CBD’s potential is tempered by challenges facing the sector
As the demand for CBD explodes worldwide, stakeholders must tackle urgent, critical challenges to maximize the sector’s potential. From the USA, where a full-fledged CBD…
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U.S. trade group suggests simplified rules for CBD and extracts
U.S. rules governing cosmetics, dietary supplements, food and food additives should simply be expanded to embrace hemp extracts, the trade group Hemp Industries Association (HIA)…
Australian firm says U.S. market fueled fast stock boost
Shares in Australian hemp firm Ecofibre have jumped 200 percent since it launched on the Australian Securities Exchange this past March. The company, which is…
EIHA asks members’ help in campaign backing CBD & extracts
The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) today put out an urgent call for help from its members as the trade group seeks to bolster its…
Danish firm suffers at hands of Canadian partner
Canada-based CannTrust Holdings Inc. put a hold on product sales and shipments of its cannabis products last week in the wake of questions arising following…
CBD market in UK booms as hemp ag develops slowly
As the international CBD sector rapidly develops, the United Kingdom’s slow pace at developing hemp farming puts the country at a disadvantage. That is among…
CBD analysis in UK finds high THC levels, other problems
Almost half of 30 CBD products being sold in the UK recently tested hot for THC, recording double the generally accepted standard of 0.2% across…
CBD’s proliferation calls for oversight, says EU agency
Levels of CBD in cannabis products should be closely monitored to protect public health, advises a report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and…
European strategies for CBD to be addressed at summit
A three-tier approach to CBD regulation being advanced by the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) will be reviewed during “The Future of Medical Hemp” micro-summit…
Lawsuit, media campaign hit Facebook over CBD, hemp ads
A U.S. company has filed suit in federal courts against Facebook for rejecting its advertising. Cannaramic Media, Inc. and its founder Felicia Palmer are taking…