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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration noted that cannabidiol shouldn’t be a controlled substance, but international treaties require the United States to treat it as one.That revelation from the federal agency appeared in a 27-page memo written after it approved the first...

(This story has been updated with the USDA comment saying it will continue enforcing the current law.) The law that ushered in the modern hemp industry in the United States has expired, but hemp growers, processors and retailers are counting...

by Kevin Mahmalji, NORML Outreach DirectorSeptember 30, 2018 Everyday NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! Below is a brief rundown of some of...

Australian CBD company Elixinol Global raised 40 million Australian dollars ($29 million) in a new share placement to ramp up sales and marketing efforts in the United States and Europe. The capital raise comes less than a week after the...

(This story has been updated to provide additional details from the DEA announcement.) The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has taken some cannabidiol off the most restrictive class of controlled substances, a move that allows the sale of the first nonsynthetic,...

Virginia named its first five CBD-only medical cannabis business licensees – three of them multistate operators. Virginia’s Board of Pharmacy reviewed 51 applicants to produce CBD products in five areas of the state. The winning applicants are called “pharmaceutical processors” and must grow,...

(This is an abridged version of a column that appears in the September issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Hemp is in an economic fast lane, with new ventures starting every day. So, it may seem odd to say modern entrepreneurs should...

CBD producers and retailers in some of the nation’s largest markets say they’re pressing on despite hostile statements from their state regulators that CBD won’t be allowed. Bans in several markets have largely been met with spotty enforcement, CBD entrepreneurs...

A North Carolina hemp producer’s renovation of a former factory for CBD extraction sets it up for roughly $238,500 in tax incentives over the next four years.City of Wilson officials are lauding Criticality’s retrofitting for CBD production as an innovative...

by Kevin Mahmalji, NORML Outreach DirectorSeptember 20, 2018 With a state legislative session spanning almost an entire calendar year, supporters of marijuana law reform efforts in Pennsylvania are working overtime to make sure their voices are heard. That’s why members...