Last week, the House of Representatives went into recess before taking up action on the FY-2022 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations package, which has historically contained protections for state-legal medical programs but in recent years, reformers have had increasing success in advancing efforts to expand those protections to adult-use programs as well. Since […]
Marijuana reform activists in several states around the country are already working to qualify various statewide reform measures for the 2022 ballot. Here’s a breakdown of current statewide, citizen-initiated efforts so far: Idaho Depenalization Idaho activists received the green light from the secretary of state’s office to begin collecting signatures for a proposed depenalization ballot […]
Puerto Rico’s Governor has signed legislation into law protecting qualified medical cannabis patients from workplace discrimination. The legislation amends Puerto Rico’s medical marijuana access law so that registered patients are now classified as members of a protected class under the US territory’s employment protection laws. Under the expanded law, employers may not discriminate against authorized […]
New products are hitting shelves as delta-8 THC bans in a number of states cause manufacturers and retailers to pivot away from the popular compound and try to make up sales. The issue is THC-O-acetate – a derivative of delta-8 THC – doesn’t come with any known product or safety data, according to James Stephens, […]
There may be no more solidified representation of a pothead than that of a lazy, long haired, couch-centric being. However, a new study was just released that shows a lack of evidence supporting this. According to the authors, past studies would show, at best, mixed results between weed and laziness, and were all targeted towards […]
(This is the 11th installment in an ongoing series offering tips and advice for marijuana and hemp extraction companies. The 10th installment is available here.) A process commonly used in food and wine production – color remediation – is becoming increasingly popular in hemp and marijuana extraction. Manufacturers are looking to remove impurities, produce translucent […]
A new study by Cornell University researchers has found no evidence that environmental stress causes THC concentrations or ratios of CBD to THC concentrations to increase. Graduate student Jacob Toth created a series of research plots in Geneva, New York, including control plots and five stress treatments applied to three genetically unrelated, high-CBD hemp cultivars. […]
(This is the 13th installment in a series focused on cultivation planning for marijuana and hemp growers. The previous installment is available here.) Both indoor and outdoor hemp and marijuana growers can give themselves a leg up by thinking ahead when it comes to arguably the most crucial step in the entire cultivation process: harvest. Cultivators aiming […]
NORML is pleased to announce that it has updated and revised its publication, Clinical Applications For Cannabis & Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature, 2000 — 2021. This updated edition reviews over 450 peer-reviewed studies assessing the safety and efficacy of either whole-plant cannabis or individual cannabinoids in 23 different patient populations, including […]
A California organic produce grower and shipper is introducing hemp baby greens to the produce supply chain. Field Fresh Farms, a fourth-generation farming, cooling and shipping operation with farms in Watsonville, California, and Yuma, Arizona, is among the first companies to go ahead with offering hemp baby greens as an ingredient in leafy greens salad […]
