Kentucky Home Becomes First to Use Hempcrete Insulation
For the first time in Kentucky, a home is being insulated with hempcrete. According to an ABC36 report, the Lexington… Read More
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DEA Seeks to Have Lawsuit Against ‘Marijuana Extract’ Rule Tossed
The DEA is moving to have a lawsuit dismissed that challenges their December rule change which applies a Controlled Substances Number… Read More
Industrial Hemp Coming to South Carolina
Shortly after the close of South Carolina’s legislative session earlier this month, Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill legalizing the cultivation… Read More
Colorado Gov. Signs Bill Permitting Hemp Farmers to Use Federally Stored Water
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed the bill to protect hemp farmers registered with the state who use water stored… Read More
North Carolina Farmers Begin Planting Pilot Hemp Crops
The North Carolina Hemp Commission has received an opinion from the state attorney general’s office to allow them to license… Read More
Australia and New Zealand Approve Hemp Food Sales
The Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation has approved the sale of hemp as food but also… Read More
MMJ and Hemp Program Protections Included in Federal Budget Resolution
State-legal medical cannabis and hemp programs are safe until at least September as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment – which prohibits the… Read More
West Virginia Gov. Signs Industrial Hemp Bill
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill opening up the state’s hemp production by expanding the availability of… Read More
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