Police in northeastern Switzerland have shut down an indoor hemp-growing operation and detained its operator after a search of the property unearthed cannabis plants and biomass that exceeded legal THC levels. Thurgau police say they raided the Rothenhausen facility in February following a tip about suspected illegal activity. The property was registered as an indoor […]
A Nevada city facing a lawsuit over denying hemp production about 100 acres of city-owned property can’t avoid the case because it didn’t anticipate hemp becoming legal, a judge ruled in rejecting the city’s motion to dismiss. Tahoe Hemp LLC filed suit against Carson City in January, alleging the city denied it access to open space land […]
Hemp industry advocates have long heralded the sustainable benefits of hemp production and the crop’s ability to right past wrongs by replenishing the soil and by extension, the earth. But hemp is still a crop that needs water and nutrients. Hemp attracts pests and is getting attention among traditional commodity farmers as a potentially lucrative […]
In today’s tech-heavy world, cannabis is not the put-it-in-your-pipe-and-smoke-it substance we were all used to for so long. Now, there is technology for nearly everything, and weed is no different. Volcano vapes were once the peak of innovation, but now the hall of fame contains electronics for dabbing, decarboxylating, and even infusing oils and butters. […]
A CBD company in Oregon is suing a Massachusetts hemp refinery over a shipment of hemp extract that was seized for having too much THC, leading to criminal charges. Key Compounds filed suit against Phasex Corporation in federal court Friday for negligence and breach of contract. The company alleges that Phasex was responsible for the contents of […]
Hemp companies in Georgia and South Carolina have announced a joint venture to produce smokable hemp and tobacco substitutes for some 46,000 convenience stores. Verde Leaf, based in Atlanta, is partnering with The Alpine Hemp Group, based in Charleston, South Carolina. The joint venture, called Verde Alpine Venture Group, plans to place smokable hemp cigarettes and other hemp […]
Shawn Hauser (Editor’s note: Shawn Hauser, an attorney who leads the Hemp and Cannabinoids Department at Vicente Sederberg law firm in Denver, is writing the first in an occasional series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry.) It’s been a tough start for the new U.S. hemp industry. After overcoming decades of prohibition […]
California-based Omura, a marijuana and hemp flower vaporizer company, raised $5 million, with a portion of the funding coming from Bruce Linton, former CEO and founder of Canada’s Canopy Growth Corp. The raise, while not major by cannabis industry standards, is significant during the global coronavirus pandemic when investments are more difficult to secure. Linton, […]
Federal class action securities lawsuits against publicly traded hemp and marijuana businesses doubled from 2018 to 2019, a trend that’s typical in an emerging industry, according to a new report. The report, by Boston law firm Goodwin Procter, detailed 13 cases filed in U.S. federal courts in 2019 compared with six in 2018. The cases […]
In a letter to House leadership, the Marijuana Justice Coalition, which is made up by groups including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, the Drug Policy Alliance, NORML, and others, sent a letter to Congressional Leadership requesting that small marijuana businesses be able to access the emergency relief funds being administered by the Small Business Administration. The Coalition letter focuses on the need for small business access to the SBA relief funds as an avenue to protect the progress that has been made by minority entrepreneurs in the emerging legal cannabis marketplaces. “Now more than ever, if we are to provide pathways of opportunity and ownership for communities that have been historically targeted… Read More
