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$5 million plan to use marijuana taxes for hemp processing fails in Colorado
A Colorado proposal to use $5 million in marijuana tax collections to help buy machines to process hemp fibers failed.
Cannabis product sampling is taking off, despite legal and pandemic challenges
Want to get shoppers to try a new product? Start by giving them a free taste.
Product sampling is the gold standard of consumer packaged goods marketing.
Wage-theft complaint snares Colorado CBD maker
A former employee at a Denver CBD manufacturing plant alleges that Kiss Nutraceuticals had employees working more than 50 hours a week without paying overtime.
FDA issues first-ever warning letters on delta-8 THC
U.S. health authorities issued their first-ever warning letters about delta-8 THC Wednesday, saying the hemp-derived isomer “has psychoactive and intoxicating effects and may be dangerous to consumers.”
New York state reminds hemp industry that THC isomers off-limits
New York cannabis regulators are stepping up efforts to stamp out THC isomers derived from hemp, sending a warning letter that delta-8 and delta-10 THC products derived from hemp are “strictly prohibited.”
Marijuana industry wrestles with academic requirements as programs tailored to industry flourish
One of the hottest trends in hiring right now – removing college-degree requirements to make applicant pools more diverse – is putting the marijuana industry in an unusual position.
That’s because the effort counters another powerful trend: the emergence of cannabis higher education.
Virginia lawmakers buck governor on delta-8 THC ban, smokable hemp
Last-minute political sparring over marijuana crimes appears to have prevented new limits on the cannabis industry in Virginia.
As more states legalize marijuana, CBD retailers face an identity crisis
Legal and lightly taxed, CBD operators have enormous business advantages compared to their colleagues growing and selling high-THC cannabis and its extracts.
But how will they fit in the overall cannabis industry when all THC levels – think recreational marijuana – are legal?
United Kingdom extends CBD food deadline after complaints
British food regulators hit the pause button on plans to winnow edible CBD products that can be sold in the United Kingdom.
2 Alberta hemp processors awarded CA$900,000 to expand production
Two hemp manufacturing plants in Alberta, Canada, will get roughly 900,000 Canadian dollars ($700,000) in public grants for improvements to expand fiber and grain processing through a joint federal-provincial program.
Ohio expands THC label requirements to include delta-8 THC, minor cannabinoids
Ohio medical marijuana producers will now be required to list THC isomers and minor cannabinoids THCA and THCV on package labels.