Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state’s agriculture department launched hemp licensing for the 2019 planting season Thursday, ensuring that Michigan’s agriculture industry won’t miss out this year. “Michigan is uniquely positioned to grow, process and manufacture industrial hemp (as) one of the nation’s most agriculturally diverse states,” Whitmer said... Read more
The Vitamin Shoppe is the latest large retailer to announce it now carries CBD, but unlike other drugstore chains, the New Jersey-based chain is selling edible CBD supplements and drops. The move goes against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) repeated warnings that CBD in food, cosmetics and dietary... Read more
Upheaval is ahead for North America’s CBD market, and those companies that focus on data, research and branding are the ones that will likely survive, according to Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton. “Water’s free, and you can make a lot of money packaging and branding it,” he said at the... Read more
by NCIA’s Infused Products Committee;contributors Ashley Hansen, Danielle Maybach, Lee Hilbert, Trevor Morones, and Greg Scher Where is cannabis in the journey of dosing edibles? Edibles are growing as a market share only behind concentrates. It is essential to have accuracy across the industry to protect human health and... Read more
While other banks and payment processors are stepping back, Hypur, an Arizona-based payments processor, has launched services to serve hemp and CBD merchants throughout the United States. Elavon, a U.S. Bank payments solution subsidiary, recently announced it would withdraw its services to the sector because of concerns over federal regulations.... Read more
Urban Outfitters entered into an agreement with New York-based cannabis company iAnthus Holdings to begin selling CBD products in six stores and online. The New York-based clothing and home decor retailer plans to begin selling CBD For Life – a line that includes topicals, cosmetics and tinctures – later... Read more
An Oklahoma hemp company is suing a federal agricultural official for allegedly trying to coerce farmers away from participating in the state’s industrial hemp pilot program through false and unlawful statements. The lawsuit by Equitable Organic Ventures (EOV) claims that Scott Biggs, executive director of the Oklahoma division of... Read more
Several new bills that support cannabis policy reform have been introduced in recent weeks. Last month, NCIA saw two bills reintroduced from last year, The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act and the Marijuana Data Collection Act, both of which received bipartisan support in the House of Representatives. In last... Read more
NCIA is pleased to announce that Andrew Kline has joined NCIA as Director of Public Policy. In this new role for NCIA, Andrew will lead our substantive public policy efforts, striving to prepare and protect the state-legal cannabis industry. He will also lead NCIA’s Policy Council, a group of... Read more
Canadian marijuana giant Aurora Cannabis is getting deeper into the hemp space, announcing Tuesday that it plans to acquire the rest of a hemp company it partially purchased last year. Aurora said it will buy the remaining outstanding shares of Hempco Food and Fiber, which makes hemp foods and nutritional... Read more
