Julie Lerner (Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Julie Lerner is CEO of PanXchange, a commodity trading platform and benchmark price provider.) I founded PanXchange, a pricing and trading platform, several years ago to bring efficiency, transparency and increased profitability to various […]
Dominique Dawes, the retired American gymnast has stated on CNN that she backs the decision of the Olympic committee to suspend Sha’Carri Richardson by saying ‘Rules are Rules’. The three-time Olympic gold medalist Dominique Dawes appeared on Cuomo Prime Time and spoke about Richardson. Richardson was banned a couple weeks ago for testing positive for […]
Hoban Law Group, a prominent marijuana law practice based in Denver, merged with Clark Hill, a Michigan-based firm with more than 650 lawyers spanning the United States, Ireland and Mexico. Bob Hoban becomes co-leader of Clark Hill’s Cannabis Industry Group and heads the firm’s Denver office. Also leading Clark Hill’s cannabis group is Sander Zagzebski […]
Women make up almost two-thirds of U.S. CBD users, according to a gender study from analytics firm NielsenIQ. And with nearly 1 in 3 women saying they are likely to consume a CBD product in the next 12 months, cannabis brands are uniquely poised to grow female-focused categories like cosmetics and lotions in the coming […]
Los Angeles police have seized over 373,000 marijuana plants this week, the largest seize in the county’s history. These 373,000 plants are worth over $1.2 billion in the private market and up to $1.6 billion on the streets. Although this bust was the largest in county history, these plants only make up a fraction of […]
(This is the ninth installment in an ongoing series offering tips and advice for hemp and marijuana extraction companies. The eighth installment is available here.) Bad headlines are the stuff of nightmares for anyone making consumer products infused with cannabis: Look at this item where the potency didn’t match the label! Potency errors can sink […]
When Connecticut approved the legalization of adult-use marijuana last month, it became the latest state to institute a ban on hemp-derived THC products, including delta-8 THC and delta-10 THC, for companies without a license to sell them. The state’s new law prohibits products containing delta-7, delta-8, delta-9 and delta-10 from being sold outside licensed cannabis […]
Florida-based hemp and CBD distribution company cDistro has been acquired by the Marijuana Company of America, a diversified cannabis holding company based in Los Angeles. The merger-acquisition, completed Wednesday, was a stock-for-stock deal that will expand MCOA’s distribution throughout North America, the company’s CEO, Jesus Quintero, said in a statement. According to terms of the […]
A University of Cambridge researcher revealed that hemp crops can capture atmospheric carbon more effectively than forests, while also providing carbon-negative biomaterials. Darshil Shah, a senior researcher at the Centre for Natural Material Innovation at Cambridge, England, school, said “numerous studies” have found that hemp is “one of the best” converters of carbon dioxide. “It’s […]
IPM consultant Charlie McKenzie scouts a crop of indoor hemp intended for smokable flower in a North Carolina greenhouse. (Photo courtesy of CropWalk) More than 300 insects, spiders and mites are found on or near cannabis plants. While the vast majority of insects don’t cause economically significant damage, preventing a pest outbreak before it gets out […]
