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Hemp Oil Regulations Are More Complicated Than You Might Think

Legal cannabis sales in the U.S. last year reached $6.7 billion, a growth of 30 percent, according to an ArcView… Read More

Big Pharma Positioning for Federal Approval of Cannabis Drugs

In my most recent publishing, I wrote that our hemp/CBD industry was being hijacked from us. “Us,” being those who… Read More

Amendment to Bill in West Virginia Would Explicitly Legalize Hemp-Derived CBD in the State

West Virginia lawmakers have clarified language in a bill adding substances to the drug schedule that would allow the sale,… Read More

Vermont’s Lax Industrial Hemp Rules Driving Cottage Industry

A hemp cultivation permit is easy to come by in Vermont – for an annual fee of $25, anybody can… Read More

Colorado Ag Dept. Could Begin Hemp-as-Feed Research if Gov. Signs Bill

The Colorado Department of Agriculture will soon begin researching the use of hemp in livestock feed if Gov. John Hickenlooper… Read More

New York State College’s Hemp Society Industrial Hemp Proposal Waitlisted

A proposal to grow hemp by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Hemp Society… Read More

North Carolina Greenlights Industrial Hemp Program

Farmers in North Carolina can now apply to grow industrial hemp as part of a pilot program in the state,… Read More

New Mexico Gov. Vetoes Industrial Hemp Bill

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed Senate Bill 6 on Saturday, which would have authorized the state to adopt a… Read More

Italian Farmers Using Hemp to Remediate Soil Polluted by Steel Mill

Farmers in Italy are planting industrial hemp in order to remediate the soil contaminated by a nearby steel plant; and… Read More

Wisconsin Lawmakers Considering Bill to Legalize Hemp Farming

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are circulating a bill to legalize industrial hemp production in the state, according to an Associated… Read More

South Dakota Hemp Bill Passes Committee, Moves to House

The South Dakota Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee has approved a measure that would legalize full-scale hemp production in the… Read More

Bills Passed to Expand MMJ, Legalize Industrial Hemp in New Mexico

Two bills have moved their way through separate houses of the New Mexico Legislature that would expand the state’s medical… Read More

Arizona Industrial Hemp Bill Passes First Hurdle

Arizona’s Senate Committee on Commerce and Public Safety voted 6-1 to approve industrial hemp production, processing, manufacturing, distribution, and commerce… Read More

New Mexico Hemp Bill Passes Second Committee, Moves to House for Vote

A bill that would remove hemp from New Mexico’s controlled substance list has passed through the state’s House Labor and… Read More

Hemp CBD Companies Should Worry About FDA, Not DEA, Intervention

It’s been nearly two months since mainstream media outlets and several cannabis publications published headlines claiming that the Drug Enforcement… Read More

Lawsuit: DEA Violating Court Orders by Regulating Hemp

The Hemp Industry Association has filed a lawsuit against the DEA seeking to hold the agency in contempt of court… Read More

Oregon Commission Bars Cannabis-Infused Alcohol, Hemp OK

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission will allow alcohol brewers and distillers to use hemp in their products but have declined… Read More

Report: North American Cannabis Industry Could Experience 33% Annual Growth through 2021

According to a Market Research Future report, the North American cannabis market could grow at a compound annual growth rate… Read More

Thailand Approves Hemp Cultivation as Part of Drug Reforms

Thailand’s cabinet has approved hemp cultivation for medicinal purposes under an Office of Narcotics Control Board plan, the Bangkok Post… Read More

Bill Removing Hemp from State Drug Schedule Pre-Filed in New Hampshire

A coalition of Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire has pre-filed a bill that would prohibit hemp’s designation as a controlled substance… Read More

DEA: Rule Change Prioritizes CBD Research

The DEA says that the rule change, published last week which changed the agency’s code for cannabis extracts, will make… Read More

Cannabis Sativa Inc. Buys California Property for Hemp Farm

Cannabis Sativa, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49 percent ownership stake in a 9-acre property in… Read More

Japanese Prefecture Ends Hemp Growing Program After Cannabis Arrests

The industrial hemp program in Japan’s Tottori Prefecture is being shuttered after the president and two employees of one of… Read More

Hemp and MMJ Bill Introduced in Costa Rica

Note: This piece was updated on 12/20/16. The previous version of the article did not mention prohibitionist stall tactics in… Read More