Meetings continue between hemp advocates and the White House, signaling that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s CBD Enforcement Policy remains under review. On Thursday, hemp and cannabis attorney Shawn Hauser, a partner with Denver-based law firm Vicente Sederberg, along with Eric Steenstra, president of industry advocacy group Vote Hemp, and Tami Wahl of Modern […]
A Missouri hemp company is being sued for allegedly sending unsolicited advertising texts, the latest cannabis firm accused of violating federal laws against spamming. The federal lawsuit filed Aug. 7 in Vermont accuses Native Hemp Co. of using an automated dialing system “to bombard consumers’ mobile phones with non-emergency advertising and marketing text messages” without […]
CBD vape manufacturers and retailers in Germany will face a marketing and regulatory minefield starting in January because of recent changes to the country’s tobacco law. Under legislation passed by the German Bundestag on July 2, non-nicotine e-cigarettes and refillable containers will be regulated the way that their nicotine counterparts are, and additional advertising restrictions […]
A Nevada hemp and marijuana breeder is looking for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, telling a federal court that COVID-19 shutdowns in Europe left the company unable to pay its debts. Pharmagreen Biotech in Carson City breeds cannabis clones – sometimes called liners, plantlets or young plants – for sale to growers in both the hemp […]
CBD may have strong benefits – but does it need help from other cannabinoids? The question is one of the hottest topics in cannabis as extractors see the markets shifting for different kinds of extracts. Beauty retailing behemoth Sephora announced earlier this year that it would stock only full- or broad-spectrum CBD products. Some cheered, […]
Neptune Wellness Solutions, a Laval, Quebec-based CBD extractor and manufacturer, reported revenue of $16 million (CAD $21.4 million) for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, up 390% from the same period a year ago. But the company, which grows marijuana in Canada and hemp in North Carolina, reported a wider loss than it did a […]
A Massachusetts federal judge ruled that another lawsuit against a CBD-maker alleging incorrect labeling will be delayed, “pending forthcoming FDA regulations on the products at issue.” Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued the ruling Tuesday, saying she was granting the defendant, Global Widget LLC., a request to stay the case. She denied their appeal to dismiss […]
Nanaimo, British Columbia-based Tilray halved its net loss to $81.7 million for the second quarter ended June 30, a substantial improvement over the previous quarter’s $184.1 million deficit. However, the cannabis and hemp producer reported lower sequential revenue in most of its important categories. Tilray trades as TLRY on the Nasdaq and reports in U.S. […]
As the deadline approaches for implementing a single set of nationwide hemp-production rules, states and industry associations are pressuring the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a delay, warning the federal agency that several states won’t meet the deadline. But so far, the feds don’t seem inclined to budge. Nearly half of U.S. states cultivating hemp […]
Two Canadian marijuana companies have made processing and distribution agreements with CBD businesses, including one in the U.S. WeedMD Inc., a producer and distributor of medical marijuana in Ontario, said Tuesday it signed a commercial arrangement to manufacture, package and ship Revity CBD, a product line from Canadian retailer Fire & Flower. The new product […]
