Swiss customs officials have returned approximately CHF 33 million ($36 million) to low-THC cannabis flower producers and sellers after a court said their products were unconstitutionally taxed as a tobacco substitute. CBD sellers in Switzerland had taken legal action to protest the 25% sales tax imposed on their goods... Read more
In the coming days, the House of Representatives will vote on protecting adult-use cannabis businesses, consumers, and state programs from the federal government and we need your help now. The Blumenauer-Norton-Lee-McClintock amendment states that no funds from the Department of Justice may be used to prevent any adult-use cannabis states... Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing six individuals of fraudulently raising $25 million from 400 investors for a part in a supposed marijuana farm and CBD extraction facility. The money was raised from people across the country between September 2017 and February 2019, according to the complaint... Read more
The executive branch of the European Union is changing its stance on how EU countries should vote on the World Health Organization’s cannabis scheduling changes in December, Hemp Industry Daily has learned. The development comes on the heels of the European Commission announcing its preliminary view that CBD extracted... Read more
Two Oregon U.S. senators want federal officials to delay implementation of the final rules for hemp growers “until regulatory obstacles are fully addressed,” they said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. The letter from Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley dated Thursday outlines several concerns with the... Read more
California CBD manufacturer CV Sciences is starting a line of non-CBD products in an attempt to expand to more stores. The San Diego-based company announced Wednesday it was launching “CV Acute,” a line of dietary supplements than don’t contain any cannabis-derived ingredients. It’s the first of several products expected... Read more
A project to make the process of extracting cellulose fibers from hemp more sustainable is getting a fresh round of funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, are working on new methods of pulping hemp plants to delignify hemp stalks without leaving... Read more
by David Vaillencourt, The GMP Collective, NCIA Facility Design Committeeand Alena Rodriguez, Rm3 Labs, NCIA Scientific Advisory Committee The cat is out of the bag despite the continued federal illegality of cannabis in the United States. A few years ago, the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) recognized the need... Read more
by Michelle Rutter Friberg, NCIA’s Deputy Director of Government Relations Earlier this month, I took a retrospective look at the progress NCIA made in its early years (2010-2013). I started with the organization in 2014, so I’m excited today to take a walk down memory lane and look back... Read more
by Michelle Rutter Friberg, NCIA’s Deputy Director of Government Relations Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the GOP caucus unveiled the text of their long-awaited coronavirus relief package. The initial draft text of the bill did not include any cannabis provisions, namely, the SAFE Banking Act. If... Read more
