Electors in South Dakota – not a traditionally cannabis-friendly state – voted overwhelmingly to legalise both medical and recreational cannabis. The governor doesn't like it – but is there anything she can do to stop...
CBD, generally seen as a health or wellness product, and “bad guy” nicotine are almost opposites in terms of public perception – but could putting the two together make commercial sense? ...
A group of shareholders has filed a class-action lawsuit against Aurora Cannabis, alleging the company “made materially false and misleading statements” about its business, operational, and compliance policies ...
Ukraine has undergone a quick shift in opinion on medical cannabis – proceeding from a point where liberalisation of current laws was viewed as unlikely to setting up parliamentary working groups to draft a bill...
Concerns over youth access could curtail growing interest in CBD vending machines in Poland, with police and other authorities taking an interest in unsupervised sales ...
Investing activity in the cannabis space is on the rise, as investors take advantage of lower prices and companies seek opportunities to merge – bolstered by anticipated changes at US federal level ...
Well reported studies of labelling issues give unfair bad press to CBD – but it is an issue the industry urgently needs to address, according to speakers at the Food and Drug Law Institute’s annual...
It remains unclear when, or whether, US FDA guidance on CBD enforcement policy will be published, according to speakers at the recent Food and Drug Law Institute annual conference ...
The Italian Ministry of Health has suspended the recently published decree listing oral administration of CBD as a medicine under Italy’s Narcotics Law ...
Concerns over traceability, limiting final use and demonstrating safety of final products could make it difficult to grant UK novel food approval to CBD ingredients producers and white label manufacturers ...
One in three US citizens will soon be living in states where recreational cannabis is legal, while around 70% will have access to some form of medical cannabis programme after voters had their say ...
Companies do not feel much risk of a glut of CBD-containing food, drink and dietary supplement products or cannabinoid ingredients coming into the UK market if the EU classifies CBD as a narcotic ...
Privatisation of the US Postal Service (USPS) could be one underreported aspect of a Trump re-election that significantly impacts on the CBD industry ...
The UK Home Office has stated it has no plans to ease restrictions on using flowers for extraction before the EU exit transition period ends on 1st January 2021 ...
A CNY5bn ($745m) fund and three years of CNY100m ($14.9m) funding have been promised as part of a hemp sector development plan for Kunming City, the capital of Yunnan Province ...
Holiday sales overall mean more to US companies than their UK counterparts, but the novelty of Black Friday means some are embracing a discount period as a means to create new sales, according to a...
Regulation of CBD at the federal level remains confusingly divided between multiple agencies. Three main bodies have overall control of most aspects of hemp and CBD consumer product regulation ...
The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp and compounds derived from hemp (including CBD) from the CSA. Therefore, the DEA should have very little involvement in enforcing laws and regulations on hemp and...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a critical agency in the regulatory scheme of CBD products. The 2018 Farm Bill, which legalised hemp and CBD derived from it, granted the FDA the authority...
Among the most important obligations delegated to it in the Farm Bill, the USDA is responsible for rule making regarding production and testing of hemp and approving state and tribal plans for hemp production ...
Nestlé has taken a baby step into the European cannabidiol market just a year after creating its own CBD line in the US and will now distribute soft gel CBD capsules in the UK through...
A ministerial decree listing oral administration of CBD as a medicine under Italy’s Narcotics Law is meant to clear the way for the introduction of Epidyolex into the market, not to prevent consumer wellness...
EU member states will have to decide how to implement a planned European levy on non-recycled plastic packaging waste – to fund it from national budgets or make industry pay for the waste it produces...
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the US Better Business Bureau has referred advertising claims made by a CBD company to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...
With US elections on 3rd November fast approaching, lobbyists for CBD, cannabis and hemp are eager to get their message across to candidates on both sides of the political divide ...
The apparently unrelated fields of red yeast rice and stem cell research could provide clues as to how the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) might deal with market regulation of CBD ...
Matches in Serie A, the top football league in Italy, are for the first time featuring advertisements for a CBD company as the home delivery market continues to grow rapidly in the country ...
A Costa Rican bill legalising the production of hemp and medical cannabis looks likely to pass due to broad support from the ruling coalition and president ...
Should CBD or cannabis companies invest in the US or Canada? There are pros and cons to each, and the same answer may not apply to everyone – or remain the same forever ...
A legal action against Canopy Growth has been halted now that Canadian cannabis cultivator PharmHouse has filed for bankruptcy protection from the Ontario Court while it restructures its business ...
A decision by the German city of Düsseldorf to prohibit the sale of all foods containing CBD, including in natural extract form, faces a legal challenge from local hemp wholesaler Hempro International ...
Although still illegal in the US and Canada, psychedelic substances such as fungus-derived psilocybin are becoming increasingly acceptable, research suggests ...
Turbulent times and the ongoing challenges caused by COVID-19 are not stopping some CBD businesses from doing deals and making major investments as they seek expansion into new markets ...
The Zimbabwean agriculture minister has officially published a new statutory instrument to regulate the production, procurement, distribution, possession, sale, provision and transportation of industrial hemp ...
Increasing numbers of CBD businesses are marketing products that chime with the wellness trend and now even Playboy is launching a line of CBD products in the US that promise physical and mental benefits ...
The Italian Ministry of Agriculture has issued a ministerial decree listing hemp flowers in the catalogue of officinal plants, which forms part of the country’s medicinal and aromatic plants legislation ...
US-based CBD producer Folium Biosciences is looking to tap Asian markets by creating a dedicated stalk extraction line which it believes will meet the strict regulatory requirements of Japan and South Korea ...
A proposal to be voted on by Brazilian legislators in the coming weeks could legalise the growing of hemp for industrial purposes and cannabis for medical use ...
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) will move forward with its consortium approach to obtaining toxicology and safety data for CBD with at least 15 companies having signed up and an undisclosed number still...
2020 seems an unlikely year for the emergence of any new industry, yet this is exactly what has happened in Hong Kong, where there are now locally produced CBD food and drink products ...
A TV advertising campaign for US company cbdMD demonstrates how attitudes towards CBD products are slowly changing in advertising circles – but also how much work remains to be done ...