Massachusetts clears path for hemp-derived CBD ingestibles in MJ retail

Massachusetts’ governor has agreed to allow marijuana dispensaries to sell hemp and hemp-derived products grown and manufactured in the state. The change makes Massachusetts the latest to open up marijuana dispensaries to hemp operators and gives Massachusetts’ 79 farmers and 19 hemp processors their first route to selling CBD in foods, drinks and dietary supplements. […]

Mexico hits snooze on hemp legalization until next spring

The Supreme Court of Mexico has again extended the deadline for legislators to comply with a mandate to legalize industrial hemp and adult-use marijuana. Congress can now legislate on this matter until the end of the next ordinary session period, which starts in February 2021 and ends in April. The Mexican Chamber of Deputies – […]

Canada’s Canopy Growth loans $20 million to hemp-CBD subsidiary of TerrAscend

Arise Bioscience, a Florida-based hemp-derived CBD subsidiary of TerrAscend Corp., has received a $20 million loan from Canada’s Canopy Growth. In exchange for the loan, TerrAscend, which makes prescription cannabinoids and is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, has issued 2,105,718 common share purchase warrants to Canopy Growth, according to a statement announcing the deal Thursday. Canopy […]

Smokable hemp regulations likely won’t come before FDA’s broader CBD rules, attorneys say

Catch up on all the hemp analysis from the Hemp Industry Daily Forum at MJBizCon2020 here. Hemp flower growers and smokable hemp manufacturers impacted by state laws that have banned or restricted smokable hemp flower production and sales are worried that federal regulators could echo state-level restrictions on a national scale. But according to cannabis […]

Tom Vilsack to be nominated as US agriculture secretary

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate a familiar hemp overseer, Tom Vilsack, for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack served in the same role for all eight years of the Obama administration and oversaw the USDA during passage and implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill, which allowed states to experiment with hemp production. Vilsack, an Iowan, was […]

200 Health Experts Urge President-Elect Biden to Reduce Incarceration Levels Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Washington D.C. – Today, the Drug Policy Alliance shared a letter, coordinated in partnership with The Sentencing Project, from 200 experts in the medical and public health community sent to President-elect Biden and the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board recommending substantial reductions in federal, state, and local incarceration levels to limit the spread of the virus. “Since […]

USDA calls on hemp operators to apply for supply-chain research grants up to $10 million

Photo courtesy Asheville Hemp Project Federal agricultural funding grantors are asking for hemp operators working toward transformational changes in the U.S. food and agriculture system to apply for research money to help develop the hemp supply chain. The program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has $150 million up […]

Mexican Congress delays hemp bill debate, pushing approval into 2021

Get in-depth analysis on Latin America hemp and marijuana markets from MJBizCon’s Passholder Days. It’s all available to you on demand. The Mexican lower house has delayed a hemp and marijuana legalization bill until at least February. Local media reports that lawmakers say they need more time to study the bill. The current version legalizes recreational marijuana […]

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