Pennsylvania's hemp production is poised to expand dramatically after Gov. Tom Wolf announced plans this week to increase the number of available hemp licenses by 66% - and the total acreage by even more. Wolf said Pennsylvania's first year in the modern hemp market,...
Stores selling CBD in central Indiana are seeing a spike in sales after the state’s attorney general declared the products illegal with one limited exception. Kokomo store owner Joan Johnson said sales and interest in CBD increased after Attorney General Curtis...
A long-awaited legal challenge targeting federal drug authorities who call CBD a controlled substance will be heard in a federal appeals court in February. The Hemp Industries Association and hemp businesses are suing the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
Texas is weeks from the opening of CBD dispensaries many thought would never appear in the deep-red state. But it’s far from certain whether Texas’ highly restrictive law will translate into a viable market for the handful of businesses allowed to produce and sell CBD...
 Washington has stopped issuing hemp licenses because the program is too expensive, the latest hurdle for a state that led the nation in marijuana adoption but has lagged on hemp. The Washington Department of Agriculture won’t issue hemp licenses for 2018 unless state...
A federal judge has rejected an effort by an American Indian tribe to resume growing hemp in Stockton, California. The Winnemucca Shoshoni tribe had sued the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and San Joaquin County in October over the removal of 26 acres of hemp -...
Cannabidiol investments are heating up across Europe, as entrepreneurs race to capitalize on hemp and CBD business opportunities. A Swiss cannabis business, CBD420, is marketing hemp strains that meet Europe's limit of 0.2% THC, with products for sale in more than...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has quietly signed a bill making Wisconsin the 35th state to allow hemp production. The bill had passed unanimously in the state legislature, sending the measure to Walker's desk. Supporters say Wisconsin farmers...
Oklahoma lawmakers are poised to consider legal hemp production in 2018, a move that would open the state's limited cannabidiol program to in-state producers. If the bipartisan proposal aimed at boosting a sagging farm economy succeeds, Oklahoma would join more than...
Canada's hemp market is about to skyrocket under new regulations that allow the nation's farmers to use the plant's flower for cannabidiol extraction. The proposal has farmers and cannabis companies scrambling to capitalize on the change. "This changes everything,"...
Iowa has chosen its sole low-potency medical marijuana manufacturer, a new Des Moines company led by owners of an Iowa food-ingredient maker.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has told retailers they have 60 days to take CBD products off their shelves, but he also said state legislators could craft a new law allowing CBD sales. The governor's mixed messages come as the Hoosier State tries to make sense of...
