Photo By CannabisCamera.com NCIA leadership and its Board of Directors are thrilled to be celebrating the transition of one of our very own cannabis industry leaders into a prominent public policy role for the state of Colorado. Please join us in congratulating Ean Seeb for his new role as... Read more
Hemp and cannabidiol legalization could become a reality in Louisiana following the state Senate’s 34-2 vote on a bill to allow production and sales. Supporters of the bill say legalizing hemp production would allow farmers to diversify their crops and creating CBD regulations for businesses in Louisiana would end... Read more
Today, NCIA responded and submitted public comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) request for comments on Scientific Data and Information About Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-Derived Compounds. Given the substantial interest in this topic and the need for regulations and standardization throughout the industry, NCIA and... Read more
Nebraska is one of the last remaining Western states to approve hemp production after Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a bill that will recognize the plant as a viable agricultural crop. The Nebraska law cites a need to “open up new commercial markets for farmers and businesses” through the sale of... Read more
The cannabis industry wants a single set of rules, but entrepreneurs aren’t sure what those rules should be. At Friday’s landmark cannabis review by the U.S. Food and Administration (FDA), CBD manufacturers joined with academics, consumer packaged goods manufacturers and agriculture officials to ask a panel of regulators to... Read more
Farmers in Arizona will start planting legal hemp crops Friday, as the 2019 season officially gets underway under a set of rules established by the state’s agriculture department. The season is starting two months earlier than planned, thanks to legislation signed into law in February by Gov. Doug Ducey. But... Read more
ColorPoint’s greenhouse facilities will be home to hemp clones (pictured), unrooted cuttings and year-round indoor hemp crops. (Photo courtesy of ColorPoint) One of the largest greenhouse operations in the United States is leaving ornamental bedding plant production behind and instead placing its chips on the burgeoning Kentucky hemp industry.... Read more
A Colorado hemp company seeking the release of plants seized earlier this year in Idaho won a powerful ally this week when the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the hemp should not have been taken. The USDA said in a nonbinding legal opinion that hemp transportation was guaranteed last... Read more
The hemp and marijuana industries both have a lot riding on Friday’s launch of a safety review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The prospect of legal products infused with cannabis extracts is no longer out of bounds, now that Congress has removed low-THC hemp from the Controlled... Read more
Charlotte’s Web, a Boulder, Colorado-based CBD manufacturer, said Wednesday it received approval to uplist to the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). The company expects to start trading on the TSX on May 31 and will maintain its Canadian Securities Exchange ticker CWEB. The move to the TSX – the world’s ninth-largest... Read more
