Curious about the developing Latin America cannabis market? Then tune in to the Latin America Market Forum on Friday, Nov. 20, at MJBizCon’s Passholder Days. Topics include regional updates, the prospects for exporting from Latin America and revenue opportunities within Latin America. More information is available here. The Mexican Senate approved... Read more
Learn more about the latest cannabis market conditions in Europe at the European Market Passholder Day Forum at MJBizCon2020, coming up Nov. 23 or on demand anytime afterward. The European Union’s high court said Thursday that CBD derived from the entire hemp plant is not a narcotic under an... Read more
It’s your final day to save $50 to discuss the smokable hemp market Nov. 30 at the Hemp Industry Daily Passholder Day Forum at MJBizCon2020. Turning Point Brands, a Kentucky tobacco company making increasing moves in the cannabis space, has acquired a 20% stake in the Texas-based hemp cigarette... Read more
Dr. Amy Abernethy Learn more about the FDA’s approach to CBD regulation at the Hemp Industry Daily Forum, part of MJBizCon 2020. Available Nov. 30 and on-demand through the end of the year. High-ranking U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said Thursday that the science of CBD and other... Read more
Five judges on the European Union’s top court in Luxembourg are set to rule on the legality of France’s ban on hemp-derived CBD – and potentially upend the future of Europe’s hemp industry in the process. Thursday’s ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union on the... Read more
Learn more about the latest cannabis market conditions in Europe at the European Market Passholder Day Forum at MJBizCon2020, coming up Nov. 23 or on demand anytime afterward. Kombinat Konopny, a hemp grower in Poland, raised 4.2 million zloty ($1.1 million) in an online fundraising campaign this week, reportedly... Read more
Hemp products manufacturer Vertical Wellness Inc. has bought a candy-making company to expand its reach into the edibles market. Vertical Wellness CEO Smoke Wallin said purchasing The Organic Candy Factory, based in California, is a “perfect segue” to expand into selling gummy-bear infused CBD products, Reuters reported Wednesday. The... Read more
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is pushing back hard against a hemp association’s attempt to find out if the agency considers temporary byproducts of hemp production a Schedule 1 substance. The DEA told a federal judge this week that the agency “is not required to explain how the (rule)... Read more
A three-day FBI raid of 21 farms in the Shiprock area of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico destroyed more than a quarter-million marijuana plants that were allegedly grown illegally as unlicensed hemp. The raids by U.S., state and tribal law enforcement authorities started on Nov. 9 and involved... Read more
A New York CBD maker wants $1.7 million from a North Carolina builder it hired to deliver prefabricated buildings for hemp extraction and processing. Hemp Productions Inc. of Poughkeepsie filed suit for damaged buildings it says it got from MCC Development Inc. of Asheville, North Carolina, and a fabricator,... Read more
