CBD ‘safe’ for mainstream retail, Health Canada advisory panel says
CBD is “safe and tolerable” in healthy adults and should be available without a prescription, a panel of scientists recommended to Canada’s top health regulator Thursday.
US House passes marijuana research bill; Senate expected to follow suit
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a revised bipartisan bill that would make it easier for researchers to study marijuana.
Some Minnesota cities ban cannabis edibles sales as new law takes effect
Several cities in Minnesota imposed moratoriums on cannabis edibles, and others are considering bans, in the wake of a first-of-its kind law allowing adult-use THC sales in outlets other than medical marijuana dispensaries.
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.
Chicago considers limits on CBD retailers calling their shops a ‘dispensary’
Under a proposal by city Alderman Brian Hopkins, CBD shops in Chicago would be prohibited from advertising themselves as “dispensaries.”
Biotech and hemp firm to raise $35 million in registered direct offering
Agriculture biotechnology firm 22nd Century Group has announced a registered direct offering of shares to raise expected gross proceeds of $35 million.
Vermont shuffles hemp oversight in advance of adult-use marijuana sales
Vermont is punting hemp cultivation oversight to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as it sets up a single state agency to oversee cannabis products in advance of adult-use marijuana sales beginning this fall.
