A fledgling United Kingdom-based trade group, which represents about 25 companies from Europe and North America, is seeking to allow its members to sell CBD products even though they might be in violation of European Union regulations.
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Week in Review: USDA issues hemp rules, Mexican recreational cannabis vote delayed, spring rollout for Michigan’s rec market & more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveils its hotly anticipated hemp regulations, Mexico’s bid to legalize recreational marijuana is delayed, sales of adult-use MJ in Michigan won’t begin until March or April at the earliest – and more of the week’s top cannabis business news. USDA rolls out hemp rules The USDA released 160 pages of […]
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USDA announces long-delayed hemp rules, calls for total THC testing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a nationwide proposal for growing hemp and testing its THC content, a move that comes more than 10 months after the U.S. Congress legalized hemp and ordered the USDA to regulate it.
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Exclusive Webcast: Village Farms CEO talks branding, strategy for marijuana
Village Farms is counting on its 30-plus years of experience in megascale, low-cost product growing to give it a leg up as it shifts focus to the Canadian cannabis and U.S. hemp markets.
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Life has stabilized for California marijuana testing labs since 2018, but hurdles remain
California’s cannabis testing industry was stressed to the brink in 2018, with newly required testing thresholds going into effect first in July 2018 and then in January 2019. The result at the time was long waits for test results, a temporary increase in product testing failures and various industry stakeholders arguing the state needed far […]
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Linton back in cannabis business as chair, investor and adviser
Ousted Canopy Growth co-CEO Bruce Linton is getting back into the marijuana business in a big way, resurfacing as a senior executive, investor and adviser in three separate companies in the U.S. and Canada. Linton is joining Michigan-based Gage Cannabis Co. as executive chair, parent company Wolverine Partners said Tuesday. Gage said in a news […]
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Global cannabis trends and game-changers: Q&A with Narbé Alexandrian, CEO of Canopy Rivers
Since taking the helm at Canopy Rivers, the investment affiliate of Canopy Growth, Narbé Alexandrian has seen the cannabis industry go from dipping its toes into global waters to plunging in headfirst.
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