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Canadian cannabis company Cronos Group surged Monday after Reuters reported Altria may want to buy the company. The stock was up nearly 30% at one point before it was briefly halted for trading midday Monday. Shares were still up...

New Mexico authorities have finalized hemp rules in time for farmers to produce the state’s first legal harvest in 2019.The regulations proposed by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture were approved late last week. New Mexico will set different hemp...

One of the great mysteries surrounding cannabis has been solved. A team of scientists from the University of Toronto (U of T) has discovered how hemp and cannabis evolved from a single species—Cannabis sativa—but contain distinct chemical properties. Hemp contains...

The 2018 Farm Bill will include a provision to legalize industrial hemp, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the top Republican and Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee confirmed Nov. 29, 2018. Thanks for your hard work, @SenPatRoberts, for...

Han Solo was a smuggler. Goldfinger was a smuggler. And so were many of the real-life leaders of the American revolution, who earned their livings by sneaking tea, sugar, and other foreign goods into the colonies without paying the...

In a move that marks a major shift in U.S. agriculture and drug policy, House and Senate lawmakers have come to an agreement over the status of industrial hemp in H.R. 2, The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Known...

Cannabis and legal systems around the world have had a long and arduous relationship. Though cannabis has been used and beloved by millions of people for thousands of years, governments have continuously tried to put the kibosh on any...

Iowa’s first licensed medical cannabis producer is walking a fine line as his state opens CBD sales Saturday. On one hand, Iowa has gone to great lengths to say that it will allow only cannabidiol products, not THC goods. On the...

Saskatoon’s first legal cannabis store opens for business, a new petition aims to eliminate single-use plastics in cannabis packaging sold in Quebec, British Columbia is hiring a cannabis photographer, and more. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top...

A cannabis-waste startup has been selected to receive a $250,000 grant from Colorado to find aftermarket uses for hemp and marijuana waste. 9Fiber of Silver Spring, Maryland, plans to process waste hemp and marijuana stalks for industrial purposes such as bioplastics,...