Australia’s changing hemp laws have inspired at least one manufacturing company to move production of its hemp-based shipping pallets away from China.
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Charlotte’s Web’s secrets revealed as parent company plans to go public in Canada
Stanley Brothers Holdings plans to go public in Canada. The firm is the parent company of CW Hemp, the manufacturer of Charlotte’s Web CBD products. While the story of Charlotte’s Web has garnered international exposure, little has been shared publicly about Stanley Brothers operations and financials – until now.
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Senate votes to remove hemp from Controlled Substances Act, expand opportunities
The U.S. Senate has voted to take hemp out of the Controlled Substances Act. The move came as part of the 2018 Farm Bill, which passed 86-11 Thursday. The bill must now be merged with the House version, which does not mention hemp.
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Rise of CBD raises concerns for marijuana executives
CBD products are often marketed as having similar health benefits to medical marijuana without the psychoactive properties – essentially all of the medicine but none of the high. That growing mainstream appeal has some cannabis business owners concerned that CBD is a threat to the THC-reliant marijuana market.
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FDA approves CBD medicine for epilepsy; DEA must now weigh in
The U.S. Food and Drug administration has approved a naturally derived CBD drug, a landmark decision that could trigger the health agency to seek rescheduling for the cannabinoid from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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Hemp industry won’t appeal DEA case that left CBD status murky
The Hemp Industries Association and businesses that served as co-plaintiffs will not ask a federal appeals court in San Francisco to take another look at their unsuccessful challenge to a 2016 rule by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that declared CBD an extract of the marijuana plant and therefore illegal.
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Cannabis Act, new license open doors for Canadian hemp growers
While most of the attention being paid to Canada’s Cannabis Act has been on the launch of the legal recreational marijuana market, the nation’s hemp industry is also eagerly awaiting some of the changes the law will enact.
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Hemp and CBD companies navigate regulatory thicket for infused alcohol
When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, small, local brewers and distillers were the first to get back into the alcohol business. Today, the same scenario is occurring with beer, wine and spirits infused with hempseed oil, cannabidiol or cannabis terpenes.
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California’s hemp industry in ‘complete chaos’
California has a cannabis-friendly attitude and a climate perfect for hemp, but regulatory confusion in the Golden State means that entrepreneurs have yet to realize any profits from legal hemp – and a pending bill could make matters worse for establishing the plant as a commodity crop.
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Fighting fakes: Hemp leaders on the dangers of synthetic CBD
When about 50 people in Utah fell ill last fall after consuming CBD, most of them through vaping, public health investigators were on the case. What the epidemiologists found came as no surprise to people in the cannabis industry: The products, while labeled CBD, weren’t CBD at all.
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Hemp opportunities in Europe: Q&A with Adalia’s Paolo Monasterolo
Europe is fertile ground for hemp cultivation, but its low-THC caps limit opportunities for U.S. producers seeking to export CBD and other hemp products to the EU. That’s according to Paolo Monasterolo, CEO of Estonia’s Adalia Holding.
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