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Drug Possession Reforms Planned in New Mexico After Criminal Justice Bills Signed Though New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed three pieces of legislation, advocates hoping she'd sign more before the deadline on Friday. Two sentencing reform bills that would keep New...

Scientists are reporting that hemp-consuming cattle seem to be getting stoned. How do they know this? Apparently, the cows are displaying similar signs of being high as their human counterparts, like red eyes and sluggishness though there are no reports as yet of munchies or ...

Wisconsin-based hemp company Canndigenous, in partnership with Iconoclast Industries and several universities and business partners, received $15 million from the “Industrial Hemp for Fiber and Grain” project by the USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities program. The funds were granted...

The use of marijuana and marijuana-related substances is prohibited by all military service members and Department of Defense civilian employees, said the Dept. of Defense in a warning released by the Elgin Air Force Base in Ohio.  Out With Everyone's Favorite Breakfast...

As so often reported, hemp-based CBD has numerous uses in the development of medicines for a variety of conditions and illnesses. But with Labor Day upon us, how about we look at some of the practical uses of hemp? National Geographic laid out several uses for hemp ...

Amin Karim and Babur Kabiri are two hemp growers in Afghanistan trying to convince the Taliban that the plant could contribute to tackling the opium industry—which supplies most of the world’s heroin. They are working in the organization Hemp Aid, on an alternative certification in...

Isiah Thomas of ISIAH International, LLC. and CEO of One World Products, Inc. (OTCQB: OWPC), the largest Black-controlled, fully-licensed hemp and cannabis producer in Colombia, announced plans to commercialize the vast carbon credit opportunities contained within the company’s...

This article was originally published in September 2020. This week's Benzinga Cannabis Hour featured Last Prisoner Project's Steve DeAngelo; Hoban Law Group's Bob Hoban; and The People's Dispensary's Christine De La Rosa (link to video below). Co-hosts Patrick Lane and Javier...

Hempblocks could be the next big thing to help with a housing crisis. Here’s how one CEO pivoted his family farm from soybeans to hemp for buildings. What Happened: Gold Standard Farms was the first company selected for an incubation program by former NBA player Al Harrington, but it didn...

With Earth Day, April 22, in addition to the 4/20 cannabis holiday both around the corner, a New York-based company has launched a unique wellness brand that blends Chinese herbs, hemp CBD and other botanicals into a new product, Warming Balm, made by Dragon Hemp....

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its intent to conduct a new survey in partnership with the University of Kentucky via a public notice that was published on the Federal Registry and reported by Marijuana Moment. The survey, which would be distributed to 20,000...

This article was originally published on Let's Talk hemp and appears here with permission. Look for the industrial hemp market to continue to grow in 2022, in spite of a few handicaps caused by regulatory uncertainties and supply chain bottlenecks, say experts in a new report released...

Hemp, Inc. (OTC: HEMP), a global industrial hemp industry leader, praised Idaho on becoming the 50th state to legalize hemp.  Thanks to House Bill No. 26 passing in Idaho's April 2021 legislature, with an emergency clause that made the law effective as soon as it passed both...

Rebar is used to constructing the skeletal framework in buildings as it provides the tensile strength that concrete lacks. Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a private research university in Troy, New York say they have developed hemp‐based rebar reinforcing...

This article was originally published on Vicente Sederberg and appears here with permission. Hemp was federally legalized nearly four years ago. Since then, the industry has dealt with constantly changing rules, despite being in regulatory purgatory due to snail-paced progress from the U.S. Food...