Pakistan’s government has approved domestic hemp cultivation for the first time, the country’s minister for science and technology said on Tuesday. Fawad Chaudhry wrote on Twitter that Pakistan’s cabinet approved a “first license” allowing the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) to use cannabis for industrial […]
Hemp operators say smokable hemp is one of the fastest-growing and most lucrative segments in the nascent hemp and CBD industry – and market analysts agree, with expectations that the market will experience five-fold growth in the next five years. For 2020, market researchers at Nielsen project sales in the current smokable-hemp market to reach […]
Hempro International, a producer and wholesaler of hemp-derived food, clothing, accessories and cosmetics in western Germany, has filed suit against the city of Düsseldorf for its ban on the sale of hemp-derived CBD food products. The city of Düsseldorf published an announcement in July in its official gazette prohibiting the sale of cannabidiol-containing foods anywhere […]
A California proposal to allow hemp extracts in food and beverages has again failed amid broad disagreement on how to allow cannabinoids outside licensed marijuana retailers. The bill would have also set testing and labeling requirements for safety, and to ensure products don’t exceed 0.3% THC levels. But California legislative leaders did not schedule the […]
South America’s largest economy took another step toward legalizaing cannabis cultivation on Tuesday when parents, clergy members, physicians, growers and regulators logged online to attend a public hearing on a draft law that would legalize the cultivation of cannabis in Brazil. The technical meeting was organized by the lower house’s special commission for the regulation […]
Panda Biotech has chosen the Texas town of Wichita Falls for a new hemp decortication facility. Former GM plant tapped for hemp decortication in Texas is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Views: 237
One German company has decided to tackle the high-risk regulatory landscape for cannabinoid products in Europe’s largest economy head on with a new lobby group for CBD manufacturers and retailers. INTERVIEW: Germany’s Sanity Group prepares to launch new CBD lobby group is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis […]
A bill to remove cannabis from the U.S. Controlled Substances Act regardless of THC content and thereby legalize marijuana federally – with massive business implications – is scheduled to be considered by the full U.S. House the week of Sept. 21, according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Looming Congress vote would eliminate THC line […]
New Holland North America vice president Brett Davis has been tapped to join the National Hemp Association’s board of directors. Farm equipment exec joins National Hemp Association board is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Views: 247
The owner of a CBD store in Vermont is accused of bilking hemp farmers and writing bad checks. Douglas Bell, the owner of CBD-Vermont in Waterbury, pleaded not guilty to seven felony counts of theft of service, two felony counts of false pretenses, two misdemeanor counts of writing a bad check and a misdemeanor count […]
