Less than a year ago the US Navy said it didn’t want its Marines and Sailors using hemp or cannabidiol (CBD) products. Now they’ve expanded its ban to include topical products like lotions and shampoos.
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Eleven hemp groups from around the world have published a position paper to reiterate their stance that cannabis grown for industrial purposes does not fall under the scope of the U.N. narcotics conventions. The paper argues that the cultivation of hemp for industrial purposes does not fall under the purview of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, […]
Aurora Cannabis has promoted Miguel Martin to CEO. Aurora taps hemp veteran as new CEO, signals revenue decline and massive write-downs is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
U.S. hemp producers are alarmed about a Drug Enforcement Administration rule that they argue would make extracts a Schedule 1 controlled substance during a portion of the extraction process when the plant’s THC levels spike above what’s allowed. The rule released last month has the industry reeling and wondering what steps to take to ensure […]
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U.S. agriculture regulators are giving farmers more time to share criticism about the looming national framework for how the crop can be grown. The extension comes as states and industry associations are pressuring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to delay implementation of its new rules, set to take effect Nov. 1. The USDA is now […]
Federal officials have approved Maine‘s hemp cultivation program to align with the proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rules, which take effect Nov. 1 The approval Wednesday means the state’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry will have primary responsibility for oversight over hemp cultivation, under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Domestic Hemp Production Program, the […]
An Ohio CBD company has been cited with a public health warning for making products without a state license. The Ohio Department of Agriculture issued the warning to Limitless CBD LLC, which has a processing facility in Avon and offices in Cleveland. The department has not received reports of illness involving the company’s products, but […]
Custom seals can include holograms, QR codes and scratch-off verification codes unique to the product. Photo Courtesy of CannVerify (This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the August issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Chinese manufacturers have been knocking off high-end products for years. Now they’ve gone one step further: making counterfeit […]
Kansas State University researchers are studying the effects of feeding industrial hemp to cattle. The research comes from a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, KSN-TV reported Wednesday. “Although hemp can be legally cultivated under license in Kansas, feeding hemp products to livestock remains prohibited because the potential for cannabinoid drug residues to […]
