(This story will be updated after Thursday’s hearing.) Hemp farmers and federal health regulators are headed to the U.S. Senate on Thursday to try to clear up confusion about the newly legal plant and its extracts. Senators have ordered Trump administration officials who regulate agriculture, public health and pesticides... Read more
(A version of this story appears at MJBizDaily.com.) A new hemp law in Washington state has marijuana growers concerned about the potential of cross-pollination from hemp fields, which could prove disastrous to their bottom line if it occurs. Legislation expanding hemp opportunities was recently signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee in... Read more
A California CBD company that makes infused olive oils has bought a smaller chocolate company with distribution in traditional grocers such as Whole Foods Market. Gabriella’s Kitchen bought Lulu’s Chocolates of Nevada City, California, for $1 million in stock. Margot Micallef, CEO of Gabriella’s Kitchen, told Hemp Industry Daily the... Read more
Federal drug authorities issued a warning Tuesday to one of the largest cannabis companies in the U.S. for how it is marketing and selling its CBD products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to Curaleaf Inc., a vertically integrated marijuana and hemp company based... Read more
A former U.S. surgeon general is joining the advisory board of a California CBD company. Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as surgeon general from 2002 to 2008, will advise Kadenwood, a privately held company that makes topical CBD products in Newport Beach, California. The appointment gives Kadenwood a government... Read more
A surge in academic research about hemp-derived cannabinoids is giving CBD companies new opportunities to find university partners to validate mountains of anecdotal evidence about CBD’s health benefits. The research boom is enabled by hemp’s new legal status and funded by cannabis entrepreneurs who see a chance to bring... Read more
In its open call for suggestions related to how cannabis extracts should be regulated, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received more than 4,000 responses. Respondents ranged from state and local health departments to CBD manufacturers to the American Medical Association. The agency is looking at cannabis extracts... Read more
A Canadian marijuana producer cited hemp and CBD’s potential in Europe as it announced plans to acquire a smaller Canadian company with a CBD subsidiary in the Netherlands. The announcement Wednesday that Toronto-based Supreme Cannabis plans to acquire Truverra underscores the interest in accessing European markets. Supreme valued the... Read more
Several Trump administration officials are headed to the U.S. Senate next week to answer questions about looming hemp and CBD rules. Senators have called for regulators who oversee agriculture, public health and pesticides to appear July 25 before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. The hearing, announced Wednesday,... Read more
Ohio legislators have agreed to allow hemp production and CBD products to be sold outside medical marijuana dispensaries. A bill awaiting the signature of Gov. Mike DeWine would allow CBD to be sold outside dispensaries. Right now, the product is legal in Ohio but only in regulated dispensaries, according... Read more
