As Moldova appears headed toward legalizing the cultivation of industrial hemp, stakeholders have outlined several key considerations that should be addressed in pending legislation. Represe… Read More

Ohio is the most recent state to move against intoxicating substances made from industrial hemp, with proposed laws having been introduced in both houses of the legislature. Developments in… Read More

UK CBD maker B3 Labs, which had more than 500 products awaiting safety approval by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), has succumbed to overall struggles in the sector, the company […] Read More

A draft law in Germany should eliminate lingering problems with law enforcement agencies by clearly stating that industrial hemp has no intoxicating effect and therefore poses no danger. In… Read More

Struggling U.S. marijuana giant Curaleaf Holdings Inc. has signaled it believes in the axiom “if you can’t beat them, join them,” recently announcing a new line of hemp-der… Read More

Six marketers of products containing delta-8 THC have received warnings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over snacks the agencies say appea… Read More

A Florida university president has resigned in the wake of a flap over a multi-million dollar gift from a Texas hemp entrepreneur. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) in Ma… Read More

Two Florida producers have been cited for targeting children with intoxicating hemp products, in violation of state law. The companies were accused of “selling and manufacturing hundre… Read More

A ban on intoxicating hemp may not wait for the next U.S. Farm Bill, as a measure that could remove the often unsafe products from the market has passed out […] Read More

The Italian government has placed CBD on the country’s list of narcotic drugs, in defiance of a regional administrative court ruling, and in contravention of European Union law. The Mi… Read More

A proposed hemp law in Victoria, Australia now has the support of the state’s government. The Hemp Industry Bill 2024, which is moving through the legislative process, grew out of… Read More

Regulators in the U.S. Virgin Islands have warned licensed hemp retailers to stop selling food and drinks containing CBD, raw flowers and pre-rolls under threat of punishment – leading… Read More

A government-held company said it will make Argentina’s first export shipments of hemp to three countries, where it sold a total 730 kilos of high-CBD, low-THC flowers. Cannava S.E., o… Read More

More signals surfaced last week indicating Thailand is likely to reverse course on cannabis by shutting down a combined legal CBD and marijuana market projected to reach billions in value. [… Read More

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has sued the owner of Facebook, saying the social media giant hosted bogus online ads which falsely depict him promoting CBD. The lawsuit, against Meta [&h… Read More

French health officials have issued an urgent warning to consumers to avoid products containing synthetic hemp-derived intoxicants, and declared an exhaustive list of substances as narcotics… Read More

Intoxicating hemp products are being removed from the market in South Dakota, Louisiana, Iowa and Nebraska as a result of recent legislative and legal developments. In South Dakota, a federa… Read More

The fortunes of leading U.S. CBD company Charlotte’s Web continued a downward trend in the first quarter of 2024 as the company recorded $9.7 million in losses on reduced revenues [&he… Read More

Oregon law agencies hope updated rules on inspections and policing of the state’s cannabis industry will prevent illicit marijuana growers from operating under cover of hemp licenses… Read More

Women who use CBD for pregnancy-related mental and physical discomfort could be putting their offspring at risk, according to a new study by researchers in the U.S. and Canada that […… Read More

Inconsistencies in trade data are hampering global business in hemp products, holding back the economic and environmental benefits for developing nations, according to a new global study. A… Read More

Japan appears poised to issue highly restrictive THC limits for CBD products that would essentially wipe out a market for over-the-counter products estimated at more than $170 million (¥… Read More

A UK physician who aggressively recommended a treatment plan that included CBD for a terminal cancer patient has lost his medical license. A disciplinary panel at the Medical Practitioners T… Read More

Licensed hemp fields in Canada continued to shrink, with 11,861 hectares (29,309 acres) recorded in 2023, down from 13,589 hectares (33,579 acres) in 2022, according to government statistics… Read More

Not all hemp cannabinoids would be banned under a controversial amendment proposed for the next U.S. Farm Bill, according to analysis from a key legislative agency. The Congressional Researc… Read More

A Colorado company has been hit with a lawsuit for selling highly potent cannabis products that it marketed as industrial hemp. The state’s attorney general, Phil Weiser, said his offi… Read More

A Mexican company has been notified it was approved for a hemp license, only the second such permit granted by the country’s health agency. The Federal Commission for the Protection [… Read More

Restrictions on per-serving THC limits in CBD products proposed in California could bring a setback for consumers who take high doses of over-the-counter CBD for medical conditions, some car… Read More

The government of Tasmania said it is working to simplify things for hemp producers after a comprehensive review of the state’s Industrial Hemp Act 2015. Jane Howlett, Minist… Read More

Late-comer Idaho has joined the ranks of leading hemp states in the U.S., with more than 2,440 acres licensed this year, according to the state’s agriculture department. Compared to la… Read More

A U.S. Congressional spending bill released this week includes language that would likely shut down widespread distribution of unregulated intoxicating hemp products – perhaps before t… Read More

Struggling UK CBD company Chill Brands Group PLC has suspended trading of its shares amid a clash among board members and executives. In a June 10 announcement, the company said […] Read More

Intoxicating hemp substances will remain on the market in Florida after Gov. Ron DeSantis nixed a proposed law that would have banned products containing them. DeSantis on Friday vetoed Sena… Read More

A Florida university that received a $238 million “gift” from a Texas hemp entrepreneur likely won’t cash in on the pledge, school officials have indicated. The donation to… Read More

A plan to re-criminalize cannabis in Thailand could cost CBD stakeholders millions of dollars in lost investments, a key trade group has warned. The Thai Hemp and Cannabis Industry Associati… Read More

Southern states are coming down on both sides of the intoxicating hemp debate, with Texas being urged to enact strict rules for the synthetic compounds while Louisiana lawmakers have sidelin… Read More

Massachusetts cannabis regulators say intoxicating hemp products constitute a “public menace” to the health of the state’s citizens, and are harming regulated marijuana dis… Read More

An administrative region in Uruguay is setting a model for a hemp food production supply chain, and continues to expand exports to the USA, Europe and other South American countries. [&helli… Read More

A proposed law in New Jersey would essentially wipe out delta-8 THC and other intoxicating hemp substances and restrict the sale of CBD to the state’s licensed pot dispensaries. Under… Read More

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has clarified the definition of THC in the context of industrial hemp, potentially placing greater restrictions on intoxicating products derive… Read More

The Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has taken aim at industrial hemp in legislation that would wipe out CBD and all other products derived from the plant’s flowers… Read More

Canadian and French hemp varieties offer the most potential yields of grain and straw from a single crop, according to ongoing trials in four Midwestern U.S. states. Researchers also found [… Read More

Proposed new provisions for the next U.S. Farm Bill are bearing down on delta-8 THC and other intoxicating hemp-derived substances as lawmakers begin to look at serious language that would [… Read More

While Australia’s hemp industry faces significant challenges to development, political momentum is growing in some states and healthy investment levels are projected over the next two… Read More

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed suit against a Texas man the agency said collected $1.2 million from investors for a hemp business and then spent more t… Read More

A controversial clause on THC will be removed from German regulations on industrial hemp, and other rules are being adjusted to ease the path for producers, according to the country’s… Read More

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that bans synthetically produced delta-8 THC and similar lab-made intoxicating hemp compounds that have grown in popular… Read More

A farming group in the Australian state of Victoria said it is backing proposed legislation that would loosen regulations for hemp growers and unlock the potential for production of sustaina… Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is officially moving to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, a less dangerous category than Schedule I in which it is now classified, t… Read More

Purdue University researchers say they are using cellulose extracted from industrial hemp to develop biodegradable superabsorbent materials that will be less polluting than those now used in… Read More

Developments in six states this month reflect the growing national movement to crack down on hemp-derived delta-8 THC and other intoxicating hemp compounds that have flourished due to a loop… Read More

University researchers and a village in Belgium are testing the potential of hemp growing for remediation of soil contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – “… Read More

INTERVIEW: Emad Rahim has worked as a management consultant for over a decade, supporting organizations and universities in project management, strategic planning, change management, leaders… Read More

The Colombian government said it will invest five billion Colombian pesos ($1.3 million) to promote the production of marijuana and hemp, according to an announcement this week. The Ministry… Read More

The American former chairman of a Canadian wellness company and CBD producer has been fined $115,000 in an insider trading case. John M. Moretz, who served as chairman of Neptune […] Read More

Total financing of CA$6.1 million (~US$4.5 million) has been announced in support of a hemp supply chain to produce uniforms in the Canadian province of Alberta. The federal government said… Read More

Long-needed banking legislation for marijuana companies that could also help hemp operators has again emerged in the U.S. Congress, but it’s far from certain the reforms will pass anyt… Read More

INTERVIEW: Anthony Barraco is a research technician with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) who conducts studies aimed at conserving the gene… Read More

Two states moved this week to crack down on hemp-derived intoxicating hemp products, with Gov. Brian Kemp signing a Georgia law into effect and Connecticut’s House of Representatives s… Read More

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has agreed with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III, recognizing i… Read More

An isle of Jersey CBD operator has won a landmark legal case against the UK Home Office, which had banned the import of its products due to trace amounts of […] Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case with potentially significant financial repercussions for the CBD industry. The case centers around a truck driver who claims he was […… Read More

INTERVIEW: Dave Cook is co-founder and owner of Tuscarora Mills, Bedford, Pennsylvania, a manufacturer of flat woven textile fabrics made from hemp and other natural fibers. An expert in tex… Read More

Two more states have joined the chorus of nearly 30 others seeking to restrict delta-8 THC and other unregulated, synthetic forms of intoxicating hemp from the market. California agencies Fr… Read More

Intoxicating hemp products would be banned or under regulations sufficiently strict to wipe out the market in Louisiana under competing measures passed by the State Senate and House of Repre… Read More

An online retailer of intoxicating hemp products was justified in canceling a distribution contract with its suppliers over moldy products and other problems with shipments, a North Carolina… Read More

Japan’s CBD market reached $154 million (¥24 billion) last year, and further growth is anticipated following the enactment of changes in the nation’s main cannabis law, accor… Read More

A cannabis farming cooperative in Ecuador’s northern Amazon will work with German specialists to optimize biochar production for carbon dioxide removal and soil regeneration. Cooperati… Read More

Nearly 8,000 people reported adverse effects after consuming products containing delta-8 THC or other intoxicating hemp compounds between 2021-2023, according to America’s network of p… Read More

Income from hemp flowers bounced back slightly last year while fiber growers saw the value of their outputs fall sharply even though total fiber fields expanded, according to the third [&hel… Read More

Police raided several locations around Europe late last week, arresting nine suspects in a four-year cannabis Ponzi scheme that reportedly netted the scammers €645 million ($604 million… Read More

Two more states have joined the growing ranks of those trying to get their arms around a runaway market for intoxicating hemp products. Legislation in Mississippi and Illinois would put [&he… Read More

The commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) repeated the contention that the agency does not consider hemp-derived CBD safe enough to be sold lawfully as a dietary [&hell… Read More

A marijuana trade group is urging the U.S. Congress to regulate intoxicating hemp compounds separately from non-psychoactive seed- and fiber-derived byproducts, calling for a more restrictiv… Read More

The UK government has doubled the licensing period for hemp growers to six years and loosened rules for where crops can be grown, but other tight restrictions remain in place, […] Read More

A Harley-Davidson-owned electric motorcycle producer is using hemp-based composite in the fenders of a newly introduced model. Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based LiveWire Group, Inc. said it introdu… Read More

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it has settled with the former CEO of a leading CBD company who was charged with fraud. Martin Sumichrast, who stepped down […] Read More

An industrial alliance in eastern Alberta, Canada is building out a hemp supply chain to develop business in the fiber and grain sectors. Several entities are being established for the [&hel… Read More

Medical CBD maker GW Pharmaceuticals said it will pay $7.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that challenged the company’s 2021 takeover by Ireland-based Jazz Pharmaceuticals. T… Read More

Laws that would crack down on CBD and intoxicating hemp products appear likely to be enacted in two more U.S. states as a wave of such legislation continues to wash […] Read More

Industrial hemp will play a role in an advanced UK housing development designed to address “whole-place carbon footprint,” according to developers of the project, located on a 7… Read More

CBD giant Charlotte’s Web Inc. failed to warn visitors to its website that conversations on its chat feature were being tracked, in violation of California law, a proposed class action… Read More

A French cooperative has opened a hemp fiber processing center in the Occitanie region, turning out “ecological and ethical” fibers for the textile and construction industries. V… Read More

A group of New York companies have re-filed a lawsuit against the state, seeking an injunction that would let them continue to sell intoxicating hemp products. Claiming enforcement of new [… Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a genetically modified variety of industrial hemp designed produce high levels of the CBG (cannabigerol) while eliminating all THC and… Read More

CBD products do not reduce chronic pain, are potentially harmful to health, and are ultimately a waste of money, according to new research from the UK published in a leading […] Read More

Canadian regulators have failed to recommend changes that would start treating hemp as a normal agricultural crop, drawing sharp criticism from the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA), the c… Read More

Intoxicating hemp products are now banned in South Dakota after Gov. Kristi Noem signed a law intended to remove from the market all products containing delta-8 THC and other synthetic [&hel… Read More

While the legalization of industrial hemp five years ago heralded potentially vast new markets, the reality has brought chaos, exploitation and threats to public health, state attorneys gene… Read More

Researchers at a New York engineering school say they are developing siding insulated with industrial hemp for the remodeling of buildings to improve energy efficiency and reduce the carbon… Read More

The market for CBD and other hemp cannabinoids in New York state remains under serious threat after a federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by a group of producers and […] Read More

A multi-million dollar initiative to expand Australian hemp fields to 100,000 hectares in ten years has been abandoned. The initiative to study, promote and expand the hemp sector, which had… Read More

Wyoming high school students successfully lobbied for a law banning intoxicating hemp products after six of their classmates suffered health problems from delta-8 THC. Students in a Youth Fo… Read More

The Global Hemp Innovation Center of Oregon State University has received a $10 million grant to advance economic development among 13 Native American Tribes by… Read More

Arizona hemp stakeholders say an opinion from the state’s Attorney General clarifying the legal status of intoxicating hemp products could also damage the market for CBD extracts… Read More

A crackdown on New York’s illicit cannabis trade has had an “immediate and catastrophic effect” on the market for CBD and other cannabinoids, which has “essentially h… Read More

The Federation of International Hemp Organizations (FIHO) and standards developer ASTM International have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on global guidance for the hem… Read More

The nascent U.S. hemp industry still has much to learn, and should look outward when assessing the research needs required to advance development, according to a new paper from the […… Read More

A bill about to become law in Florida will likely wipe out much of the state’s $1.8 billion CBD market. The measure, which would ban all products that contain intoxicating […] Read More

Hemp stakeholders in Guyana say the country’s Ministry of Agriculture is finally moving to set rules that will advance the cause of hemp production. Long-time hemp advocate Michael Kir… Read More