The National Football League’s pain management committee and the NFL Players Association announced Tuesday that they will provide $1 million to fund up to five research grants on pain management and cannabinoids. The grants are expected to be awarded in November. Interest in the use of cannabinoids, including medical marijuana, outpaces available evidence, according to […]
Jeremy Moberg, the founder and CEO of this cannabis farm in Riverside, Washington, wonders why state regulators haven’t permanently banned delta-8 THC products. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Moberg) Washington state marijuana growers are concerned that, without a change to state laws, their businesses could be severely hamstrung by federally legal hemp. At issue is hemp-derived […]
Federal customs officials say an Oregon hemp company was flying marijuana, not hemp, to Switzerland last year and that the biomass should be destroyed. The accusation from U.S. Customs and Border Protection came Monday in a lawsuit from We CBD, a hemp producer based in Sandy, Oregon. We CBD is suing for the return of […]
Yesterday Washington state approved joints being given out to adults who have gotten the covid vaccine. They’re calling it “Joints for Jabs,” and it follows breweries and restaurants giving out free drinks and the state handing out prize money up to $1 million, according to KXL news. The lottery prize money is becoming a rather […]
A hemp producer is among a group of small- and medium-sized businesses in Saskatchewan that received funding from the Canadian federal government. Saskatoon-headquartered Blue Sky Hemp Ventures received 749,115 Canadian dollars ($618,800) to upgrade a facility in Saskatchewan for hemp oil pressing and CBD oil refining, according to the announcement by Western Economic Diversification Canada. […]
(An abbreviated version of this interview appears in the May-June issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) It seems everyone in cannabis has an opinion on delta-8 THC, a minor cannabinoid that exists rarely in nature but can be synthesized easily from CBD isolate. It’s an isomer of the better-known delta-9 THC, and it creates milder psychoactive […]
A federal judge last week dismissed an Oregon hemp producer’s lawsuit claiming that Josephine County officials seized and destroyed legal hemp worth $2.5 million after mistaking it for marijuana. However, the judge dismissed the case without prejudice, leaving Oregonized Hemp Co., a hemp farm and farm service contracting business based in Grants Pass, and owner […]
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) signed legislation into law to regulate on-site cannabis consumption spaces. Assembly Bill 341 allows adults 21 and older to purchase and consume adult-use cannabis products on-site at any licensed “cannabis consumption lounge.” The measure establishes regulations for two distinct types cannabis consumption lounges. One group would be reserved for existing marijuana […]
This story first appeared at MJBizDaily. Sales of CBD-only products at recreational marijuana retail outlets have been falling since 2018 in four Western states as more of these goods move into mainstream stores and online, according to an analysis of sales data from Seattle-based Headset. The market share of noninhalable pure CBD products in adult-use […]
Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup! This week, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) signed legislation into law easing marijuana possession penalties for minors and amending the state’s per se driving limits for THC. Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) signed a bill into law to regulate marijuana delivery services in the state. […]
