Swiss customs officials have returned approximately CHF 33 million ($36 million) to low-THC cannabis flower producers and sellers after a court said their products were unconstitutionally taxed as a tobacco substitute. CBD sellers in Switzerland had taken legal action to protest the 25% sales tax imposed on their goods as tobacco substitutes, according to a […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated a post on its website to spread the word about a Florida company that recalled a batch of CBD oil after a state agency tested the product and found that it contained dangerous levels of lead. Summitt Labs is voluntarily recalling Lot #730 Batch #K018 of its […]
(This is an abridged version of a feature that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) How did a dyslexic 13-year-old who learned how to program computers, manage a mainstream pop band and build and sell a national deodorant brand come to lead a cannabis business? Michael Cammarata, the CEO of Neptune Wellness […]
Two Oregon U.S. senators want federal officials to delay implementation of the final rules for hemp growers “until regulatory obstacles are fully addressed,” they said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. The letter from Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley dated Thursday outlines several concerns with the 2018 interim final rules, including: The […]
The most significant new measure, House Bill 819, expands the discretion of physicians so that they can recommend cannabis therapy for “any condition” that they consider “debilitating to an individual patient.”
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The executive branch of the European Union is changing its stance on how EU countries should vote on the World Health Organization’s cannabis scheduling changes in December, Hemp Industry Daily has learned. The development comes on the heels of the European Commission announcing its preliminary view that CBD extracted from the flowering tops of the […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing six individuals of fraudulently raising $25 million from 400 investors for a part in a supposed marijuana farm and CBD extraction facility. The money was raised from people across the country between September 2017 and February 2019, according to the complaint filed Tuesday in California federal court. […]
A project to make the process of extracting cellulose fibers from hemp more sustainable is getting a fresh round of funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, are working on new methods of pulping hemp plants to delignify hemp stalks without leaving behind toxic chemicals known as “black […]
California CBD manufacturer CV Sciences is starting a line of non-CBD products in an attempt to expand to more stores. The San Diego-based company announced Wednesday it was launching “CV Acute,” a line of dietary supplements than don’t contain any cannabis-derived ingredients. It’s the first of several products expected to be released as part of […]
Background from heat-insulating natural hemp material, construction, eco concept, top view, copy space (This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Attentive shoppers walking through a Macy’s department store last winter might have spotted a rarity in the bedding department: hemp sheets, advertised as being 100% made […]
