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What’s Really in Your CBD? An App Helps You Find Out
April 22nd, 2019 – Consumer beware. In the fast emerging CBD products market, thousands of manufacturers around the world are rushing to capture market share and convince you, the consumer, that they’ve got the best products going. And while many manufacturers do in fact work hard to produce quality products, a 2017 study found 70% of nearly 90…
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81-year old U.S. Hemp Prohibition Ends Today
December 20th, 2018 – Finally, 81 years after the United States Government began a prohibition on the lowly hemp plant, the 2018 Farm Bill, signed today by Donald Trump, removes hemp from the Controlled Substances Act. Woody Harrelson should be proud. While the main intent of the $867 billion Farm Bill’s is to fund crop…
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Canada: Hemp Farmers get Whole Plant Harvest Greenlight
August 14th, 2018 – The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) announced that on August 10th, Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, and officials at Health Canada issued a decision to allow industrial hemp farmers to undertake whole plant harvest for the 2018 crop. Health Canada’s revision of Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and…
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Canada Set To Allow Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation
June 27, 2018 – In a move that will have implications for Canada’s nascent cannabis industry, this week the federal government is expected to announce new regulations for the cultivation of legal cannabis which will allow companies to grow their crops outdoors. For existing producers heavily invested in indoor and greenhouse cultivation, there is concern the…
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DEA Wins Final Rule CBD Lawsuit
May 2nd. 2018 – A federal appeals court this week dealt a blow to makers of CBD-rich cannabis extracts who were trying to stop the Drug Enforcement Administration from considering their products as dangerous drugs. On April 30th, the Ninth Circuit appeals court judges ruled against the Hemp Industries Association in their bid to overturn a…
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Government Health Advisers Recommend FDA Approve Epidiolex
April 19th, 2018 – A British pharmaceutical company is closer to getting its CBD medicine to the U.S. market with the government’s blessing, a first for the cannabis industry and potential game-changer for all marijuana and cannabidiol producers. A panel of government health advisers gave a unanimous recommendation Thursday to the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Mitch McConnell Wants Congress to Legalize Hemp
March 26th, 2018 – Kentucky – Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate’s top leader said Monday he wants to bring hemp production back into the mainstream by removing it from the controlled substances list that now associates it with its cousin – marijuana. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told hemp advocates in his home state of Kentucky…
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Medicinal Cannabis Science Conference in Toronto
March 1st, 2018 — For those in the cannabis industry interested in the very latest scientific developments they will want to consider attending the upcoming Medicinal Cannabis Conference being held in Toronto, March 23 – 24, 2018, hosted by the International Pharmaceutical Academy at the DoubleTree by Hilton Toronto Downtown. This two-day conference will feature 10 of…
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9th Circuit Court to decide Future of U.S. CBD Market
February 15th, 2018 – The Hemp Industries Association is taking the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to court in a high-stakes case that will decide the future of CBD sales in the U.S. The suit is in response to the DEA’s position that CBD is a marijuana extract and therefore illegal. While the case won’t be decided…
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Canada: Government Proposes ‘Micro’ Cultivation Licences
November 21st, 2017 – Canada’s federal government has proposed a licensing program that could allow for ‘micro’ craft cannabis producers to be included in the legal mix. This afternoon, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor announced the release of a consultation paper detailing the government’s proposed approach to the regulation of cannabis. She also announced the launch of a…