As Congress prepares large-scale legislation to fund federal agencies for the next year, marijuana reform seems to be making progress. House versions of spending bills unveiled this week include provisions to protect medical legalization laws from federal interference, ease marijuana businesses’ access to basic banking services, expand cannabis research,... Read more
Nota por Hernán Panessi publicada originalmente en El Planteo. Más artículos por El Planteo en High Times en Español. Síguenos en Instagram: @El.Planteo A partir de una ley nacional, la localidad cordobesa Villa Ciudad Parque permitirá el cultivo de cannabis con fines medicinales y de investigación científica. Así, la... Read more
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is urging state lawmakers to legalize the adult use of cannabis as a way to reduce the impact of a looming budget deficit. The state faces a budget shortfall of $3.2 billion, largely as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact... Read more
In the Land of Lincoln, marijuana sales continue to impress, with June representing a record month for recreational pot in Illinois. According to figures released by the state’s Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and reported on by the Daily Herald, a suburban Chicago newspaper, dispensaries in Illinois sold... Read more
Coronavirus cases are surging and the president and his advisors are reframing their response to it by urging Americans to get back to work and just live with the virus. Thankfully scientists are still hard at work. Researchers from the University of Nebraska and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute... Read more
Republican Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland said this week that he will seek a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to block an initiative in Washington, D.C. that would decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms. On Monday, activists with Decriminalize Nature D.C. submitted petitions for the initiative which the group says... Read more
Testing of CBD-infused products conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that many are mislabeled, containing far less or more CBD than advertised and in some instances THC that wasn’t supposed to be there. Of the 102 products tested this year that were labeled as having CBD,... Read more
KushCo Holdings Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2020 Results Successful Execution of Cost-Cutting Initiatives Resulted in a 50%+ Sequential Reduction in Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) Expenses Improving Operating Leverage and Reduced Cash Burn Drive Substantial Improvement in Net Loss and Adjusted EBITDA, and Set Stage for Near-Term Positive Adjusted... Read more
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Derek Du Chesne is president of Exactus Hemp.) Let’s face it – the hemp industry is dealing with a huge problem, and it’s hurting everyone in the industry, especially growers... Read more
