The 8th November US midterm elections are just around the corner, and while the Republicans are favoured to win the majority, regardless of the outcome, things will change dramatically ...
Republicans are favoured over Democrats to take control of both chambers of US Congress in the midterm elections, but there are supporters and naysayers among both major parties when it comes to cannabis legalisation ...
Amazon still seems to be laissez-faire about enforcement of ingestible hemp-derived cannabinoid products that appear on its site – and in particular those containing intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids (IHDCs) ...
Despite serving 11 years in prison under federal drug kingpin charges, Barry Foy never lost his original vision of bringing cannabis to the people and, eventually, the US caught up with him ...
Smoking cigarettes is going out of fashion, but having smoked cannabis is becoming much more common in the US, according to recent research conducted by analytics and polling firm Gallup ...
The creators of a UK report on hemp that has received criticism from the industry told CBD-Intel they stand by their estimates, but it remains unclear where some of the numbers have come from ...
US president Joe Biden has pledged to review how cannabis is scheduled under US law and will pardon all prior federal offences of simple cannabis possession at a fortuitous time ...
The senator leading a bid to legalise recreational cannabis in France has called legalisation “the least bad solution” to addressing cannabis consumption in the country, and has said he does not expect any measure to...
Tilray Brands’ report of a meeting with government officials over the planned legalisation of adult-use cannabis in Germany has been questioned by some of the officials who were present ...
Reducing opioid dependence is a primary goal of medical cannabis programmes, but there remains a need for rigorous science when making decisions about the interaction between cannabis and opioid use for pain ...
As debate over the legalisation of recreational cannabis involves a growing number of European countries, the commercial demand for legal psychoactive alternatives to controlled cannabinoid variants is on the rise ...
Kushly is the first – but potentially not the last – CBD company to be forced to provide refunds to consumers through the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...
Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 15th September 2022
As the US midterm elections approach, questions are being raised about the actions the Biden administration has taken to meet campaign promises regarding drug reform ...
Some Minnesota legislators have expressed regret after failing to realise that a law clarifying rules around hemp products would permit the sale of edible products with THC levels similar to those seen in recreational cannabis...
If CBD is to be regulated as a drug, then so should honey. That was one of the views put by industry members to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Science Board public advisory...
The Republican-influenced National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has explicitly called on the US federal government to support cannabis legalisation measures ...
US law enforcement is working alongside toxicologists and cannabis breathalyser developer Cannabix Technologies to test and compare various methods of detecting cannabis intoxication ...
A US federal government publication on weights and measures is to get a new section providing guidance on cannabis standards, following a vote by officials ...
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a pre-solicitation notice to approved medical cannabis producers, the next step in securing new suppliers of cannabis for research purposes after a monopoly was ended ...
Recent unusual activity by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could be an attempt to strike a heavy blow now in order to avoid continuing to play whack-a-mole with enforcement as time goes on...
A new state law will help shield financial companies in Pennsylvania from prosecution over transactions with legal cannabis companies. But industry leaders say more protection is needed after a federal bill was halted ...
A group of US Congress members, state agriculture commissioners, researchers and industry representatives told a Congressional committee what changes to the law they would include in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill if given the chance...
US firm 22nd Century expects to double its total annual revenue following the acquisition of GVB Biopharma, which it describes as one of the largest global CBD suppliers ...
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has withdrawn its proposal to effectively ban five psychedelic compounds after receiving significant opposition from the research and advocacy community ...
It’s difficult to get a licence to operate in the cannabis field in the US if you’ve been convicted of selling cannabis before it was legal. Yet such restrictions do little to protect the market...
Regulatory change in Canada’s provinces, and the lack of it at federal level in the US, are both encouraging innovation by providers of financial services to cannabis businesses ...
Psychedelics are having another moment in the spotlight. But is the heightened awareness just hype, or have these once-taboo substances been permanently rehabilitated? ...
Biotechnology firm Awakn Life Sciences has secured UK government funding to accelerate the route to the UK and US markets for its proprietary ketamine-assisted therapy, which is designed to treat alcohol use disorder ...
As the first federally approved psychedelics clinical trial begins in the US, there is broad but not total agreement among official bodies over legalising research into hallucinogenic substances ...
Hemp producers have lost an important challenge on the 0.3% THC threshold for hemp-derived products in the US, potentially making producers liable if they go over the threshold during production, whether or not the end...
There is quite a bit of baggage in how reference is made to the Cannabis sativa plant – as demonstrated by what's behind a new change to the law in the US state of Washington...
The growth potential of demand for medicinal cannabis is inspiring cross-border acquisitions of pharmaceutical brands as businesses scale up to take a bigger slice of the global market ...
Utah’s Native American namesake – the Ute tribe – has launched a company to manufacture products that combine hemp-derived cannabinoids with plants they have traditionally used for medicinal purposes ...
A bipartisan group of 23 US state attorneys general have joined calls to halt the sale of edible cannabinoid-containing products that imitate the look of well-known brands ...
A bid to legalise recreational cannabis in the US state of Delaware failed when lawmakers fell just short in a rare bid to overturn a governor's veto ...
North American cannabis firms are attempting to muscle in on the German medical cannabis scene – possibly in an attempt to establish themselves in the market before a recreational regime is established ...
A new law makes Minnesota the first state in the US to apply a 21+ age restriction to all hemp-derived cannabinoid products regardless of potential for intoxication ...
Germany should plan ahead to avoid problems which have plagued governments that have already legalised recreational cannabis on top of medical cannabis ...
Cannabis will be available for recreational use in Rhode Island from 1st December after governor Dan McKee signed the Rhode Island Cannabis Act into law, making the state the 19th in the US to legalise...
While cannabis use is now legal in many US states, there is as yet no reliable test to determine whether, or how far, a user may be “under the influence” ...
US state bank regulators have asked Congress to provide legal cannabis businesses with access to financial services by integrating a bill preventing banks from being penalised for doing so into a broader law on innovation and competition...
US firm 22nd Century has begun integration with GVB Biopharma, one of the largest CBD suppliers globally, as part of a plan to grow its hemp/cannabis franchise rapidly ...
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