As Texas Hemp Farmers Prepare For Their First-Ever Harvest, Cannabis Regulation Remains Complicated
Texas is preparing for the first-ever legal cannabis harvests since the plant was banned statewide in 1931. In Bergheim, Texas, just north of San Antonio, there’s a skunky smell in the air. “You know, that’s a really good description. Skunky is a very typical terpene that is in most... Read more
Texas to end retail outlet sales of legal smokable cannabis
July 30, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment The smoking of legal cannabis in Texas may go on. But as of this Sunday, stores that sell hemp flowers can only sell consumable versions of the plant. By state regulations, consuming does not include smoking. “I think we’re going to... Read more
Pioneering CBD products manufacturer Charlotte’s Web revealed the latest installment of its Trust the Earth campaign on Tuesday with the unveiling of a massive art installation by acclaimed street artist Shepard Fairey mown into a Kansas wheat field. The work, which covers more than 76 acres of farmland in... Read more
This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally released information and guidance on developing cannabis-based CBD drugs with low levels of THC for the American medical market.   This decision was officially cleared a few weeks ago by the White House, and it means that those wishing to start... Read more
Hemp bill leaves some cops unable to enforce marijuana laws in Georgia
The General Assembly recently passed a bill to help police enforce marijuana laws without hindering the state’s young hemp farming industry. But prosecutors and police say it won’t change how they handle suspected marijuana cases. Possession of small amounts of marijuana will remain decriminalized in several jurisdictions, and a low priority in... Read more
Thai law: FDA to allow private medical cannabis production
Reopening its cannabis regulatory platform after months of disruption caused by the coronavirus, the Food and Drug Administration has prepared a draft bill to abolish a 5-year ban on the private sector making cannabis medicine. Two draft ministerial regulations, one on marijuana and the other on hemp, under scrutiny... Read more
Authorities Grapple With New Hemp Law Enforcement
Last September, I spoke on the importance of a whole-plant approach at the 2nd annual Southern Hemp Expo in Nashville, TN. But it’s not the whole-plant message I recall, rather it was the smokable hemp pre-rolls being handed out to attendees. This was the same in Las Vegas in December, and... Read more
Member Blog: Cannabis Technology – Six Predictions for the Future of Cannabis Tech
by Barry Saik, Chief Executive Officer of Greenbits  Big changes are coming to the cannabis industry. At least, that is the outlook shared by cannabis experts and lawmakers across the political spectrum. Even people who oppose federal-level legalization have to admit that the current status quo is unlikely to... Read more
Fresh research is out that suggests oil extract derived from hemp may bolster your levels of the so-called “good cholesterol.”  The study comes courtesy from researchers at The Center for Applied Health Sciences in Ohio and Lindenwood University in Missouri who sought to determine “the effects of a commercially... Read more
Kentucky Hemp Industry In “Holding Pattern” After Recent Turbulence
Kentucky agriculture leaders and economists say the state’s turbulent hemp industry is still trying to find stability this year after uncertain federal regulation and overproduction led to a tanked market for the crop and subsequent bankruptcies. Kentucky Department of Agriculture data released in late May shows there are 960... Read more
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