After a year-long dispute over legalizing industrial hemp in South Dakota, state lawmakers are jostling to finish work on a hemp bill that won’t provoke another veto from Gov. Kristi Noem. The latest move came this week when the state Senate passed a “placeholder” hemp bill on a 25-9 vote without debate, according to the Argus […]
An herbalist in Idaho who mostly sells CBD products has taken down a mention of coronavirus from her e-commerce site after a warning from federal regulators. Amy Weidner, owner of Herbal Amy in Nampa, Idaho, made no mention of coronavirus in relation to any of her CBD products. But she included a listing from another […]
A Canadian cannabis giant that shut down more than half its marijuana cultivation facilities and significantly slashed jobs last week is still moving forward with a hemp production facility in New York state. Canadian-based Canopy Growth closed two production facilities in British Columbia and laid off 500 employees there. But construction work continues on an […]
A German CBD oil manufacturer has launched three products at one of Germany’s main drugstore chains. CannaCare Health GmbH said its CANOBO products hit the shelves at 2,200 branches of ROSSMANN drugstore across Germany in February 2020. The products include two full-spectrum CBD nutritional supplements at concentrations of 2.75% and 5% and a topical sport […]
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the March issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) CBD manufacturers risk paying thousands of dollars in legal expenses if they lack insurance to deal with rash-inducing topicals, exploding vape pens and other problems connected to their products. Product liability insurance is especially important for CBD companies […]
More hemp industry events have been postponed, including the NoCo Hemp Expo this month in Denver, after the rapid spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Originally slated for March 26-28, the expo has been rescheduled for Aug. 6-8 in the same locations in Denver, the event’s organizers said in a statement. As of last week, Morris […]
Connecticut-based BR Brands, which owns and distributes a range of marijuana and hemp products, on Monday announced it will merge with Denver-based Dixie Brands in a $43 million reverse takeover. Dixie Brands is a consumer-packaged goods company and manufacturer of cannabis-infused products, including Aceso Hemp, a line of hemp-derived supplements for humans, and Therabis hemp-based […]
A Nevada hemp and marijuana producer has filed a trio of lawsuits against a California cannabis chew maker over a disappointing 2018 partnership to make CBD- and THC-infused chewing pouches. The Nevada company, Solace Holdings, says Cannadips defaulted on loans worth $1.2 million through 2018 and 2019, money Solace says it paid to get the rights […]
The nation’s top drug regulator set a new tone for the government’s stance on CBD in his first comments about the popular hemp extract. But longtime hemp entrepreneurs say they’re not raising their expectations that changes are imminent to the way the U.S. regulates hemp extracts. The newly appointed commissioner of the U.S. Food and […]
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