California’s booming CBD industry is in disarray after the state’s health department reaffirmed earlier this month that CBD cannot be added to food, even if it comes from hemp.
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Hemp Notebook: Red-Tape Blues
Marijuana-style regulations are coming for hemp, prompting the cannabis industry to ponder which rules are really necessary By Kristen Nichols Hemp may be totally different than marijuana. But the red tape that plagues the marijuana industry is coming for hemp anyway....
The Executive Page: Arthur De Cordova
Co-founder and managing director of Ziel, a Colorado company that makes radio-frequency technology designed to reduce yeast and mold in cannabis By Kristen Nichols What was your biggest business “aha” moment? In 2017, we watched the Colorado cannabis market zoom past...
Hemp Notebook: Worldwide Hemp Woes
Why the plant won’t achieve its enormous global market potential until it’s granted trade protections afforded to other crops By Kristen Nichols President Trump has been talking a lot about tariffs and trade deals with other nations. Perfect timing! Hemp badly needs...
The Executive Page: Beth Stavola
COO of Toronto’s MPX Bioceutical Corp. and board member of the New Jersey Cannabis Industry Association By Kristen Nichols What was your biggest business “aha” moment? I was working on Wall Street, doing institutional equity sales. I made an investment in a medical...
4 Nations to Watch in the Hemp Market
The United States may be driving innovation in international marijuana markets, but when it comes to hemp, U.S. producers are scrambling to catch up with established trade opportunities for a crop that has long been legal in other countries.
Two cannabis industry groups join forces, citing need to marshal resources
Two cannabis industry trade groups are teaming up to launch a "federation of organizations" aimed at promoting pro-marijuana policies and laws at the federal level. The New Federalism Fund (NFF), which is focused on banking and tax issues, and the American Trade...
Impending ruling on epilepsy drug has CBD industry on alert
The most disruptive product to hit the newly legal hemp industry might be one that will never be sold directly to consumers.
GW Pharmaceuticals, a London-based biotech company, is awaiting a final decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to produce the first cannabis-derived treatment to win approval as legal medicine.
Organa Brands co-founder Ralph Morgan departs for new CBD venture
The co-founder of marijuana vape manufacturer Organa Brands is leaving to start a new company focused on hemp-derived wellness products. Ralph Morgan said he is still exploring a name and headquarters location for his new company, which will produce cannabidiol...
Hemp Notebook: Race and the Hemp Industry
Why hemp and CBD business executives should be talking about race By Kristen Nichols lmagine the owner of a natural-foods shop in tony coastal California. Now imagine the owner of a store called Quick Stop Discount Tobacco and Beer in central Tennessee. Both stores...
The Executive Page: Yen Pham
Co-Founder and CEO of Link4 Greenhouse Controls, an Anaheim, California, maker of greenhouse control systems and hydroponic equipment By Kristen Nichols What was your biggest business “aha” moment? Our environmental controllers were popular with commercial greenhouse...
Week in Review: California-Canada union, New Jersey’s MMJ expansion & a GOP thumbs-up for hemp
A Canadian cannabis business buys three California MJ companies, New Jersey expands its medical marijuana program, and a key Republican goes to bat for industrial hemp. Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the marijuana industry over the past week....
