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WednesdayFeb 19, 2025 10:00 am

Study Finds Beneficial Effects of Adding CBD to Wound Care, Hair Care and Sunscreen Products

A new study has found that CBD’s antioxidant and anti-aging properties make it a good addition in some skin products. The study was conducted by three researchers from Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency and Prince of Songkla University. Their objective was to explore the possible bioactivities and safety of CBD by studying wound healing and anti-aging activities at the cellular level. The researchers examined the effects of CBD on two cell types; keratinocytes and fibroblasts over a 24-hour period. They discovered that if the cannabinoid was administered in low concentrations, it considerably improved the growth of fibroblasts and…

TuesdayFeb 18, 2025 10:00 am

Indigenous-Owned Company in Alberta Uses Hemp to Make Superior Building Blocks

A start-up in Alberta is using hemp to make building blocks that are resistant to mold, fire and weather. The company, Asinikahtamwak, operates from a manufacturing plant located in the south region of Elk Point. 51% of the company is owned by Frog Lake First Nations. The remainder is owned by the Town of Elk Point and Natural Fiber Technologies at 10% and 39% respectively. Clifton Cross stated that he was proud and excited about the new business, revealing that it had already begun construction on a 1250 ft2 prototype show home located in the First Nation community. Cross, who’s…

WednesdayFeb 12, 2025 10:00 am

Missouri Lawmakers Pass Bills Restricting Hemp-Sourced Intoxicants

Last week, Missouri Senate and House committees passed measures that’d permit low-dose intoxicating hemp beverages to continue being sold in liquor and grocery stores. The House measure was sponsored by GOP State Rep. Chad Perkins while the Senate measure was sponsored by GOP State Rep. Nick Schroer. Both measures also ban intoxicating hemp vapes and edibles from being sold anywhere except cannabis dispensaries. Committee members argued that this clause made them tough measures to vote on as they were torn between regulating these products to keep children safe and the impact these changes would have on businesses in the state…

MondayFeb 10, 2025 10:00 am

Tennessee Hemp Operators Get Temporary Relief from Planned Product Ban

The hemp industry in Tennessee has grown significantly since the legislature first approved the possession, production and sale of this crop in 2019. Recent survey data shows that the state’s hemp industry rakes in between $280-$560 million in sales annually. Hemp is differentiated from marijuana by its concentration of delta-9 THC, a potent cannabinoid that triggers the release of dopamine in the brain, inducing a high. At the federal and state levels, marijuana with a concentration of less than 0.3% delta-9 THC is defined as legal hemp. Plants with higher THC concentrations are classified as marijuana, which is illegal to…

WednesdayFeb 05, 2025 10:00 am

South Carolina Senate Committee Considers Bill to Regulate Hemp Intoxicants

A committee under the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources in South Carolina is currently reviewing a measure that, if passed, would regulate the state’s hemp industry. The state re-legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp in 2017, in accordance with the federal 2014 Farm Bill. Senator Deon Tedder, who sponsored the regulation measure, introduced it in the Senate on January 14th this year. Tedder explained that businesses in the state wanted to follow the law as well as be protected and regulated while they operated legally in the state. This development comes after the Health and Environmental Control department introduced…

MondayFeb 03, 2025 10:00 am

NJ Hemp Firms Work to Resolve Dispute Over New Law

Last year, Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey signed a controversial measure that would ban businesses in the state from selling hemp products without a marijuana license. This measure made it compulsory for all hemp businesses to apply for licenses through the Cannabis Regulatory Commission to distribute, manufacture, and sell hemp, a process that may take several months to complete. This is in addition to allowing holders of liquor licenses to sell hemp products if they acquired licenses from the commission. The commission has overseen the state’s medicinal and recreational marijuana markets since medical and recreational sales became legal in…

WednesdayJan 29, 2025 10:00 am

Missouri Senate Considers Bill Classifying Hemp Intoxicants as Marijuana

Last week, a Senate Committee in Missouri heard a measure that would reclassify all products with intoxicating chemicals derived from hemp. The measure, Senate Bill 54, focuses on regulating the crop by imposing upon it the same regulations as marijuana. Hemp industry representatives have raised concerns over SB 54, many of them highlighting that its passage would affect many businesses. Eapen Thampy, a lobbyist at Missouri Hemp Trade Association, stated that the measure would reduce access to these products in dispensaries and lead to the destruction of thousands of businesses. He added that while businesses in the hemp industry had…

MondayJan 27, 2025 10:00 am

Federal Court Upholds Intoxicating Hemp Ban in Virginia

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has validated the strict rules imposed on intoxicating hemp products in the state of Virginia. The court ruled that the regulations weren’t in conflict with the Dormant Commerce Clause as it treated all out-of-state and in-state parties equally and didn’t favor local businesses or burden interstate commerce. The clause is a principle of law that bars states from enacting regulations which interfere with interstate commerce. The ruling added that the regulations weren’t in conflict with federal law either, explaining that the state had a bigger responsibility to care for the safety…

WednesdayJan 22, 2025 10:00 am

Illinois Hemp Industry Pours Money into Efforts to Block Proposed Law

Illinois legalized the recreational use of marijuana in 2019, with the production and sale of drug being heavily regulated by the state. Hemp was legalized in the state the same year it was legalized federally. However, intoxicating products derived from hemp like delta-8 THC remain unregulated in the state and are sold in numerous outlets. To help control the proliferation of these products in the market, Sen. Kimberly Lightford sponsored legislation that would’ve imposed similar regulations as marijuana on hemp. Soon after this, Gov. JB Pritzker made the legislation a priority as minors had easy access to these unregulated products.…

TuesdayJan 21, 2025 10:00 am

Judge Rules NYC Officials Out of Order for Raiding Hemp Shops

Earlier this week, a court ruled that marijuana regulators in the state of New York were acting ultra vires when they flouted the constitutional rights of licensed hemp stores and used rough-handed tactics to carry out raids in these stores without court-authorized search warrants. The ruling was made by state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle, who added that the sheriff’s office didn’t possess the authority to carry out regulatory raids of licensed stores and needed to stop immediately. The judge also issued a temporary restraining order against the New York City Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Cannabis Management. In…