South Dakota banking law advances
A proposed law in South Dakota would give cannabis businesses a clear path to banking services. The measure, HB 1203, which recently passed the state’s…
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Indiana lawmakers pass bill that would overcome ban on flowers
Lawmakers in the state of Indiana’s lower house have passed a bill that would legalize hemp flowers, reversing rules under the state’s current hemp law…
Testing project advances in Florida
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) entered a partnership to develop a hemp testing program with Roseville Farms, a wholesale…
Late activist Dion Markgraaff ‘inspired and helped many’
Long-time American cannabis activist and entrepreneur Dion Markgraaff, who opened one of Amsterdam’s first hemp shops and, later, San Diego’s first medical marijuana dispensary, has…
New York opens licensing under ‘Cannabinoid Hemp Program’
New York officials have opened the licensing application process in a controversial Cannabinoid Hemp Program, the state’s attempt to set a wide range of rules…
U.S. CBD makers in court over clashing trademarks
U.S.-based CBD Industries LLC, retailer of “cbdMD”-branded products, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Louisiana-based Majik Medicine, saying that company’s use of the trademark…
Purdue starts online hemp course
Purdue University is offering a non-credit “Hemp Essentials” online course covering industrial hemp as a crop and potential end uses. The new course will be…
South Carolina labs clogged
South Carolina’s hemp farming program needs more laboratories to keep up with testing, state officials said. Many companies must send samples to the South Carolina…
U.S. associations critical of proposed hemp bill in California
National and state hemp groups in the USA have stated their opposition to a proposed hemp bill for California they say “would be unnecessarily damaging…
New president at U.S. building group
Jacob Waddell has replaced Bob Escher as President of the U.S. Hemp Building Association (USHBA). COO of Ology Essentials, and CEO and founder at Tennessee-based…