CBD News

Bruce Linton, the renowned former CEO of Canopy Growth, has launched a new company focusing on hemp and CBD investment opportunities.

The coronavirus has now disrupted the CBD space after Expo West, the world’s largest natural products tradeshow, was canceled due to fears about a growing pandemic.

The Louisiana Alcohol and Tobacco Control Board has licensed some 1,500 businesses in the state to sell CBD products under the state’s industrial hemp rules.

A proposal in Georgia would require anyone carrying or transporting hemp to be carrying proper paperwork or face potential arrest and jail time for cannabis possession.

UK officials at the Food Standards Agency say CBD products will be pulled off store shelves next year if they have not received any form of regulatory approval by then.

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill from the House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Safety that would expand the state’s medical cannabis program to include THC-rich products.

The Global Hemp Innovation Center operated by Oregon State University will receive $2.5 million from the federal government earmarked as part of a larger federal funding bill.

Multiple independent tests of CBD-infused water have found it frequently contains zero CBD. A lab that approved test results for CBD-infused water has also been flagged by the FDA for numerous violations.

Applicants who wish to grow hemp will need to submit their fingerprints as well as parcel maps of their proposed crops.

The three new bills address cannabis decriminalization and creating a path forward for CBD & smokable hemp products.

The new insurance option will only apply to federally-eligible hemp producers in select counties and states, however.

Oregon cannabis regulators have issued a statewide ban on including CBD and THC in alcoholic beverages; the ban takes effect starting January 1.

A bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo will establish rules and regulations for the New York’s hemp and CBD industry; the bill establishes a licensing process for hemp growers, processors, and manufacturers, and includes lab testing and product labeling requirements.

Dallas-based Panda Biotech has unveiled plans to build the country’s largest industrial hemp processing facility in Shallowater, Texas.

A new FDA consumer update claims that CBD “has the potential to harm” and suggests that symptoms could range from potential mood swings to even male infertility.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently met with FDA Commissioner nominee Dr. Stephen Hahn and discussed the need for a federal CBD regulatory framework.

Now that hemp is a legal agricultural crop in the U.S., it’s important to recognize the major distinctions between the plant’s two primary oil-based derivatives: hemp seed oil and hemp-derived CBD oil.

The CBD industry is blowing up and consumers everywhere are experimenting with a wide variety of products from countless different companies — these tips will help you understand the differences between the industry’s two biggest product offerings: full-spectrum oils and CBD isolate.

Marcus Pfeifer is the CEO of Homescape Pets, a natural hemp-derived pet supplements company based out of Colorado.

The Iowa Medical Cannabidiol Board has approved language recommending the removal of the state’s 3 percent cap on THC in medical cannabis products. Instead, the board suggests a purchase limit of 4.5 grams of THC products over 90 days.

In a recent survey conducted by YouGov for Colorado’s Joy Organics, more than half of those polled admitted to concerns about the safety of CBD products — specifically, due to the potential for the products to contain pesticides or heavy metals.