Member Blog: Four States Legalized Recreational Marijuana in November – Here’s What That Means for the Cannabis Industry
By Aaron Rosenbluth, Director of Content at Hybrid Marketing Co. Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota, and Montana legalized recreational cannabis during November’s election. So, what comes next? Last month, Americans in four states voted to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis.  If you live in Arizona, New Jersey, South... Read more
Market research firm: Lower CBD prices good for consumers, bad for brand loyalty
This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. Bethany Gomez Consumers are increasingly using hemp-CBD to help them through the coronavirus pandemic – and that could be in part due to heavy discounting from CBD brands. According to Bethany Gomez, managing director for Brightfield Group, a... Read more
USDA will move on hemp regulations in 2021 but FDA will not, MJBizDaily CEO predicts
This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. New leadership at the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Biden administration will result in the agency “taking another look at looming rules for a nationwide hemp regulatory network,” said Chris Walsh, CEO and president of Hemp Industry... Read more
Dutch furniture maker launches carbon-negative hemp chair
Europe’s largest independent grower and processor of industrial hemp has teamed up with a Dutch bioplastics developer and a Dutch furniture manufacturer to make a recyclable, carbon-negative chair with a hemp fiber seat shell. Netherlands-based HempFlax was chosen by furniture producer VepaDrentea to contribute the raw material to its... Read more
Video: NCIA Today – The MORE Act, 2020 Election, Board of Directors, and More!
Tune in to this month’s episode of NCIA Today with Deputy Director of Communications, Bethany Moore. This month, we’re sharing even more important news about The MORE Act, an analysis of the results of the 2020 election, plus our own Board of Directors election results, and a new... Read more
Hemp businesses cheer as US House votes to decriminalize cannabis
Read more about this bill and cannabis legalization at Marijuana Business Daily. If Congress decriminalizes cannabis regardless of THC levels as it’s considering, hemp businesses say they can look forward to easier access to banking services and advertising. The U.S. House on Friday gave initial approval to the much-vaunted... Read more
Lawmaker: Brazil’s lower house to debate cannabis cultivation bill in December
A bill that would legalize medical cannabis and industrial hemp cultivation in Brazil could come up for its first debate in the Lower House plenary and be approved in that chamber before the end of the year, Deputy Paulo Teixeira told Hemp Industry Daily. According to Teixeira, who leads... Read more
Charlotte’s Web CEO eyes consumer data: ‘Consumers want to know that you know them’
Charlotte’s Web CEO Deanie Elsner This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. This story first appeared at Marijuana Business Daily. Consider consumer-related data such as purchasing behavior your friend – a tool companies can use to personalize their pitch to attract and retain customers. That was the message... Read more
Whole Foods CEO: CBD product dosing needs improvement or consumers will walk
John Mackey’s keynote address and his fireside chat with Marijuana Business Daily CEO Chris Walsh as well as other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. For the CBD industry to have staying power, products need to be dosed effectively or consumers will become cynical about the much-hyped commodity,... Read more
EU officials resume review of CBD novel food applications after ditching narcotic stance
European regulators have resumed their review of novel food authorization applications for CBD products after the commission abandoned its preliminary stance that cannabidiol should be treated as a narcotic. The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, says the change comes after a landmark court decision that... Read more
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