“HEALS Act” Fails to Address the Plight of Incarcerated People, Countering Efforts to Eradicate the Virus Washington, D.C. – In response to Senate Republicans unveiling their one trillion dollar stimulus package, the “HEALS Act” – which Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has said will likely represent lawmakers’ last major legislative response to the pandemic – […]
Majorities of Democrats (78 percent), Independents (63 percent), and Republicans (57 percent) back the 2020 ballot measure.
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A drug delivery and development company in California with ambitions of entering the CBD consumer products market has made a $20 million offer to buy a CBD beauty and pet product company. Oxnard-based CURE Pharmaceutical said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Los Angeles-based Sera Labs to acquire 100% of the privately owned company […]
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Filing for bankruptcy protection isn’t an ideal destination for any company. However, the stigma around it has been significantly lessened in recent years—especially in an industry as tumultuous as hemp, according to Bill Hilliard, CEO of Winchester, […]
Federal agriculture authorities have awarded $200,000 to a West Virginia University professor to study what leads to inconsistent levels of THC in hemp plants, sometimes above what’s legal. Michael Gutensohn, an assistant professor of horticulture will be collaborating with two former WVU faculty members for the project, which includes seeing what genetics and environmental factors […]
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) In a recession, there are bound to be business casualties—particularly in a high-risk, nascent industry such as hemp. Hemp companies have experienced a perfect storm of obstacles since legalization in late 2018—an uncertain regulatory environment, overproduction in […]
CPLANT, a hemp producer in Uruguay, has successfully sent half a ton of low-THC hemp flower to Switzerland via Germany, shipping what appears to be the South American country’s first major commercial export of CBD biomass to Europe. The shipments of 442 kilograms of low-THC flower were sent on July 17 at a listed price […]
Australia has exported its first shipment of hemp seeds to New Zealand. The export was made possible because the Australian government recently passed legislation to ease regulations on trade, Business News Australia reported Friday, but did not say how much was exported or when. Australian Minister of Agriculture David Littleproud said the federal government will […]
Federal food and drug officials submitted a CBD enforcement policy document for approval on Wednesday, Hemp Industry Daily has learned. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration submitted its “Cannabidiol Enforcement Policy” draft guidance for industry to the White House Office of Management and Budget. With approval from the OMB, which must sign off on new regulations from […]
Members of the New York state senate approved legislation by a 58 to 2 vote…
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