2022 US hemp harvest projected to shrink by nearly half of last year’s
This year’s U.S. hemp harvest is expected to shrink by 46% compared to 2021, according to commodity exchange PanXchange.
How Biden’s rescheduling of marijuana could affect the US industry
After a half-century in which marijuana endured the strictest prohibition allowed under the law, President Joe Biden has set in motion a process that could lead to revolutionary changes for federal MJ policy.
Marijuana MSO Vireo Health sues Minnesota over new edibles law
Marijuana multistate company Vireo Health, one of two licensed medical cannabis operators in Minnesota, filed a lawsuit against the state alleging that a new law allowing hemp-derived edibles sales unfairly discriminate against MJ-derived edibles makers.
Minnesota hemp edibles law ushers in new rivals, upends marijuana market
Minnesota’s two medical marijuana providers suddenly face droves of new rivals thanks to a groundbreaking state law that allows the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived THC edibles in mainstream retail outlets such as grocery and convenience stores.
Federal agencies say they want to study ‘minor cannabinoids,’ terpenes
A group of federal health agencies have indicated in a government publication that they’d like to study various “minor cannabinoids” from marijuana, along with cannabis terpenes, to determine how they could best be used to treat a handful of medical ailments.
Is Canada (finally) going to allow CBD to be sold in mainstream retail?
A watershed CBD recommendation expected this summer from Canadian health authorities could resolve one of the oddest differences between the cannabis industries in Canada and the United States – their starkly different approaches to hemp extracts.
Making a scientific case to question THC-impairment testing
We have stronger evidence than ever that single measurements of delta-9 THC in breath or blood don’t always indicate impairment from recent cannabis use.
