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Mitch McConnell Pressures the FDA to Go Easy on Hemp-Derived CBD
6:55am By Julia Barajas
On Tuesday, members of the U.S. Senate’s Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies backed legislation penned by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, which aims to urge the FDA to…

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CannTrust Licenses Suspended, Shopify Enters US, Canopy Ex-CEO’s Next Gigs, & More…
6:50am By Nushin Rashidian
• Health Canada will suspend CannTrust’s license. The Canadian cannabis company, once considered to be among the top in the world, announced yesterday that it received a Notice of Licence Suspension from Health Canada. To refresh: In July, Health Canada…

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Scoop: What Did Canopy Growth Say to the White House About USDA Hemp Regs?
Tue 6:50am By Nushin Rashidian
The global cannabis industry has been eagerly awaiting national hemp production regulations from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) since the 2018 Farm Bill was signed into law nearly one year ago. The USDA submitted its interim final rule,…

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Paraguay Prepares to Issue Licenses for Domestic Cannabis Production
Mon 6:55am By Julia Barajas
Late last week, Paraguay’s Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare announced that it will soon begin to process applications for the licensing of cannabis production, industrialization, and commercialization—strictly for medical and research…

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Q&A: What’s Next for Cannabis in Israel?
Mon 6:50am By Alyson Martin
The Israel Cannabis (iCAN) conference took place in New York City last week, and given tomorrow’s Israeli election and its implications for the country’s cannabis industry, Cannabis Wire co-founder Alyson Martin caught up with iCAN founder Saul Kaye. …

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Acreage, Harvest Health Join Cannabis Companies Lobbying in Florida
Fri 6:55am By Nikitha Sattiraju
As Florida legalization campaigns raise major funds for their 2020 push, cannabis giants like Acreage Holdings and Harvest Health and Recreation are lobbying in the state. They join a long list of cannabis companies that are already lobbying in the state,…

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LA’s Number of Unlicensed Cannabis Shops Is Actually Dropping
Fri 6:55am By Julia Barajas
On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health hosted a webinar delving into the impact of retail cannabis sales, both licensed and not, with recommendations on how to improve current policy. Early on, Will Nicholas, director of the…

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Look Who is Lobbying in Georgia
Thu 6:50am By Nikitha Sattiraju
Two major medical cannabis companies—Trulieve, and Curaleaf—are registered to lobby in Georgia, Cannabis Wire has learned. According to state lobbying disclosures, Trulieve was lobbying in the state early this year as legislators worked to pass a bill to…

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DEA Proposes Increase to Research-Grade Cannabis Supply, Again
Sep 11, 2019, 11:07 am By Alyson Martin
The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to increase the amount of cannabis that can be grown for research in 2020 by almost a third over 2019’s level, and almost triple what the DEA proposed in 2018. “This will meet the need created by the…

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MedMen-Backed Florida Legalization Campaign Is Raking in Cash
Sep 11, 2019, 6:55 am By Shawn Mulcahy
Adult use cannabis use could soon be legal in Florida, and two groups are competing for a chance to shape its rollout. New campaign finance documents show the campaigns are raking in some major cash, and one is far out-raising the other. Make It Legal Florida,…

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Mitch McConnell Pressures the FDA to Go Easy on Hemp-Derived CBD

CannTrust Licenses Suspended, Shopify Enters US, Canopy Ex-CEO’s Next Gigs, & More…

Scoop: What Did Canopy Growth Say to the White House About USDA Hemp Regs?

Paraguay Prepares to Issue Licenses for Domestic Cannabis Production

Q&A: What’s Next for Cannabis in Israel?

Acreage, Harvest Health Join Cannabis Companies Lobbying in Florida

LA’s Number of Unlicensed Cannabis Shops Is Actually Dropping

Look Who is Lobbying in Georgia

DEA Proposes Increase to Research-Grade Cannabis Supply, Again

MedMen-Backed Florida Legalization Campaign Is Raking in Cash

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