A controversial amendment barring people with felonies from participating in the federally legal hemp industry — for 10 years following the conviction — is inc...
Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr talks hemp legalization and the need for banking reform in the hemp industry.
Originally published in Issue 5 of HEMP. Subscr...
Congress has reached an agreement on the 2018 Farm Bill, which would legalize a nationwide hemp and hemp-derived CBD industry once passed.
Congressional lead...
There are now only nine states that don't have laws on the books allowing for industrial hemp.
Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey signed legislation last wee...
Southern Illinois University is creating an interdisciplinary hemp and medical marijuana education program to train students and help farmers and growers be mor...
The 2018 midterm elections had two hemp measures on the ballot, and both passed without much fanfare.
Voters in Michigan and Colorado approved ballot mea...
Voters in two states will have a part in crafting industrial hemp policy this year, as Colorado and Michigan decide on measures that would regulate the crop.
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While most of the press has focused on marijuana legalization, Canada's rules for hemp also changed substantially on Oct. 17.
The Cannabis Act went into effe...
A federal prosecutor has filed a civil suit against a West Virginia hemp farm for violating the Controlled Substances Act, but the state is standing with the fa...
The much-anticipated ruling from the DEA left CBD, the active ingredient in the newly approved Epidiolex medication, on Schedule I. Now it turns out that even a...
