Happy 4/20!! In honor of today’s highness, here are a few videos to watch, all of them catered for joy to be maximized while high.
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The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) recognizes the importance of complying with state and federal guidelines regarding social and physical distancing during the pandemic. In the best interest of public health and safety, NORML continues to encourage our supporters not to congregate in large groups this 4/20. But, that doesn’t mean […]
(Photo courtesy of Moka Hemp) Hemp farmers are positioned to be big winners if the United States begins paying farmers to sequester carbon as a method to battle climate change. But there are a lot more questions than answers right now about how so-called carbon farming would work, or how hemp operators specifically could benefit. […]
A Washington hemp equipment manufacturer that sued the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for blocking its shipments saw its case dropped from the U.S. district court docket on Friday. A federal judge denied Keirton USA’s request for an injunction to prevent the CBP from blocking its imports and backed the CBP’s argument that the U.S. […]
Canada has had legal marijuana since 2018 nationally. And at first glance that looks like a much more progressive nation taking a stance well before the United States grew the courage. But at closer inspection, business isn’t quite booming like expected in the country. This seems to be due to a few reasons, and they’re […]
Hemp industry members are cheering Idaho for becoming the last state in the U.S. to legalize industrial hemp, making the crop now legal to produce in every state in the union, more than two years after the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp as a commodity crop. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed legislation Friday to legalize […]
Hemp sequesters carbon, presents low water and nutrient needs and is so versatile that many in the business have stopped counting the number of uses for the plant’s components. This is all great news, right? So imagine my surprise when a prominent figure in the sustainability space gave a lackluster assessment of hemp as a […]
Washington state is licensing hemp manufacturers for the first time, boosting opportunities for processors and extractors who want to sell out of state. A law signed Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee establishes a new hemp processor registration and hemp extract certification under the state Department of Agriculture. Washington will continue to ban hemp extracts in […]
Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! Governor Lujan Grisham of New Mexico signed legislation into law on Monday to legalize marijuana for all adults in the state, as well as separate legislation to automatically expunge records for offenses made legal under the new law. New Mexico is the fourth state to […]
“His policy position on marijuana—he may say, ‘I’m not for legalization, I’m for decriminalization’—as a federal official, that’s where I’m trying to get,” says Senator Cory Booker in this video podcast from The Recount.
