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New Mexico has joined a growing number of states in allowing hemp production, but the new law is vague about when hemp production may begin and how the program will work.
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Target’s CBD sales reversal roils hemp industry
A decision by Target Corp. to start selling CBD supplements last week had the hemp industry cheering - until the Minneapolis-based retail giant yanked the products. Target's decision to stop selling CW Hemp supplements and oils followed a news release from the...
Celebrity sues CBD line, claiming trademark violation
Actress Jessica Alba is suing a Colorado business that makes CBD nutritional supplements, claiming that Honest Herbal infringes on the trademark of her Los Angeles firm, The Honest Co., which makes personal-care products and vitamins. Alba argues in the federal...
Wisconsin tribe next to join hemp business via new CBD law
A Native American tribe in Wisconsin has voted to produce hemp-derived cannabidiol, saying a new CBD law in the state will enable it to avoid federal raids and road bumps that have beleaguered other tribes getting into the cannabis industry.
The vote last week by the St. Croix Chippewa – a tribe in northwestern Wisconsin that’s also called the St. Croix Band – sets up a CBD production facility in a former fish hatchery on tribal land. The facility has 200,000 square feet of usable space.
Vermont issues fifth medical marijuana business license
Vermont may soon see its medical marijuana dispensary total double thanks to a law designed to expand the state's small MMJ program. PhytoScience Institute has been granted a preliminary MMJ dispensary license, according to The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. Once the...
New York reinvigorating hemp program with $10M in grants
New York state is opening its ramped-up hemp program with a call for new growers and an offer of up to $10 million in grant funding. The grants come in two categories: $5 million will fund industrial hemp research, including nearly $1 million in partnerships with...
Colorado marijuana edibles makers bracing for new standards
By Kristen Nichols Colorado's ban on edible marijuana products shaped like animals, humans or fruits takes effect Oct. 1 - but manufacturers say they're prepared for the change. The 2016 law, which bans certain shapes of edibles, was spurred by concerns children may...
Pennsylvania support for legal recreational marijuana nears 60%
Nearly six in 10 Pennsylvanians support recreational marijuana legalization, a dramatic upturn over the past decade, a new poll shows. According to the poll by Franklin & Marshall College's Center for Opinion Research, 59% of the roughly...
CBD turmoil in Nebraska, Indiana underscores product’s uncertain legal status
By Kristen Nichols
A recent memo from Nebraska’s top law-enforcement official – in which he called cannabidiol products “illegal” – has underscored the challenges faced by CBD manufacturers and retailers nationwide.
The memo, and a CBD brouhaha in Indiana, have meant lost sales, confiscated product, legal uncertainty – and even the loss of a job.
Michigan OKs vertically integrated medical cannabis companies
Details are starting to emerge about Michigan’s new medical marijuana licensing rules.
Sheriffs step up patrols of hemp farms after N.C. robberies
Hemp fields are getting extra protection from law enforcement in one eastern North Carolina county where the new crop has been targeted by thieves, a sign that growers of the plant face more threats than the usual pests and poor weather. The extra sheriffs’ patrols in...
South Carolina extends deadline for prospective hemp growers
Prospective hemp farmers in South Carolina have an extra week to apply to grow the crop next year in the wake of Hurricane Irma. State regulators extended the deadline to Sept. 22 because of the flooding caused by Irma. Even before the...
