Dozens of companies compete for a piece of Va.’s limited medical marijuana market August 21, 2018 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Four decades after Virginia legalized medical marijuana in a pioneering but ultimately unworkable way, dozens of companies are vying for the state’s permission to grow cannabis and make a medicinal oil out of the otherwise outlawed weed. Under emergency legislation… Read More→
Northern Wisconsin Tribe Reaches Settlement Over Plans To Grow Hemp For CBD Oil August 1, 2018 AggregatedNews Wisconsin 0 Comments A northern Wisconsin tribe has reached a settlement with Wisconsin’s attorney general over its plans to grow hemp to produce cannabidiol, or CBD oil. The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit in February against state Attorney General Brad Schimel,… Read More→
California’s exploding market for hemp CBD products rocked by sporadic crackdowns July 30, 2018 AggregatedNews California, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments The pink menus at Coffee Dose, a Costa Mesa coffee shop, list lattes infused with trendy ingredients such as tumeric powder and grass-fed butter. The menus also have several ingredients carefully hidden by lines of Wite-Out. But look closely enough… Read More→
Parents Worry Feds’ Potential OK Of Medical Marijuana Could Roll Back State Programs June 19, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments A British pharmaceutical company is getting closer to a decision on whether the U.S government will approve the first prescription drug derived from the marijuana plant, but parents who for years have used cannabis to treat severe forms of epilepsy… Read More→
Wisconsin DOJ Warns Hemp Farmers Not To Sell Or Possess CBD Oil May 4, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Wisconsin Department of Justice is advising law enforcement agencies and the public that a medicinal oil derived from marijuana and hemp is still illegal, despite laws passed in recent years legalizing its use in limited circumstances. The announcement caught… Read More→
World Health Organization Gives Approval To Marijuana’s CBD Compound December 16, 2017 AggregatedNews On the Move 0 Comments A compound derived from marijuana has health benefits and should not be subject to government restrictions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. “Recent evidence from animal and human studies shows that its use could have some therapeutic value for seizures due to epilepsy and related conditions… Read More→
Non-psychoactive CBD converts into psychoactive THC during the digestive process December 20, 2016 Stephen Goldner Science and Technology 4 Comments By Stephen Goldner A very significant laboratory finding[*1] in-vitro shows how CBD dosed orally can convert to delta-9-THC in the human gut. If confirmed in-vivo, this finding may place CBD products, previously considered non-psychoactive, in the same category as psychoactive… Read More→
Mexican Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill December 14, 2016 AggregatedNews Mexico, South Of The Border 0 Comments Mexico's Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow for the use of medical marijuana, in a further step toward outright legalization in a country long wracked by warring drug cartels. The bill, part of a proposal that… Read More→
UK Government Says Marijuana Does Have Medicinal Value October 24, 2016 AggregatedNews Organizations & Associations, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The government’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has found that Cannabidiol (CBD) has a “restoring, correcting or modifying” effect on “physiological functions” when administered to humans, in a potential milestone in the campaign to legalise cannabis and bring… Read More→