Patients who are registered with the state’s medical cannabis access program can begin home cultivating cannabis for their own personal use next Friday, October 1. Under the new law, qualified patients ages 18 and older may grow up to six cannabis plants in their homes. Households with more than one qualified patient may home cultivate […]
Animal-feed experts are asking the hemp industry to continue developing adequate research and safety data for hemp a nutritional ingredient and calling on state lawmakers to work with federal regulators rather than prematurely allowing hemp as a feed ingredient. The Association of Animal Feed Control Officials is warning that bringing hemp products to market in […]
Canadian cannabis producer Hexo Corp. has reached its target to become carbon neutral within three months, the company announced Thursday. The publicly traded, Ottawa, Ontario-based company spent at least $784,000 to meet its goal to become carbon neutral by September. Hexo purchased carbon offset credits from Offsetters, a Vancouver sustainability and carbon-management provider. To date, […]
Scientists in Brazil are in the third phase of research testing CBD for the treatment of Long Covid, the persistence of COVID-19 symptoms for more than 60 days. The effects of Long Covid, capable of recurring for months after infection, can include fatigue, headaches, muscle weakness and insomnia. Because consumers have been using CBD over […]
Sales of cannabis flower in Virginia began this month when dispensaries in Manassas, Portsmouth, and Richmond received the final product approvals from the Board of Pharmacy, the state agency which currently regulates medical cannabis. Under the state’s prior medical cannabis law, licensed cultivators were required to process cannabis into non-herbal formulations, such as oils and […]
Since the last post about various efforts for statewide reform measures for the 2022 ballot, there has been great progress. Here’s an overview with the latest updates: ARKANSAS Legalization Activists are working to qualify a ballot measure to legalize and regulate adult use marijuana in the state. The proposal would allow adults to legally purchase up to […]
Members of the California Assembly and Senate have advanced legislation to the Governor’s desk permitting for the use of medical cannabis products within hospitals and other eligible health care facilities. Senate Bill 311 (a/k/a Ryan’s Law) provides for “a terminally ill patient’s use of medicinal cannabis within [a] health care facility.” The proposal prohibits patients […]
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of a three-part series on the future of CBD. Read the previous installment here. When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved CBD as an ingredient in Epidiolex, a prescription drug used to treat severe epilepsy, the molecule’s path for over-the-counter products was sealed. Hemp industry members say […]
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series on the future of CBD. Read the first installment here. Coming Monday: How would federal cannabis legalization impact the FDA’s approach to CBD regulation? Hemp and CBD businesses have been awaiting guidance on over-the-counter sales of CBD from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since […]
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on the future of CBD. Coming tomorrow: Does CBD need regulation? In the weeks following U.S. health regulators’ rejection of two applications to sell full-spectrum, hemp-derived CBD as a dietary supplement, the hemp industry has been left wondering what this development means for the future […]
