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Hemp expansion in the next Farm Bill is a “guarantee,” according to the U.S. Senate’s majority leader.Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell said he’s not sure when Congress will finalize a Farm Bill to get to the president’s desk, but he’s...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Senate’s top Republican guarantees the final version of the farm bill will include legalization of hemp. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that completing work on a new farm bill looms as one of...

Cannabis prohibition isn’t ending because of the massive profits to be made growing and selling the plant. Or because the war on cannabis is racist, oppressive, counterproductive, and an astounding waste of resources. Or because cannabis is far safer...

by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director November 9, 2018 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) publicly reaffirmed today that provisions lifting the federal prohibition of hemp will be included in the finalized language of H.R. 2: The Agriculture Improvement Act...

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For good reason, there was a lot of excitement among marijuana reform advocates after the Nov. 6, 2018 election. Three states — Missouri, Utah, and Michigan — passed measures legalizing cannabis for medical or adult use, after all. But...

Roger Martin, a U.S. Army veteran from the Vietnam era and a former police officer, was addicted to OxyContin and Ambien, which he used for years to treat injuries sustained while in military service. Now Martin heads an organization...

The hemp industry has been waiting for months for Congress to take action on a new Farm Bill, one that could make legal barriers for hemp production disappear. Now that Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives, hemp entrepreneurs...

This article is sponsored by Capna Systems. Capna Systems is an industry-leading extraction equipment manufacturer and research facility based in southern California whose mission is to research and develop safe, innovative ethanol extraction technologies for the cannabis industry. Awareness around...

Michigan voters approved a measure to fully legalize marijuana Election Day Nov. 6, 2018,, making it the first state in the Midwest to allow retail cannabis sales for adults 21 and older. As of 2:30 p.m. Central time Nov. 7,...