Whisl is the newest CBD cartridge style vape pens to hit the market. Owned and produced by Canopy Growth, the company is stepping into the vape market with the launch of their newest CBD line. Within the next few months, customers will be able to purchase the pens and cartridges at Circle K convenience stores. […]
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of a three-part series on the future of CBD. Read the previous installment here. When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved CBD as an ingredient in Epidiolex, a prescription drug used to treat severe epilepsy, the molecule’s path for over-the-counter products was sealed. Hemp industry members say […]
Since Maine’s adult use cannabis market legalized in October of 2020, sales increased steadily each month. Last month, August of 2021, Maine surpassed its record of cannabis sales in the state. Last month the state sold over $10 million worth of legal marijuana, bringing in over $1 million in tax revenue. According to the Press […]
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series on the future of CBD. Read the first installment here. Coming Monday: How would federal cannabis legalization impact the FDA’s approach to CBD regulation? Hemp and CBD businesses have been awaiting guidance on over-the-counter sales of CBD from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since […]
According to the National Institute of Health, marijuana usage is at a record high amongst college-aged adults. In 2020, a Monitoring the Future panel study concluded that college students are using marijuana levels that are higher than any time in recent history. This usage was last seen at it’s highest in 1980. The report also […]
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on the future of CBD. Coming tomorrow: Does CBD need regulation? In the weeks following U.S. health regulators’ rejection of two applications to sell full-spectrum, hemp-derived CBD as a dietary supplement, the hemp industry has been left wondering what this development means for the future […]
Consumers are about to see more delta-8 THC products stocked on retail shelves across the country, following an agreement between the nation’s largest network of convenience stores and retailers and DD8, LLC, a New York City vaporizer company specializing in the lab-created products. The Asian American Trade Associations Council, a network of 80,000 independently owned […]
A coalition of hemp associations is working together to secure $1 billion in funding as part of the recent infrastructure legislation package introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The National Hemp Association and its Standing Committee of Hemp Organizations has submitted a $1 billion amendment to the pending House Budget Reconciliation measure in an […]
Senator Bernie Sanders is working overtime towards ending the infamous drug war and federally legalizing marijuana. Senator Sanders has stated multiple times in the past of his support on the pressing issue. At a town hall in the state of Iowa, Sanders issued multiple comments on federal legalization, “My own view is that the so-called […]
With the huge amount of money being made via state weed taxes, the question that will be persistently asked is where it’s all getting funneled. A couple news stories have just come out that helps answer this question. For starters, California has announced a $6 million grant that would help farmers with restoration and environmental-cleanup. […]
