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Illinois-Based Cannabis Company Raises $90M

Grassroots Cannabis has completed its first capital raise of $90 million to expand its operations, the company announced on Tuesday.… Read More

Kentucky Hemp Product Sales Surged In 2018

The Kentucky industrial hemp industry saw a lucrative 2018 as hemp product sales surged from $17 million in 2017 to… Read More

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Resigns

The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, has announced his resignation, according to The Washington Post.… Read More

Cannabis Should Be Sold in Grocery Stores, Says Whole Foods CEO

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey told reporters last week that once cannabis is legalized in Texas, Whole Foods and other… Read More

FDA Commissioner to Host Public Meeting Covering CBD Regulation in April

The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration announced there will be a public meeting in April with the goal… Read More

Bill Restoring CBD to Store Shelves Advances in Maine

Maine lawmakers have advanced a bill to re-enable the sale of edible CBD products in the state following a sudden… Read More

Tilray Acquires Hemp Company for $317 Million

Canadian Licensed Producer Tilray has acquired Manitoba Harvest, a large hemp food maker, for $317 million in the LP’s largest… Read More

New York City Health Dept. Bans CBD in Food, Drinks

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene this week announced a ban and resulting crackdown on CBD-infused… Read More

Steve Bannon Floats Building ‘Private’ Border Wall Using Hempcrete

During a trip with several other high-profile Trump supporters to McAllen, Texas in support of the president’s contentious U.S.-Mexico border… Read More

Truckload of “Marijuana” Seized in Oklahoma Is Likely Industrial Hemp

Law enforcement officers in Oklahoma jailed a truck crew and seized 9 tons of suspected marijuana earlier this month and… Read More

Maine Bans CBD Edibles Sales Outside Dispensaries

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is limiting the sale of edible CBD products in the state… Read More

Pennsylvania Removes Hemp Restrictions, Industry Left Wide Open

The state of Pennsylvania has decided to scrap limitations on its industrial hemp pilot program and will allow farmers open… Read More

FDA Begins Planning CBD Regulatory Framework

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the organization is beginning the process of creating a regulatory framework for the marketing… Read More

Trump Signs Farm Bill, Legalizes Industrial Hemp

President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law on Thursday, legalizing industrial hemp and its derivatives across the… Read More

Congress Passes Industrial Hemp Legalization

The unified 2018 Farm Bill was passed by the U.S. Senate and then soared through the House of Representatives this… Read More

Mitch McConnell Uses Hemp Pen to Sign Finalized Farm Bill

The final version of the 2018 Farm Bill was released this week and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) symbolically… Read More

New York Accepting Hemp Applications for CBD Products

New York announced it is now accepting applications for growers and processors of industrial hemp, according to a Weed News report. Though… Read More

Drive-Thru CBD Available in Vermont

A former bank has been turned into a drive-thru CBD dispensary in Battleboro, Vermont, the Battleboro Reformer reports. Ceres Natural Remedies… Read More

New Mexico Removes Final Hurdle Blocking Hemp Production

New Mexico is on the verge of allowing industrial hemp production after the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Board of… Read More

Lawmakers Reach Farm Bill Deal, Hemp Legalization Incoming

Lawmakers in federal Farm Bill negotiations said Thursday they have reached an “agreement in principle” that would break a months-long… Read More

Industrial Hemp Could Help Save the Bees

A researcher investigating industrial hemp fields in Colorado has discovered that the plant is extremely popular with many different bee… Read More

Mitch McConnell Guarantees Industrial Hemp in Farm Bill

On Friday, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) promised that the Farm Bill will be passed in an upcoming lame duck session… Read More

Car Chase, Gunfire Follow Industrial Hemp Theft

A Tennessee hemp farmer chased thieves carrying off his hemp in a scene that could be straight out of a… Read More

Corn Farmer Swaps Crops, Plants First ‘Minnesota Hemp Maze’

With Halloween just around the corner and other autumn festivities now in full swing, Minnesota farmer Ted Galaty has decided… Read More