It started with a meeting at the police station followed by a smelly bus trip, as the late Dr. Raphael Mechoulam recalled years later. The future “father of cannabis research” …
Mechoulam’s studies in cannabis started with police, and a smelly bus trip Read More »
Argentina is moving beyond the hemp flower, with 15 grain and fiber varieties now undergoing evaluation for inclusion in the country’s official seed catalog. Buenos Aires-based Industrial Hemp Solutions (IHS) said …
Researchers in Argentina testing 15 hemp grain, fiber varieties Read More »
Amended legislation in Zimbabwe has removed industrial hemp from the country’s list of dangerous drugs and set the defining line between marijuana and hemp at 1.0%. The legislation, the Criminal …
Zimbabwe strikes hemp from drugs list, sets THC limit at 1.0% Read More »
U.S. hemp fields are expected to reach 50,000 acres by 2028 as production expands at a rate of 34% per year and processing infrastructure continues to expand, according to projections …
20 hemp fiber processors now online in U.S., analyst says Read More »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has added a bit more clarity to the hemp markets with a weekly report covering prices and imports. The reports, to be issued each …
USDA weekly hemp reports aim to add much-needed market insight Read More »
Argentina’s Ministry of Science said it will invest more than $106 million in 13 research and development projects in hemp and cannabis across six provinces. National and provincial governments, municipalities, …
Argentina will put $106 million into research of hemp, medical cannabis Read More »
Researchers in Texas have embarked on an ambitious project to develop hemp varieties for dual cropping of fiber and grain that can thrive in the state’s climate conditions. Ten to …
Texas researchers say they’ll have new hemp varieties ready by 2024 Read More »
Some gray-market CBD products available online in North Carolina are selling for more than approved medicinal CBD prescribed by doctors, resulting in a “paradoxical disconnect” in the market that threatens …
‘Disconnect’ in North Carolina CBD market threatens public health, researchers say Read More »
INTERVIEW – Caren Kershner has been an activist in the Colorado hemp movement since 2012, when the U.S. state legalized all forms of cannabis. An advocate for the plant and …
‘Still a lot of misconceptions but young people are embracing hemp’ Read More »
More than 500 products analyzed by a team of U.S. researchers revealed contaminants are widely present in CBD, according to a soon-to-be-published paper on edibles and topicals. “Low-level contamination of …
Heavy metals, plastics ‘pervasive’ in CBD, U.S. researchers say Read More »
