According to the poll of nearly 1,800 registered voters, 70 percent of Democrats back the ballot proposals, as do 59 percent of Independents. By contrast, only 27 percent of Republicans say that they intend to vote ‘yes’ on the ballot questions.
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed into law the state’s new hemp cultivation regulations to align with requirements from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Connecticut has already submitted its hemp plan to USDA, but the agency has yet to approve it. The new law enacts those changes anyway and gives Connecticut hemp producers new rules […]
The Hemp Industries Association and a South Carolina CBD manufacturer are asking a second federal court to prevent the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from criminalizing hemp extracts. At issue is whether the DEA is simply updating its policies to comply with the 2018 Farm Bill, which removed low-THC cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, or whether […]
The market for CBD edibles in the United Kingdom is less than six months away from a radical upheaval, but Gavin Ogilvie isn’t worried. Starting April 1, no CBD product on the U.K. market will be allowed to stay there without validation by food-safety authorities, and Ogilvie’s company – the Manchester-based cannabinoid supplier and white […]
“This result is not altogether surprising. It is Congress that imposed the federal prohibition of marijuana and ultimately it is up to Congress to repeal this destructive and discriminatory policy.”
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The Arthritis Foundation, the first major patient advocacy group to issue CBD recommendations, has named a subsidiary of Charlotte’s Web, CBDMEDIC, as a sponsor. The announcement comes more than a year after the group recommended CBD guidelines to some 50 million or so arthritis patients. The recommendation included warnings that people with arthritis should avoid […]
Online retail giant Amazon has launched a pilot program allowing the sale of select CBD ingestibles on its UK website. The company says “sellers participating in a limited, invite-only pilot” on the UK site are exempt from its sales ban on edible products containing CBD or other cannabinoids. “This pilot only applies to products listed […]
Indiana says that hemp companies challenging a ban on smokable hemp can’t add a Tennessee hemp association to the case or make other changes because a new state law allows interstate transport of the product as long as it’s between licensed entities. State attorneys argued in a court filing last week that the 2018 Farm […]
If passed by voters, New Zealand will become only the third country – following Canada and Uruguay – to legalize adult-use cannabis sales nationwide.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf released a legislative agenda Wednesday to assist in the Covid-19 economic recovery, including legalizing recreational marijuana.
