexaria's long term growth and we are of course expecting international recognition of this IP in 2018 and beyond.

Valuation Gains

To this day, current senior management of the Company has not sold a single share of stock: we continue to believe strongly in the future of Lexaria and that we have copious opportunity to continue to increase shareholder value and Lexaria's valuation going forward. Although Lexaria's valuation has increased by roughly 25x over the past two years - roughly from $0.08 to $0.40 in 2016 and then from $0.40 to $2.00 during 2017 - I remain personally dissatisfied and will not cease my goal of improving shareholder value until I believe Lexaria's potential is fully valued.

In recent days we've announced that we have graduated from the OTCQB market - where we've been traded for roughly twelve years - to the highest tier available on the OTC Markets, the OTCQX market. This market is reserved for those companies that can meet the highest financial and reporting standards imposed by OTC Markets and we are pleased to have reached this threshold. We also filed an S4 prospectus to redomicile our company from the USA to Canada, in order to take advantage of what we believe will be enhanced opportunities available to Canadian-domiciled companies where the regulatory and market framework for companies operating in the cannabinoid products sector as our lead commercial opportunity currently is amongst the most advanced and favorable in existence in the world today.

A Look Ahead

As noted above, our plans for 2018 are full of R&D, IP pursuits, and expansion of possibilities for hemp based consumer products. We also are investing more time and effort into potential commercial relationships to utilize our patented DehydraTECH(TM) technology and produce increased corporate revenues to Lexaria. Most of our small base of revenue in 2016 came from selling consumer products but we shifted that in 2017 to generate most of our revenue from technology out-licensing. We expect that trend of a majority of our revenue to come from IP out-licensing in 2018 to continue. And we hope to complete and announce a number of commercial licensing relationships we currently have in process to grow our corporate revenues as soon as possible.

As 2018 progresses we hope to both expand commercial adoption of our tech and also introduce our tech for the first time to new sectors such as nicotine and NSAID delivery. Stakeholders should keep in mind that these are long range plans that will take time, testing and money to complete. Lexaria is always active with a number of short term plans focused on short term results; and long term plans designed to build strong foundations for future growth.

It truly takes time and often herculean efforts to achieve long lasting value creation. Sometimes it may seem we are moving slowly but appearances might obscure otherwise rampant internal valuation driving activity. Sometimes there are dramatic value enhancements that are plainly obvious while at other times it may take several quarters for effects to make themselves visible. Lexaria remains thankful for our preponderance of thoughtful and patient stakeholders.

Lexaria has been on its current path for roughly four years and has experienced good times and bad. I've come to know many of you personally during that time and am humbled that you've stuck with us especially through those challenging times: I happen to believe the "Lexaria Community" is different - and frankly, better - than those of many other public companies. We're planning and preparing for a raucous 2018 and I hope most of you are still part of our community a year from now as we prepare to look back at what I hope and expect to be another record-setting year.

Best wishes and good luck throughout 2018!

here is a couple news release responses to US news yesterday

Canopy Growth does not and will not conduct business in any jurisdiction unless it is federally permissible. Conducting activities which are federally illegal, or investing in companies which do, exposes the Company to increased risk of prosecution. Such activities would compromise Canopy Growth's ability to operate freely, and could jeopardize the Company's listing eligibility on major securities exchanges now and in the future, and limit access to capital from reputable US-based funds and world-class partners.

"We want to make our position as clear as possible: While Canopy does not support continued cannabis prohibition, it is Management's view that confusion surrounding federal cannabis laws in the United States presents advantages for Canopy Growth, not risks. We are confident in our position because we have exclusively focused on ethical, responsible and legal cannabis opportunities across the globe and not in the United States," said Bruce Linton, Chairman & CEO, Canopy Growth. "We want to assure our shareholders that they are not being exposed to undue risk."

from CannaRoyalty

The Memorandum, as its predecessors, the so-called Cole Memorandums of 2011, 2013 and 2014, provides guidance to U.S. prosecutors regarding the enforcement of federal cannabis laws. The Memorandum is not law nor does it alter the U.S. Justice Department's ("DOJ") discretion or ability to enforce federal marijuana laws. U.S. prosecutors will continue to have discretion in how they enforce federal marijuana laws, as they had under the Cole Memorandums.

"No legal change has taken place here. We do not foresee the Memorandum meaningfully impacting the way that existing cannabis business is conducted within legal states," said Marc Lustig, CEO of CannaRoyalty. "The evidence from legal states demonstrates that legalizing and regulating cannabis consumption works. It is our belief that this Memorandum has more to do with the DOJ's desire to ensure its ability to continue to enforce federal law without specific enforcement priorities regarding cannabis, than it does to disrupting ongoing state-legal cannabis activity."

Marc Lustig added, "To enforce federal cannabis restrictions within legal states, the DOJ would be enforcing a historical federal policy that is contrary to the desire of roughly two-thirds of the U.S. population, including the majority of Republicans1. This would also be directly contrary to President Trump's campaign assertion that marijuana policy should be left in the hands of the states and contrary to the trend toward legalization within U.S. states; the Vermont House of Representatives voted earlier today to legalize possession and home cultivation of marijuana. Legal states have built significant infrastructure to prudently handle the legal cannabis industry, they are relying on tax revenues from the industry and their citizens are relying on the private sector jobs that legalization has created. CannaRoyalty operates exclusively within state-legal U.S. jurisdictions, Puerto Rico as well as in Canada, and adheres strictly to applicable laws. While the release of the Memorandum may mean some volatility for U.S. players over the short-term, we see significant opportunity for growth over the coming year and will continue to work to drive value for our shareholders."

Maybe Trump administration thought investors getting too high. Their news to rescind Obama's policy on Pot whacked the sector pretty good this morning.

www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/01/04/us...ana-to-flourish.html



WASHINGTON—U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in California.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement official announced the change Thursday. Instead of the previous lenient-federal-enforcement policy, Sessions’ new stance will instead let federal prosecutors where marijuana is legal decide how aggressively to enforce long-standing federal law prohibiting it.

Sessions’ plan drew immediate strong objection from Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, one of eight states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use.

Gardner said in a tweet that the Justice Department “has trampled on the will of the voters” in Colorado and other states. He said the action would contradict what Sessions had told him before the attorney general was confirmed and that he was prepared “to take all steps necessary” to fight the step including holding up the confirmation of Justice Department nominees.