A Canadian cannabis retailer is banking on boosts from cross-selling and increased social media presence to buoy US sales as it gobbles up accessory providers ...
Researchers at the University of San Diego in California have published a paper showing early evidence that CBD may help ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal ...
Three US states where recreational cannabis states is legal have now moved to regulate hemp-derived delta-8 THC products by placing them under their state cannabis programmes ...
The US Postal Service (USPS) is still shipping CBD vape products for now – but the latest version of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act leaves a lot of uncertainty over the...
Research from a CBD watchdog firm has found considerable inconsistencies between the levels of delta-8 THC stated on product labels and what was revealed by laboratory tests ...
Licensing issues look set to become the next big US lobbying battleground for cannabis as money moves on from the traditional legalisation-versus-prohibition field ...
Three more states have been added to the growing list of US jurisdictions allowing adult use of recreational cannabis. And they have learned lessons on how to frame regulation from those that came before ...
Lawmakers in the US state of Connecticut have legalised recreational cannabis in a measure that includes provisions aimed at social equity in a vote on the 50th anniversary of the so-called “war on drugs” ...
Trends such as sustainability and organic plant-based ingredients are helping to drive the market for hemp and cannabinoid topical products even higher, with combination products all the rage ...
CBD and cannabis startups from Scotland to Florida are attracting increasing numbers of investors as they scale up their businesses and break crowd-funding records in the process ...
UK venture capital fund Neo Kuma has invested £5m across seven healthcare companies focused on the use of psychedelics to help combat mental health issues ...
Mississippi supporters of medical cannabis are fighting to have their voices heard after a vote for legalisation was thrown out by the US state’s Supreme Court ...
Canadian cannabis retailer High Tide is continuing its advance into the US market with the $26m acquisition of 80% of CBD e-commerce platform Fab Nutrition (FAB CBD) ...
Despite the island state's generally liberal outlook, and long association with cannabis culture, legalisation of recreational use remains a frustrated dream for many in Hawaii ...
The boss of the world’s new largest global cannabis company has likened the industry’s potential to that of the alcohol business before the ending of Prohibition in the early 1930s ...
A CBD company has been fined more than $30,000 by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the first such punishment since a crackdown on false or misleading health claims was announced in December ...
US cannabis firm Trulieve has bought Harvest Health and Recreation in a $2.1bn deal that aims to create the US’s most profitable cannabis company in what is being billed as the largest US cannabis transaction...
Two US firms, Greenlane and KushCo, have merged in a deal that aims to create a major manufacturer and distributor of cannabis accessories in the US ...
Significant cannabis reform is inevitably coming to congress, no matter whether the Biden administration considers it a priority, and giants in experienced lobbying industries are preparing their agents ...
When Biden won the US election in November 2020 the stock market value of cannabis firms soared in expectation of a more lenient political climate under the Biden administration ...
Various business deals across the US and Canada see cannabis and CBD companies expanding their portfolios and growing their brands in a series of acquisitions, investments and partnerships ...
Early research into the possibility of CBD having a role to play in the fight against coronavirus infections has shown some initial promise. Any practical application remains a long way off, however ...
A new deputy commissioner at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will likely be the single person with the most influence on the path to market for CBD in the US ...
While legal cannabis is still a relatively new industry, investors are already looking for the next sector to boom – and many think that will be psychedelics ...
Access to banking services has been a problem for the legal cannabis sector in the US from the beginning – and the experience of one cooperative in Michigan shows that the relationship can be problematic...
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is wrongly seizing legal hemp and hemp-related shipments – such as farm equipment that it claims constitutes drug paraphernalia – according to two recently-filed lawsuits ...
It’s been a long process getting there, but the last US state to legalise industrial hemp finally has a bill headed to the governor’s desk and farmers poised to plant the crop ...
States continue to update their hemp production plans to match US Department of Agriculture (USDA) final rule requirements, with Michigan being one of the latest ...
The newest cannabinoid craze is stirring up controversy in the emerging legal hemp industry. Delta-8 THC, produced from hemp-extracted CBD, promises a legal high – but, many wonder, at what cost? ...
CBD companies see more synergies than threats from the provision of legal cannabis products in states such as Colorado, which has one of the oldest recreational cannabis markets in the US ...
There are profits to be made from selling cannabis in Europe, according to US company Curaleaf after it signed an agreement to acquire Europe’s largest vertically integrated independent cannabis company ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has assessed a combined health claim for the first time and denounced the practice of promoting CBD on a product making qualified health claims based on other...
An Oregon senator believes he has found a solution to the cannabis banking crisis in the state, and perhaps set a useful standard for others across the US ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has told two CBD companies they fell short of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for finished pharmaceuticals and ordered them to undertake proper testing ...
The CEO of one company targeted by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the first ever group of fines handed down by the government agency to CBD companies considers the event to be a...
Cannabis giant Canopy Growth has defended its decision to use a celebrity astrologer to promote the US launch of its CBD-infused sparkling water drink Quatreau ...
No evidence of liver toxicity from CBD has been found in the ValidCare study, the results of which have been given to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for review ...
Swiss consumers are head-for-head the biggest purchasers of CBD products, according to CBD-Intel’s 2021 market size analysis. Meanwhile, we predict big growth in a number of other markets, and a shift in the most popular...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called for an exploration of the effects of CBD on certain vulnerable populations such as children and pregnant women as part of its consumer update ...
The heir to the Wrigley’s chewing gum fortune, Beau Wrigley, has entered into a deal he claims will accelerate the growth of his multi-state cannabis company, Parallel, and change the landscape of the US cannabis...
Canadian cannabis brand Hexo has acquired medical and recreational cannabis producer Zenabis Global in a CAD 235m deal that will boost its cultivation capacity and secure a footprint in the European market ...
Charlotte’s Web has signalled that it believes the US will legalise cannabis at the federal level within three years through a deal to acquire a related THC business ...
Marlboro cigarette manufacturer Altria has stated its support for the federal legalisation of cannabis – with a view to Cronos, the Canadian cannabis company in which it has a major stake, thriving in a legal...
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