A Texas judge has temporarily blocked state health officials from enforcing a ban on smokable hemp. Travis County Judge Lora Livingston granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday to a group of hemp producers challenging a rule enacted by state health authorities earlier this month that blocks the manufacture and... Read more
A California CBD company specializing in the smokeless dip market appointed a former Altria executive as its new CEO. Boldt Runners Corp., the exclusive licensee of Cannadips CBD, has appointed Peter Diatelevi to lead the Humboldt, California-based company and join its board of directors. Diatelevi has more than 20... Read more
Smokers Choice, a 64-store chain of tobacco retailers in Pennsylvania and New York, is adding a North Carolina hemp brand to its assortment of offerings. Two lines of hemp cigarettes from Wolf Budd Hemp Co. of Mars Hill, North Carolina, will join about six total brands of smokable hemp... Read more
A major convenience store broker has reached an agreement with a Canadian company to distribute its CBD drinks across the U.S. at gas stations including Circle K and Speedway. Kentwood, Michigan-based Shankman & Associates announced this week it had a deal with Centr Brands Corp., which recently launched its... Read more
Before Canopy Growth Corp. became the largest cannabis company in the world, it hired Ryan Douglas as its master grower in 2013. It was no small task at the time in Canada – where Ontario-based Canopy is based – because the country had just established regulations for its medical... Read more
London-based cannabis investment company World High Life says its CBD subsidiary Love Hemp has started construction on a bigger production facility. The company said the 3,500-square-foot facility will enable Love Hemp to increase production of its products including oils, cosmetics and capsules from the current 8,000 units per day... Read more
Diane Mulligan (Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Diane Mulligan is president and CEO of M&C Communications.) I came face-to-face with a bear. I was completely caught off guard, never having thought about that scenario. Obviously,... Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is hiring a contractor to help gather and study samples of CBD food and cosmetic products on the U.S. market as the agency inches forward in developing a comprehensive regulatory policy toward the hemp extract. The contract notice, published Thursday, is meant to... Read more
For the fifth year running, Marijuana Business Daily has earned a spot on Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 “Fastest-Growing Private Companies” list. MJBizDaily, parent publication of Hemp Industry Daily, ranked 1,749 on the prestigious list of 5,000 private American firms, with revenue growth of 244% over the past three years. Because... Read more
CBD maker and retailer American Shaman has opened a retail store inside a grocery store in Missouri, where the company is based. The company said the 550-square-foot store opened at the start of August inside a Kansas City’s Ball’s Price Chopper and will be staffed by Shaman employees. American... Read more
