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 enacted in 2019. The measure,
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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 passed away in California. Markgraaff’s
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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 to guide development of the
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Hemp can play a key role in Pakistan’s future, which depends on the development of the technology and biotechnology sectors, according to Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry.
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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 “CBD MD” is confusing consumers.
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The Italian Ministry of Health has authorized Bio Hemp Farming (Bio Hemp), a consortium, to produce CBD under a special decree, the company announced. The authorization means Bio Hemp can
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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 (and seemingly spiteful) to hemp
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By Robert Ziner | CIHC, Canada Growing hemp to process into fiber goes back more than 10,000 years. The fact that hemp could be easily grown to provide food, clothing and
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Tests for re-certification of Italian hemp varieties Carmagnola and CS (Carmagnola Selezionata) are completed after the two cultivars were removed from the European catalog of plant varieties in 2019. The varieties were deleted from
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The fiber and bio-energy sectors represent the best opportunities for industrial crops in Europe, according to a focus group survey among agriculture experts carried out by the European Commission (EC).
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