Will Europe THC Limit Increase to 0.3%? {$excerpt:n} Big day for European hemp farmers and the CBD industry as the allowance of THC in industrial hemp was voted on by Parliament. While still low compared to countries like Switzerland, this Europe THC limit increase would certainly loosen things up. A lot goes on in…
How to Vote for Cannabis Research on November 3rd {$excerpt:n} It was 1996. I was four years old. California Proposition 215 passed and for the first time, legal medical cannabis became available. I don’t remember it honestly, but that moment triggered a reckoning of outdated and ineffective efforts to control cannabis, which continues on November…
Metrc Gets West Virginia Contract {$excerpt:n} According to a press release published earlier in October, Metrc has won the seed-to-sale traceability software contract for West Virginia. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health, Office of Medical Cannabis (OMC) made the announcement on October 21. According to that press release,…
Overcoming Challenges in the Private Label CBD Industry {$excerpt:n} Private labelling, or white labelling, is a popular option for brands looking to enter the CBD space. This practice is where a product is manufactured by one company but branded, marketed and sold by another. There are several companies that specialize in manufacturing end-to-end finished CBD…
A Survey of State CBD & Hemp Regulation Since The 2018 Farm Bill {$excerpt:n} Since the December 20, 2018 enactment of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the Farm Bill, we have seen a number of new state laws addressing both the legality of hemp and products derived therefrom, most noticeably cannabidiol,…
NCIA to DEA: Rescind the Interim Hemp Rule {$excerpt:n} In a press release published this week, the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) urges the DEA to rescind the controversial Interim Hemp Rule. Back in August, the DEA published the rule and it has received widespread criticism for its language in conflict with the 2018 Farm…
East Coast Cannalytics Accredited to ISO 17025 {$excerpt:n} In a press release published last week, the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) announced that they have successfully accredited East Coast Cannalytics (ECC) to ISO/IEC 17025:2017. ECC Labs, based in Blacksburg, Virginia, is an analytical and microbial testing lab. The news is rather timely given Virginia’s…
Leaders in Infused Products Manufacturing: Part 1 {$excerpt:n} Cannabis infused products manufacturing is quickly becoming a massive new market. With companies producing everything from gummies to lotions, there is a lot of room for growth as consumer data is showing a larger shift away from smokable products to ingestible or infused products. This is the…
The UK Cannabis Industry Needs New PR Strategies {$excerpt:n} The cannabis marketplace is an ever changing one. The opportunities being generated in the UK space are immense. Yet despite the countless benefits cannabis can bring to the economy, patient care and supporting health and wellness for consumers, an image problem continues to persist. Despite its…
UT-Arlington and UT-El Paso to Evaluate Phytochrome Manipulation in Hemp {$excerpt:n} The Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation (CLEAR) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UT-Arlington) and the University of Texas at El Paso (UT-El Paso) has begun collaborating with Curtis Mathes Grow Lights (CMGL), a subsidiary of the Curtis Mathes Corporation, and…