CBD-Based Products: What Marketers Should Know in Today’s Uncertain Regulatory Landscape
Marijuana Industry News July 16, 2019 0
By Richard Fama and Kristin Keehan The passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, commonly known as the “Farm Bill”, removed hemp and all of its cannabinoids, including CBD, from the Controlled Substances Act.However, excitement over the passage of this legislation was quickly tempered by the Food and... Read more
Cannabis Law and Business: Extracting Cash From Cannabis Trash
Marijuana Industry News July 16, 2019 0
Yet, despite irrationally exuberant investment in cannabis and industrial hemp growing, processing and sale, massive unrealized early stage funding opportunity exists for tackling environmental issues including organic and hazardous waste collection, processing and disposal. Other than death and taxes, life’s only certainty is waste. Yet, despite irrationally exuberant investment... Read more
One of these unseen yet paramount dangers for a cannabis brand is ineffective online youth safety efforts. In this era of social media and messaging apps, do you know that in California, companies cannot communicate with people under 21 in any way? Similarly, most U.S. states and Canada implemented... Read more
West Virginia Officials Say It Will Take Years for Medical Cannabis Sales
Marijuana Industry News July 16, 2019
An appellate court has sided with a Florida medical cannabis business, once again delivering a blow to the law directing the state’s medical cannabis market. Tampa-based Florigrown sued the state after it was denied a medical cannabis business license. In 2016, Florida voters approved medical cannabis legalization; state legislators... Read more
Aleafia Health Secures Health Canada License Amendment for Entire 1.1-Million-Square-Foot Port Perry Outdoor Cultivation Facility
Marijuana Industry News July 16, 2019
TORONTO, July 15, 2019 /CNW/ – PRESS RELEASE – Flower One Holdings Inc. officially welcomes Kellen O’Keefe to the team as chief strategy officer. O’Keefe hails most recently from MedMen Enterprises, a cannabis retailer and brand. As the senior vice president of business development of MedMen, he was instrumental... Read more
TORONTO, July 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –PRESS RELEASE — Aleafia Health Inc. has announced that on July 12, 2019, Aleafia Health’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aleafia Farms Inc., secured a License Amendment under Health Canada’s Cannabis Regulations authorizing cannabis cultivation for the entirety of the company’s Port Perry Outdoor Grow facility. The... Read more
Segra Receives License for Portland Hemp Tissue Culture Facility
Marijuana Industry News July 16, 2019
TORONTO, July 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) –PRESS RELEASE — Aleafia Health Inc. has announced that on July 12, 2019, Aleafia Health’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aleafia Farms Inc., secured a License Amendment under Health Canada’s Cannabis Regulations authorizing cannabis cultivation for the entirety of the company’s Port Perry Outdoor Grow facility. The... Read more
FDA is expediting CBD regulation process (Newsletter: July 15, 2019)
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News July 15, 2019 0
Gabbard bill would study hemp uses for almost everything; Most substance abuse pros back medical marijuana; NM gov’s legalization group meets Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your... Read more
Medical Marijuana Takes Over Asia Despite Duterte’s Drug War
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana July 15, 2019 0
Expectations are soaring that a booming market for medical marijuana is emerging in many Asian countries. This growth comes despite the stigma around the cannabis plant and the harsh punishment for drug peddlers in many countries as in the Philippines’ war on drugs sustained by President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against narcotics. ... Read more
Competition to grow medical marijuana in Utah heats up
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaUtah July 15, 2019 0
The wide metal barn on the Utah alfalfa farm owned by Russell and Diane Jones will host their youngest son’s wedding next month. By September, they hope the structure will be full of marijuana plants. The Joneses are fourth-generation farmers, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day... Read more
