A tantalizing innovation in the CBD market has turned into a nasty contract dispute that spans the globe.
Bomi Joseph, a California plant breeder, is suing CBD Naturals, a company that has been associated with Canadian CBD manufacturer Isodi. Isodiol once held distribution rights to Joseph’s self-proclaimed innovation – a cannabidiol product derived from a hops variant
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Canadian cannabis grower The Green Organic Dutchman has agreed to buy a Polish hemp company for $15.5 million. Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD) will pay $7.75 million in cash and the rest in stocks for 100% of HemPoland, a privately held company based in Elblag, Poland. The deal brings TGOD the CBD brand CannabiGold, as well as […]
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A Canadian CBD company has signed a branding agreement with Dr. Sanjay Gupta to roll out a line of “Dr. Gupta’s” CBD tinctures, capsules and salves.
However, the name on the products made by Tree Of Knowledge International is not the famed CNN medical correspondent.
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London-based GW Pharmaceuticals announced it will charge $32,500 a year for its new epilepsy drug, Epidiolex. While that price tag seems high, CEO Justin Gover told The Wall Street Journal that the price is in line with other brand-name epilepsy medications. Epidiolex, the first cannabis medicine to win approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, […]
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Isodiol International is seeking to boost its footprint in the CBD athletics space by partnering with a professional track-and-field training school that counts former Olympians among its clients. Here are the basics surrounding the partnership: Isodiol is paying the Altis training school $225,000 to establish a “living lab” and market its products to the roughly 100 […]
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Is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 2016 guidance enough to convict someone of drug charges for selling CBD? The North Dakota Supreme Court has agreed hear a case on that question – and while it won’t set precedent in other states, it may provide guidance for similar cases. The case of Falesteni A. Abu Hamda will […]
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A Colorado-based grocer backed by national chain Kroger has removed CBD products from one of its stores in Wyoming after warnings from police. Lucky’s Market – a Boulder, Colorado, company that partners with Cincinnati-based Kroger – and Jackson Whole Grocer & Cafe took the CBD off their shelves in Jackson Hole after they were threatened […]
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Canadian hemp is speeding onto the world stage after a Calgary, Alberta-based processor was tapped to provide fibers to help construct a track for the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The deal is thought to be the first time that hemp construction components have been used in a modern Olympics. Canadian Greenfield Technologies will send 60,000 to […]
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A Canadian marijuana company that specializes in sexual-health products has acquired two California companies to expand its CBD business in the United States. Rise Life Science of Toronto closed the deal Tuesday to acquire Cultivate Kind, a marketing company, and Life Bloom Organics, which makes CBD products. Rise paid $500,000 and issued 2 million common […]
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A North Carolina company that uses hemp to make an additive for drilling fluid for oil and gas operators has signed a distribution deal with an Alaska drilling company. Under the agreement, Quadco, an Anchorage company that maintains and repairs oil and gas wells, will distribute Hemp Inc.’s DrillWall product across Alaska. Hemp Inc. grows […]
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Hemp may be totally different than marijuana. But the red tape that plagues the marijuana industry is coming for hemp anyway.
That’s why the hemp industry should keep an eye on what is happening in Oregon.
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A Colorado CBD manufacturer is moving operations into a former GE Healthcare building west of Denver, drawn to the building’s pharmaceutical-grade equipment and vacuum-sealed rooms.
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