Before Canopy Growth Corp. became the largest cannabis company in the world, it hired Ryan Douglas as its master grower in 2013. It was no small task at the time in Canada – where Ontario-based Canopy is based – because the country had just established regulations for its medical marijuana program, and licenses hadn’t even […]
Before he became a full-fledged advocate for full-spectrum cannabinoid products, Tim Gordon admits he was fascinated with the potential of CBD alone. “My passion was CBD and understanding this Swiss Army knife of molecules,” Gordon told Hemp Industry Daily editor Kristen Nichols during HID’s latest webinar. Gordon, the founder and chief science officer of full-spectrum […]
Nanaimo, British Columbia-based Tilray halved its net loss to $81.7 million for the second quarter ended June 30, a substantial improvement over the previous quarter’s $184.1 million deficit. However, the cannabis and hemp producer reported lower sequential revenue in most of its important categories. Tilray trades as TLRY on the Nasdaq and reports in U.S. […]
Hemp and CBD leaders told Hemp Industry Daily what they hope to see in the FDA’s Enforcement Policy draft guidance, when the industry will likely get to see that document and what will happen to the industry if FDA regulatory guidance on CBD doesn’t come soon. (Click on the orange arrows to advance the slideshow.) […]
(This is an abridged version of a feature that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) How did a dyslexic 13-year-old who learned how to program computers, manage a mainstream pop band and build and sell a national deodorant brand come to lead a cannabis business? Michael Cammarata, the CEO of Neptune Wellness […]
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Labor is one of the biggest expenses in any cannabis business. Hemp companies are hunting for ways to tighten their belts during the economic downturn, and executives are looking at personnel as one area where savings can […]
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Andrea Steel is co-chairwoman of the Cannabis Business Law Group at Coats Rose, a Houston law firm.) By deeming hemp an agricultural commodity and removing it from the definition of a controlled substance, the 2018 Farm […]
(A version of this story first appeared on Marijuana Business Daily.) Peru is giving hemp-derived medicines the green light, with commercialization imminent once the respective companies obtain the necessary import permits. Two hemp-derived products are registered as “cannabis-derived natural health products” in Peru. Toronto-headquartered Ramm Pharma, a company with medical cannabis manufacturing operations in Uruguay, […]
A CBD maker is among more than a dozen Canadian cannabis companies facing a labeling lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed in Alberta by consumer Lisa Marie Langevin, accuses the companies and their subsidiaries of selling products “with THC or CBD content levels that were drastically different” from what was advertised. Canada allows 15% variance for most […]
Colorado officials who have long since settled how to zone marijuana cultivation to address odor complaints are starting to turn their sights to the hemp industry. Local authorities in Boulder voted this week to limit hemp businesses to three within a 500-foot radius, an attempt to address smell complaints related to the college town’s five […]
