As the hemp and marijuana industries evolve and expand in the U.S., more focus has been placed on social equity and diversity. But to understand where the industry is going, it’s important to understand where it already is. With that goal in mind, Hemp Industry Daily and MJBizDaily have launched a survey to assess the […]
A hemp genomics company in Fort Collins, Colorado, is getting money for research and development at a facility run by U.S. Department of Energy. New West Genetics is the first hemp company selected to participate in the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator, a $50 million technology incubator and platform focused on speeding the path to market […]
Washington, DC: United States Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) unveiled draft legislation repealing the federal prohibition of marijuana at a press conference on Wednesday. You can watch the press conference here. The draft legislation, titled the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, makes numerous changes to federal marijuana […]
Legislation Provides Major Opportunity to Make Marijuana Justice a Reality this Session, but Work Remains to Remove Drug Testing Provisions & Exclusionary Language that Would Continue to Deny Justice to Certain Individuals Washington, D.C.—In response to Senators Booker, Wyden and Schumer today unveiling a public draft of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act—their long-awaited Senate […]
Skyscrapers at Detroit United state of America. After a rash of states banned hemp-derived delta-8 THC when the unregulated products took regulators by surprise, Michigan is the first to pass legislation that will regulate the products under its state cannabis regulatory agency. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed a Michigan legislation package that will regulate […]
Restaurant chain Hard Rock Cafe and spirits maker Cointreau Corp. are the latest bringing trademark complaints against CBD manufacturers. In a pair of lawsuits filed this month in New York and Florida, the companies allege that CBD makers are trying to confuse customers into thinking they are branded CBD products coming from the older companies. […]
Hemp and marijuana cultivators in the Pacific Northwest are adopting new work restrictions to protect employees during this summer’s record-breaking heat. The additional rules – which take effect Tuesday in Washington and began last Thursday in Oregon – were adopted after temperatures reached “catastrophic levels,” according to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. A 38-year-old Oregon farmworker […]
A lawsuit has been filed challenging the implementation House Bill 1317, which imposes new rules and restrictions upon physicians who recommend medical cannabis and their patients. Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the legislation in June. Under the law, beginning on January 1, 2022, recommending physicians will be required to provide specific cannabis dosing regimens for their patients […]
Young adults residing near marijuana retailers are no more likely to express an intention to use either cannabis or tobacco than are those who do not, according to data published in The Journal of Cannabis Research. Researchers with the RAND Corporation and with the University of Southern California assessed the relationship between the density of […]
Julie Lerner (Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Julie Lerner is CEO of PanXchange, a commodity trading platform and benchmark price provider.) I founded PanXchange, a pricing and trading platform, several years ago to bring efficiency, transparency and increased profitability to various […]
