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Hemp Politics
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Photo courtesy Asheville Hemp Project (Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series of commentaries from professionals connected to the cannabis industry and first appeared on Marijuana Business Daily. Amy Steinfeld helps lead Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s marijuana and industrial hemp industry group. Jack Ucciferri is a law clerk for the firm.) Beware […]
Farmers and agribusinesses can now apply for new coronavirus economic stimulus emergency loans and a though the Small Business Administration, which reopened its portal with new funds Monday after being closed since April 15. The agency said Monday that only agricultural business applications will accepted for Economic Injury Disaster Loans and forgivable EIDL loan advances […]
A new hemp company, Collective Growth Corp., virtually rang the bell on the Nasdaq Friday, beginning public trading already fully funded by investors. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Collective Growth is a blank-check company that intends to focus on the “federally permissive cannabinoid industry,” said Joseph Brantuk, the chief client officer for Nasdaq. The newly organized […]
Hemp cleaning wipes and hemp toilet paper? Paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific and a Canadian company that makes natural nonwoven fibers formed a partnership in February – born from a mutual interest in hemp – that could add those items to store shelves. Looking for alternatives to single-use nonwoven products, the companies saw they could team up […]
On NORML’s 50th anniversary, NORML’s Founder Keith Stroup reflects back on a lifetime as America’s foremost marijuana smoker and legalization advocate. This is the first in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement covering the founding of NORML itself.
Canadian CBD company NewLeaf Brands Inc. has bought a Colorado-based businesses that cultivates different strains of mushrooms for medical purposes. Vancouver, British Columbia-based NewLeaf Brands Inc. said in a news release Thursday that it had acquired Mydecine Group in an all-stock deal. The agreement calls for NewLeaf Brands to purchase 100% of the issued and […]
Washington, D.C. – In response to the tragic and alarming death of Andrea Circle Bear, a 30-year-old pregnant woman in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) custody serving a 26-month drug-related sentence, Maritza Perez, Director of the Office of National Affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), released the following statement: “This tragic death exposes the […]
“Interested persons or organizations are invited to participate by submitting written views, recommendations, and data related to perspectives on and experiences with pain and pain management. CDC invites comments specifically on topics focused on using or prescribing opioid pain medications, non-opioid medications, or non-pharmacological treatments.”
Aerial photo of hemp field (Photo courtesy Lithempia) In a rural part of northern Lithuania, down a long stretch of dirt road flanked by vast fields, Rokas Šliupas has spent months amassing the equipment he needs to kick-start Lithempia, his new hemp-extraction business. Located just outside the town of Joniskis, not far from the Latvian […]
