U.S. Supreme Court Extends Constitutional Prohibition Against Excessive Fines to States

The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling on Wednesday in the case of Timbs v. Indiana, incorporating the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause against the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. As we have written about, the case involves the forfeiture of petitioner’s Land Rover as punishment for selling heroin. The…

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Idaho State Police Are Not Required to Return Seized Hemp (Yet)

Earlier this week, I wrote about how hemp businesses should not yet rely on the 2018 Farm Bill to protect them from their products being seized. This is because although Section 10114 of the 2018 Farm Bill prohibits states from interfering with the interstate transport of hemp and hemp products, that protection is limited to…

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The Green Organic Dutchman Provides Jamaican Operations Update
TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2019 /CNW/ – The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the “Company” or “TGOD”) (TSX:TGOD) (US:TGODF) is pleased to provide a detailed update on its Jamaican partner Epican Medicinals Ltd. (“Epican”). In June 2018, TGOD purchased 49.18% interest in Epican, a fully integrated Jamaican cannabis company with cultivation, extraction, manufacturing and... Read more
International Cannabis Reviews Asset Portfolio
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ICC International Cannabis Corp. (CSE: WRLD.U)(FWB: 8K51)(OTC: WLDCF) (“ICC” or “International Cannabis” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide the following updates pertaining to the Company’s medical cannabis (“THC”) and cannabidiol (“CBD”) asset portfolio. Over the past three quarters, International Cannabis has deployed an aggressive... Read more
NewBridge Global Ventures Acquires Licensing Rights to Hydro Dynamics Patented Cavitation Extraction Technology
Ryan Allway February 21st, 2019 Forms Joint Venture Partnership with EcoXtraction LLC  Alameda, CA, Feb. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — NewBridge Global Ventures, Inc. (“NewBridge” or the “Company”), (OTCQB: NBGV), a company focused on the emerging and dynamic legal and regulated cannabis industry, today announced a... Read more
NanoSphere Closes $2 Million Private Placement Offering
Ryan Allway February 21st, 2019 NanoSphere Health Sciences Inc. (CSE: NSHS) (OTC: NSHSF) (“Nanosphere” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed its second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement announced on Feb. 11, 2019. Pursuant to the first tranche, the company issued 6,666,394... Read more
HempOmega™ Beer Continued Growth in the USA
Ryan Allway February 21st, 2019 February 21, 2019 / TheNewswire / VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – NATURALLY SPLENDID ENTERPRISES LTD. (“Naturally Splendid” or “NSE”) (TSX-V:NSP)(OTCQB: NSPDF)(FRANKFURT:50N) is pleased to announce that Sipp Industries (“Sipp”) has completed the second run of Major Hemp H-IPA which will be available for immediate distribution... Read more
Delta 9 Announces Future Expansion Plans Including Increase of Production Capacity to 60,000 Kilograms by 2022
WINNIPEG, Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – DELTA 9 CANNABIS INC. (TSXV: NINE) (OTCQX: VRNDF) (“Delta 9” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its expansion plans. Highlights include that the Company intends to increase its annual cannabis production capacity to 60,000 kilograms per year by 2022 and the expansion of... Read more
James E. Wagner Cultivation Announces Additional $5 Million Loan Agreement and Proposed Loan Bonus to Fund Construction at Its Second Facility
KITCHENER, Ontario, Feb. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — James E. Wagner Cultivation Corporation (“JWC” or the “Corporation”) (TSXV: JWCA), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a loan agreement dated February 20, 2019 (the “Loan Agreement”), for an amount of CDN$5 million (the “Loan”) with Ball Construction... Read more
Osoyoos to Commence Trading on Canadian Securities Exchange on February 21, 2019
Ryan Allway February 21st, 2019 Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – February 20, 2019) – Osoyoos Cannabis Inc. (“the Company” or “Osoyoos Cannabis”) will commence trading on the Canadian Stock Exchange (“CSE”) on February 21, 2019, under the symbol “OSO”. There have been a number of significant developments within the Company... Read more
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