Chongson Inc., the managing company for Tommy Chong’s Cannabis brand has named Jonathan Black as acting president. Jonathan Black holds a dual role as president and CEO of the Cheech and Chong Cannabis Company. In a statement by Tommy Chong, he said, “The timing and opportunity to lift the Tommy Chong Cannabis brand to the […]
Gavin Newsom just had a couple hemp/marijuana bills cross his desk, with mixed results. The first is a bill allowing smokable hemp and CBD-infused drinks and food to be legally obtained in the state. AB 45 is the title of the bill, and it requires a tax scheme to be set up some time next […]
The co-founders of CanaFarma in New York were accused on Tuesday of baseless revenue projections and lying about where their hemp was coming from. Vitaly Fargesan and Igor Palatnik started CanaFarma in 2019, and told investors their hemp was being produced on their own farm, but in actuality was bought through a third party. The […]
It’s pretty common to have some difficulty getting to sleep these days. Although it seems most of the problem lies with all of our immense screen time, fixing that is easier said than done. Luckily CBD is both super equipped for this problem and very legal across the country. And The Daily World put together […]
Prerolled joints called “Peaches” are Justin Bieber’s way of breaking into the cannabis industry. The name is based off of a song from his last album, Justice. “I got my peaches out in Georgia (oh yeah shit), I get my weed from California (that’s that shit),” he croons on the song. He’ll be working with […]
Clint Eastwood has been awarded $6.1 million from a company that falsely claimed Eastwood had endorsed its CBD products. Eastwood, the actor, film producer and director, and Garrapata, a company that owns rights to his likeness, filed two lawsuits in a Los Angeles federal court last year against three CBD manufacturers that had claimed the […]
Safety should always be a top priority, no matter which cannabis extraction method processors prefer. Extraction labs must understand and implement safety standards appropriate for their extraction processes, said Casey Flippo, CEO of hemp processor Natvana LLC and medical marijuana extraction company Dark Horse Medicinal Inc., in Little Rock, Arkansas. Flippo said he once visited […]
The state of Florida is looking to switch polystyrene products with reusable hemp products. This comes after Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services started a rulemaking process to phase out the use of polystyrene products. According to Ganjapreneur, Nikki Fried, a Democrat who is challenging incumbent governor Ron […]
Water isn’t getting any easier to find in the parched American West, so outdoor hemp and marijuana producers are looking for solutions that will help them get through the season. Even when the West isn’t embroiled in a record drought year, water use is often restricted for cannabis cultivators, said Julie Jacobson, CEO of Aster […]
A South Carolina hemp producer who was accused of growing hemp illegally has filed a lawsuit against the state agriculture commissioner and law enforcement. John Pendarvis claims that it was illegal to arrest him and destroy his crops, according to the lawsuit he filed last month in a Dorchester County court against the South Carolina […]
