Hemp-derived CBD supplement maker Elixinol shed half of its global workforce and shuttered production lines in the first half of this year in response to market decline stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Now the Australian company is looking to leverage a leaner operation and focus on its core CBD brands for future success. Talking […]
Decades of youth abstinence pledges have stifled generations of Americans’ ability to think critically about their own health. Red Ribbon Week, the largest drug-use prevention campaign in the United States, finds itself egregiously out of touch this year. Founded in 1985 by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and powered by the National Family Partnership (NFP), the […]
Canadian greenhouse giant Village Farms International is moving ahead with plans to take over a firm it started as a joint venture to produce marijuana and CBD in British Columbia. Village Farms, one of North America’s largest producers of greenhouse tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers, has approval from its joint-venture partner Emerald Health Therapeutics to […]
Vegetable growers across the U.S. weren’t among the traditional farmers heavily diversifying into hemp production in 2020. According to a survey of 437 farmers by trade journal American Vegetable Grower, 77% said they had no intention of planting the crop this year. Just 4% of farmers said they planned to grow hemp while 19% indicated […]
(A version of this story first appeared at Marijuana Business Daily.) A Bahamas committee charged with laying out an economic recovery plan recommends the country legalize hemp and hemp extracts. Presented last week, the Economic Recovery Committee report also calls on the nation to legalize marijuana. The recommendations were part of a broader report presented […]
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is the first Native American tribe to move forward to legalize marijuana use in a state that has yet to similarly regulate it.
The post South Dakota: Oglala Sioux Enacts Ordinance Legalizing Marijuana Use on Tribal Lands appeared first on NORML.
Voters in five states: Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota will decide this Election Day on state wide ballot initiatives to legalize marijuana for either adult-use or medical purposes. According to the latest available polls, each of these measures currently holds a lead among voters.
The post Days Before Election Day, Polls Show Strong Support for Marijuana Ballot Initiatives appeared first on NORML.
“My commitment is that if I am leader [of the US Senate], I am going to do everything I can to put the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act on the floor of the Senate. The odds are very high it will pass.”
The post Minority Leader Pledges to Advance Marijuana Descheduling Legislation if Democrats Take Control of the U.S. Senate appeared first on NORML.
New York’s state health department has released regulations for making and selling hemp extracts in food, drinks, vapes and cosmetics. NY publishes rules for selling hemp extracts in food, drinks is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Views: 242
Virginia NORML today reiterated its call that state lawmakers expeditiously move forward in 2021 with legislation legalizing and regulating the adult-use marijuana market.
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