Bruce Linton, formerly co-founder and CEO of Canopy Growth, delivered a keynote speech at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Miami on February 27th, sharing his enthusiasm for the American hemp industry. He revealed that he would soon announce his involvement with a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) in... Read more
Village Farms International and Emerald Health Therapeutics Announce Settlement Agreement – Village Farms To Own 57.4% of Pure Sunfarms VANCOUVER, March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Village Farms International, Inc. (“Village Farms” or the “Company”) (TSX: VFF;NASDAQ: VFF) and Emerald Health Therapeutics (TSXV: EMH;OTCQX: EMHTF) (“Emerald”) today announced that they have entered into a settlement... Read more
The owner of a major licensed marijuana cultivation company in Arkansas is lobbying against a ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis in neighboring Mississippi. Advocates suspect foul play, alleging that the individual is seeking to kill the initiative to secure better footing in the market with separate legislation that... Read more
The owner of a major licensed marijuana cultivation company in Arkansas is lobbying against a ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis in neighboring Mississippi. Advocates suspect foul play, alleging that the individual is seeking to kill the initiative to secure better footing in the market with separate legislation that... Read more
The owner of a major licensed marijuana cultivation company in Arkansas is lobbying against a ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis in neighboring Mississippi. Advocates suspect foul play, alleging that the individual is seeking to kill the initiative to secure better footing in the market with separate legislation that... Read more
The cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial uses was legalized on Thursday with the passage of a bill by the country’s Parliament. The move comes as the southern African nation seeks to find alternatives to the country’s top export tobacco, which is waning in popularity globally with the... Read more
Utah’s new medical marijuana program kicked off this weekend, but would-be patients encountered some slight technical difficulties. The state’s department of health told local news outlets that some individuals had trouble registering on the state-run website on Sunday. Advertisement “There was a small glitch earlier, but it’s working now,”... Read more
In Florida, qualifying patients can obtain a medical marijuana prescription—but some state lawmakers don’t want them getting too high. On Friday, Republican state Sen. Gayle Harrell filed an amendment banning medical marijuana with THC levels exceeding 10 percent potency for patients under the age of 21. According to the... Read more
The United Kingdom became a trailblazer in national CBD regulation earlier this month when its Food Standards Agency set a deadline for the industry to apply for EU safety evaluations as a “novel food,” and also provided consumption guidelines to consumers. The UK guidelines, which do not apply to... Read more
