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Businesses specializing in health supplements and nutraceuticals could be in a better position to capture a share of the CBD market than new entrants due to their expertise in manufacturing and marketing natural remedies and supplements. For Quicksilver Scientific, the growing popularity of CBD has...

By New Frontier Data Q. How will the USDA's new interim rules affect the hemp industry? A: The devil is in the details: Despite having been made public for the past week, the hemp industry is largely trying to discern any effects or fallout from the new regulations. Meantime, there are at...

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its interim rules for the federal domestic hemp production program. For most state-led hemp programs, no changes are forthcoming, though one notable exception affecting hemp testing...

"Genetics" is a word that is often tossed around in the cannabis industry. Even before the boom in legal cannabis, plant enthusiasts knew the value that gene science could add to the recreational and medical experience. For the most part, efforts in genetic research surrounding...

Farmers growing hemp would get a small cushion in THC limits under nationwide rules proposed Tuesday by federal agriculture regulators. Under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s draft rules, crops testing higher than 0.3% THC due to uncertain genetics and variation in sampling and testing...

As of Oct. 1, 1,080 cases of vaping-related illnesses have been reported in the U.S., according to the CDC. Forty-eight states and one U.S. territory have announced cases of lung disease associated with vaping, and there have been 19 confirmed deaths, with the latest being a 17-year-old boy in the...

What happens to our brains when we consume THC? Researchers at the University of Guelph were determined to find out. They conducted research that was recently published in the Canadian Journal of Addiction in which they used rats to find out what happens with their brain when exposed to THC,...

Two big funding announcements came out last week. Here's a quick recap in case you missed them. Future State Brands The first brand to announce the closing of a funding round was Future State Brands, formerly PRØHBTD Global, which launched a consumer goods and marketing holding company...

MediPharm Labs Corp. (TSX: LABS) (OTC: MEDIF) said Tuesday it has entered into a private label sales agreement for exports to Europe with ADREXpharma GmbH. The company will provide ADREXpharma with cannabis concentrate derivative products such as CBD and THC oil for sale and...

Some Colorado brewing companies are partnering with cannabis companies to produce seltzers containing CBD or THC, according to The Colorado Sun. The brewer perspective toward cannabis has shifted: cannabis is no longer seen as rival to the industry, and brewers such as Ska, Left Hand...

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor While Europe and North America scramble toward unleashing the potential of the hemp industry, other regions of the world are making small, but substantial, steps towards joining them in the marketplace. Earlier this month, Thailand...

By WeedMaps News' Lindsey Bartlett, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Chocolate may be messing with cannabis potency testing, scientists are warning, and it could mean packaged edibles are understating THC content.  A study published by the American Chemical Society (ACS)...

Cannabis consumer packaged goods company Dixie Brands (USA) Inc (OTC: DXBRF) announced an agreement Wednesday with iced tea maker AriZona to explore the production of cannabis-infused products. What Happened Dixi Brands and AriZona said in a press release that they signed a binding letter of...

This story originally appeared on TheCannabisInvestor.ca. Welcome to the Cannabis Countdown. In this week’s rendition we’ll recap and countdown the top 10 marijuana stock news stories for the week of July 8th – 14th, 2019. Without further ado, let’s get started. 10....

This story originally appeared on TheCannabisInvestor.ca. Welcome to the Cannabis Countdown. In this week’s rendition we’ll recap and countdown the top 10 marijuana industry news stories for the week of July 8th – 14th, 2019. Without further ado, let’s get started. 10....