Federal drug authorities have sent another round of warning letters to CBD producers about making health claims. The recipients include CW Hemp, the Colorado Springs, Colorado, company that supplies the popular Charlotte’s Web medicine for intractable epilepsy. The...
How hemp growers can combat weeds, insects and disease by Kristen Nichols Hemp farmers are thousands of years behind – meaning they’re just starting to develop strategies to fight pests and disease that other crops were bred to resist millennia ago. Just like...
The marijuana business has a lot to learn from Tesla. Ever heard of Tesla? Of course you have, though you’ve never seen a TV commercial for its electric cars or seen a promotion from a local dealer. That’s because Tesla used innovative showroom experiences to get...
By Kristen Nichols
When it comes to hemp, Oregon is no little brother to its more populous neighbors to the north and south.
Washington state bans hemp production for high-value CBD products, and California is headed toward a patchwork of local hemp regulations. Meanwhile, Oregon is poised to become a national hemp leader.
A Native American tribe based in Nevada is suing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration over the seizure of a 26-acre hemp crop growing in California. The Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada - a federally recognized tribe of Western Shoshone and Northern...
The founder of a company that contributed $500,000 to help defeat recreational marijuana legalization in Arizona last year now faces fraud and racketeering charges from federal authorities who accuse him of pushing prescriptions of powerful painkillers. The charges...
A Colorado agricultural biotech that specializes in marijuana is paying a major California agricultural research university at least $150,000 to study the hemp genome in an effort to reduce the need for using pesticides and fertilizers on the plant. Lafayette-based...
The youngest son of late reggae star Bob Marley is the latest marijuana entrepreneur to launch a line of CBD products derived from hemp. Damian Marley's marijuana company, California-based Stony Hill Corp., is selling CBD tinctures, gummies and topical creams under...
By Kristen Nichols
A flurry of marijuana and hemp lawsuits are roiling the cannabis industry’s confusing intellectual property landscape, with trademark and trade-secret fights signaling big changes for the business.
The legal disputes – from Ohio to California – show that long-simmering tensions over intellectual property in the cannabis sector are growing as the industry matures.
Hemp production is booming in Uruguay, where acreage this year has tripled. Bloomberg reported that nine companies are authorized to plant about 3,000 acres of hemp this year, up from 988 acres in 2016. Sergio Vazquez, who evaluates and...
A North Dakota tobacco shop owner faces criminal charges for selling CBD products, a case that could test the state's definition of the cannabinoid. Falesteni Abuhamda, the owner of two Tobacco Depot stores, tried unsuccessfully to have his case dismissed by a judge,...
New Zealand will hold a public referendum on whether to legalize recreational marijuana for personal use at some point over the next three years, according to the nation's newly elected prime minister. Jacinda Ardern - who was confirmed as the nation's next prime...
