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Reading the Tea Leaves: Looking at the History of Hemp and CBD to Predict the Future

March 10, 2020 by Justin Walsh Leave a Comment

By Justin Walsh[1] It’s an exciting time to be in hemp and CBD! I have attended and spoken at several conferences over the last year. I have been in places as diverse as Seattle, Denver, Dallas, and Orlando. The products I have seen have made me excited for the future of the industry. I have […]

Filed Under: Hemp Policy & Legal Tagged With: Agricultural Act of 2014, CBD, Controlled Substance Act (CSA), Drug & Cosmetics Act, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), GW Pharmaceuticals, Hemp, Marihuana Tax Act, Orphan Drug status, The 2018 Farm Bill, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Capitalizing on Legal Hemp!

April 1, 2019 by Mark Goldfogel Leave a Comment

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An Entrepreneur’s Guide By Mark Goldfogel In December of 2018, the U.S. Government legalized hemp; joining China, France, Great Britain and most of the developed world in recognizing that rope is not dope. This ended a prohibition on hemp dating back to 1937 and foretells the end of marijuana prohibition. To date, the dope or […]

Filed Under: Hemp Industry News Tagged With: 2018 Farm Bill, Bija Hemp LLC, Carla Boyd, CBD, Christie Lunsford, GW Pharmaceuticals, Hemp Way Foods, THC, The Hemp Biz Conference, Tom Dermody, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

First FDA approved cannabis-based drug now available by prescription

November 2, 2018 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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The first cannabis-derived medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration is now available by prescription in every state, according to its manufacturer. Epidiolex, manufactured by GW Pharmaceuticals, is intended to treat seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy that begin in childhood. The drug is made of cannabidiol (CBD), a component of […]

Filed Under: Policy & Legal Tagged With: Cannabidiol, cdb, Epidiolex, fda cannabis, Food and Drug Administration, GW Pharmaceuticals

The drug maker behind the first FDA-approved medication derived from marijuana has revealed how much it’ll cost

August 9, 2018 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

A marijuana-derived drug that recently became the first of its kind to win federal approval is not going to be cheap. Called Epidiolex, the drug is designed to treat two rare forms of childhood epilepsy using a cannabis compound called cannabidiol (or CBD) . On a call with investors this week, British-based GW Pharmaceuticals, who […]

Filed Under: Policy & Legal Tagged With: Barbara Carreno, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Epidiolex, GW Pharmaceuticals, Julian Gangolli

The FDA Just Approved the First-Ever Cannabis Based Drug in the U.S.

June 26, 2018 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time approved a drug directly derived from cannabis on Monday, Epidiolex, developed by the British GW Pharmaceuticals. Although several states have legalized the medical and recreational use of marijuana, the federal agency had yet to do so until today. Under the Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is […]

Filed Under: Policy & Legal, Science and Technology Tagged With: Epidiolex, GW Pharmaceuticals, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Don’t Expect Joints If the FDA Ever Approves Medical Marijuana

May 8, 2018 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

While past marijuana opponents like John Boehner are coming around to legal weed, the Food and Drug Administration isn’t likely to recommend that Americans light up a joint anytime soon. That doesn’t mean that cannabis will never be sanctioned by the FDA in some form, said Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. It’s just highly doubtful that the […]

Filed Under: Policy & Legal Tagged With: Epidiolex, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), GW Pharmaceuticals, Scott Gottlieb

Marijuana-Based Epilepsy Drug Could Hit The U.S. Market By Mid-2018

January 25, 2018 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

A new class of epilepsy medications based on an ingredient derived from marijuana could be available as soon as the second half of 2018 in the United States, pending Food and Drug Administration approval. Officials from GW Pharmaceuticals, the company that developed the drug, on Wednesday announced promising results from a study on 171 patients randomized into treatment and placebo groups. […]

Filed Under: Policy & Legal Tagged With: anti-seizure, Epilepsy, GW Pharmaceuticals, medical marijuana

The 7 Largest Marijuana Stocks All Have This Dubious Statistic in Common: These are some lofty valuations with little to show for it.

March 28, 2017 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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Seemingly nothing can stop the marijuana industry, or marijuana stocks, at the moment. Over the past couple of years, we’ve witnessed a number of major milestones for the cannabis industry. For example, in 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states where a majority of voters legalized the sale of recreational marijuana to adults ages […]

Filed Under: Cannabis Investments, Industry News Tagged With: Aphria, Aurora Cannabis, AXIM Biotechnologies, Cannabis investments, Canopy Growth Corp., Corbus Pharmaceuticals, GW Pharmaceuticals, medical marijuana, motley fool

DEA and Big Pharma: The Tangled Web of the Opioid Crisis

October 10, 2016 by Ralph Morgan 1 Comment

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By Ralph Morgan Cannabis Industry leaders and activists are seemingly the only two groups with a sense of urgency to find a reasonable alternative pain remedy to replace synthetic opioids. Pharmaceuticals are responsible for a death every 19 minutes. Big Pharma, in order to preserve pride and profit, is funding opposition to deter cannabis legalization […]

Filed Under: Opinions, The Buck Stops Here Tagged With: Big Pharma, Drug Enforcement Administration, GW Pharmaceuticals, Insys, Melvin Patterson, O.penVAPE, Ralph Morgan

Big Pharma Seeks to Capitalize on Pain-Reducing Compound Derived From Cannabis

August 24, 2016 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

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The medicinal properties of cannabidiol (better known as CBD), a compound found in the Cannabis sativa L. plant species, are quickly drawing the attention of scientists, plant-medicine lovers, dietary-supplement companies, venture capitalists, professional athletes and Big Pharma — not to mention people living with serious, chronic medical conditions. Insiders predict the burgeoning market will be […]

Filed Under: Science and Technology Tagged With: Big Pharma, CBD, DEA, FDA, GW Pharmaceuticals, THC

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