London-based GW Pharmaceuticals announced it will charge $32,500 a year for its new epilepsy drug, Epidiolex. While that price tag seems high, CEO Justin Gover told The Wall Street Journal that the price is in line with other brand-name epilepsy medications. Epidiolex, the first cannabis medicine to win approval from... Read more
A North Carolina hemp producer’s renovation of a former factory for CBD extraction sets it up for roughly $238,500 in tax incentives over the next four years. City of Wilson officials are lauding Criticality’s retrofitting for CBD production as an innovative new use for the building, The Wilson Times reported.... Read more
Canadian hemp farmers will be allowed to harvest the entire plant – including flower – before the Cannabis Act takes effect in October. A new exemption issued by Health Canada last week allows farmers to harvest and store previously disallowed parts of the plant, but they won’t be able... Read more
Canadian cannabis grower The Green Organic Dutchman has agreed to buy a Polish hemp company for $15.5 million. Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD) will pay $7.75 million in cash and the rest in stocks for 100% of HemPoland, a privately held company based in Elblag, Poland. The deal brings TGOD the... Read more
CBD processing and sales are still legal in Michigan, but now they must be conducted within the revised, regulated medical marijuana market – at a cost many producers see as too high. Rick Thompson, a board member at the Michigan affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of... Read more
(This story has been updated from an earlier version.) A tantalizing innovation in the CBD market has turned into a nasty contract dispute that spans the globe. Bomi Joseph, a California plant breeder, is suing CBD Naturals, a company that has been associated with Canadian CBD manufacturer Isodi. Isodiol... Read more
Florida agriculture officials have completed preparations to grow hemp in the Sunshine State and say they’re ready to plant seeds in 2019. According to Growing Produce, a trade publication for specialty-crop growers, that’s far sooner than originally expected. Florida legalized hemp production in 2017, but officials warned it could... Read more
Illinois is no longer one of the nation’s largest hemp holdouts after Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a law to allow immediate commercial production, citing activity in nearby states. The new law contains some of the nation’s strongest language protecting farmers’ ability to make money growing hemp. Farmers can submit a... Read more
by Michelle Rutter, Government Relations Manager Congress doesn’t spend much of their time on passing legislation, but one exception is how much time they spend on the nation’s annual spending bills. These bills, also commonly known as appropriations bills, are legislation in Congress that “appropriates,” or sets aside, federal... Read more
In the 115th Congress, there are more cannabis reform bills than ever before — dozens, as a matter of fact! Let’s take a closer look at one of the newest reform bills that was just introduced today! Bill: The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act Introduced by: Senator Brian... Read more
