Time is running out for public comment on a proposed U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration rule that hemp industry supporters say wrongly criminalizes extracts from the plant. The comment period for the rule over the federal agency published August ends Tuesday. At issue is whether the DEA is simply updating its policies to comply with the 2018 Farm Bill, […]
The European Union’s top court will deliver its final ruling on the Kanavape case and the legality of France’s ban on hemp-derived CBD on Nov. 19. The Court of Justice of the European Union announced the ruling date on its judicial calendar. The case, which centers on a dispute over the marketing of Kanavape’s CBD […]
Canadian health authorities say there’s strong demand for over-the-counter, low-THC cannabis such as CBD, and most people want to use it for pain and inflammation if the country were to establish a legal market. That’s the result of a recent Health Canada survey. The agency is considering new rules about the sale of CBD and […]
The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make a series of changes to its proposed hemp rules that in their current form threaten to “stifle” the newly legal industry. The agency’s independent Office of Advocacy said that while it appreciates that USDA reopened a public comment […]
Raises Red Flag that COVID-19 Likely Exacerbating the Already Devastating Overdose Crisis New York, NY – In response to new preliminary CDC data showing an increase in drug overdose deaths in a 12-month period, including a sharp increase during the first three months of 2020, Jules Netherland, PhD, Managing Director of the Department of Research […]
Raises Red Flag that COVID-19 Likely Exacerbating the Already Devastating Overdose Crisis New York, NY – In response to new preliminary CDC data showing an increase in drug overdose deaths in a 12-month period, including a sharp increase during the first three months of 2020, Jules Netherland, PhD, Managing Director of the Department of Research […]
The sale of hemp flower in Italy has been connected with a decrease in sales of several types of medications, suggesting that some patients chose to dump their prescription drugs in favor of self-medication with an unregulated CBD-based therapy, research by a trio of economists shows. A new study in the Journal of Health Economics […]
Wisconsin agriculture officials say hemp cultivation in the state will continue under the 2014 Farm Bill pilot program after the federal government extended the legislation’s authority for another year. Thursday’s announcement clarifies confusion over what regulations the state needed to follow because Wisconsin submitted a cultivation plan under 2018 rules from the U.S. Department of […]
Overall, the poll reports that 55 percent of likely Arizona voters support Proposition 207: The Smart & Safe Arizona Act.
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“Thousands of citizens unduly carry the undue burden and stigmatization of a past conviction for behavior that is no longer considered to be a crime. Our sense of justice and our principles of fairness demand that officials move swiftly to right the past wrongs of cannabis prohibition and criminalization.”
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