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
Background from heat-insulating natural hemp material, construction, eco concept, top view, copy space (This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Attentive shoppers walking through a Macy’s department store last winter might have spotted a rarity in the bedding department: hemp... Read more
by Tyler Williams, founder and Chief Technical Officer of Cannabis Safety & Quality (CSQ) The disadvantages of receiving a third-party audit are apparent – it takes a lot of time to build a cannabis safety and quality program that meets audit requirements, and the costs of an audit can... Read more
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Filing for bankruptcy protection isn’t an ideal destination for any company. However, the stigma around it has been significantly lessened in recent years—especially in an industry as tumultuous as hemp, according... Read more
A drug delivery and development company in California with ambitions of entering the CBD consumer products market has made a $20 million offer to buy a CBD beauty and pet product company. Oxnard-based CURE Pharmaceutical said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Los Angeles-based Sera Labs to acquire... Read more
Officials in Texas have certified that the code banning the retail sale and distribution of smokable hemp products has been approved and becomes effective Aug. 2. The disputed measure, part of a larger hemp law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last summer, enforces a ban on the manufacture, processing,... Read more
Paraguay’s Ministry of Agriculture says marketing hemp products in the country could start as soon as December, with the help of a government program. The announcement came recently after Moises Bertoni Hicar, a deputy in the ministry, met with the Association of Roseño Producers, a group that represents 164... Read more
