Connecticut legislators took the first step toward outlawing synthetic marijuana and imposing THC caps on sleep aids and other consumable products sold in convenience and CBD stores outside the state’s regulated medical and recreational cannabis markets.
It is no longer legal in Arkansas to sell products containing delta-8 THC, the hemp-derived cannabinoid steeped in confusion and controversy.
Hemp plantings in the United States were nearly cut in half in 2022, with 28,400 acres dedicated to growing the plant – slightly more than the acreage set aside for Christmas trees.
Cannabis growers are looking closely at mainstream agricultural technology to gain a new level of precision cultivation that employs everything from artificial intelligence and augmented reality to robots and drones.
The fungus that causes the plant disease black root rot has spread to cannabis plants beyond hemp, warns new research that identified the pathogen in a licensed commercial cultivation facility in British Columbia, Canada.
New regulations for sellers of hemp-derived cannabinoids in Tennessee are set to go into effect after final approval from state lawmakers on Tuesday.
California regulators have awarded nearly $20 million to 16 state universities to conduct scientific research on a host of cannabis-related issues and compounds, including mental health, delta-8 and delta-10 and what’s billed as the first study on marijuana legacy genetics.
