Texas’ medical cannabis program could expand under bill preliminarily OK’d by House April 29, 2021 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments The Texas House gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill that would expand the state’s medical cannabis program to include those with chronic pain, all cancer patients and Texans suffering from PTSD. House Bill 1535, by Rep. Stephanie Klick,… Read More→
Colorado Loosens Hemp Testing Restrictions September 24, 2018 AggregatedNews Colorado, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments A trio of state health and regulatory agencies have come to an agreement on how to test industrial hemp products in Colorado. In a joint bulletin issued Friday, September 21, the Colorado departments of Public Health and Environment, Agriculture and Revenue announced looser restrictions for… Read More→
Edible hemp oil stores arrive in Minnesota, and are proving hugely popular September 11, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Industry News, On the Move 0 Comments The first retail store specializing in the sale of pain-relieving, edible hemp products in the Twin Cities is now open. CBD of Maplewood opened last month, and while other retail chains such as GNC now offer hemp oil products, this… Read More→
How to Market CBD Products in the Sea of Uncertainty August 27, 2018 Celeste Miranda Hemp Industry News, Marketing 0 Comments There is a lot going on with the CDPH, FDA and anyone else who can burst a bubble about CBD. These “regulations” (term used very lightly) must be necessarily met in order to function properly as well as legally. What… Read More→
How a Pair of Kentucky Pols Are About to Legalize Hemp August 6, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments On nights that Congress is in session, Rep. James Comer, a farmer from Kentucky, lays down on a fold-up mattress in his office on the fifth floor of the Longworth building and hits the lights by 10:30. Before he does,… 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→
California Bans Hemp-Derived CBD Oil July 18, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Despite the fact it has received little media attention, a recent decision from Sacramento bureaucrats has potentially far-reaching implications for the cannabis industry — and for patients who have come to rely on CBD to treat a wide range of… Read More→
Australian Brand Launches First Japanese Medicinal Cannabis Campaign May 31, 2018 AggregatedNews Asia, Australia 0 Comments Australian medicinal cannabis company Elixinol has launched Japan’s first campaign advertising their products following a long-fought battle with regulators. The ASX listed company has become the first to gain approval for a billboard advertising cannabidiol hemp oil – commonly known… Read More→
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Program Is Taking Applications May 29, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Colleges and universities can now apply to participate in a new industrial hemp program that will oversee the research of the crop as a possible addition to Oklahoma's agricultural landscape. Lawmakers this year approved the pilot program. Individuals cannot hold… Read More→
Texas Backs Off Changes That Could’ve Led to CBD Confiscation, for Now May 23, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Texas 0 Comments The Texas Department of State Health Services has tapped the brakes on a proposed protocol that could've seen all food and supplements containing cannabidiol oil removed from Texas store shelves, thanks to a deluge of comments sent to the agency… Read More→
Arizona Farmers Are On Their Way To Growing Hemp May 15, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Don’t be surprised if sometime next year you see acres and acres of what appears to be marijuana growing, unfenced, in the desert. But don’t bother stopping to pick some to smoke. Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday signed legislation that… Read More→
Wisconsin AG Schimel Gives Hemp Farmers OK To Produce CBD Oil May 12, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments MADISON - Attorney General Brad Schimel says Wisconsin farmers who grow industrial hemp can produce CBD oil from it. Schimel's statement on May 10 is a reversal from a Justice Department memo last month that said only doctors and pharmacies can… Read More→
Michigan To Regulate CBD Oil Same As Cannabis May 11, 2018 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan’s market for oil-based marijuana products will now be covered by medical marijuana laws, state regulators announced Thursday. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs issued its first clarification of CBD oil, declaring that state laws allow for its sale… 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→