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Does the Hotel Industry Benefit from Cannabis Legalization? Research Suggests So.
Mar 12, 2020, 6:55 am By Alyson Martin
The story of cannabis legalization is, in part, a real estate story, as cannabis business owners buy and rent storefront property, scope out cultivation spaces, and engage with zoning boards. Today, eleven states and Washington, D.C. have legalized adult use…

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FDA Reopens CBD Public Comment, “Extending It Indefinitely”
Mar 10, 2020, 2:40 pm By Alyson Martin
The Food and Drug Administration has formally reopened the public comment window on cannabis and cannabinoid-products. The Agency, which is in the process of crafting regulations for these products, is “extending it indefinitely,” after the first window…

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Saint Vincent: Illicit Cannabis Cultivators Get an Amnesty Offer
Mar 10, 2020, 6:55 am By Clydeen McDonald
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has started its long-awaited cannabis cultivation amnesty program, a major move to pivot cultivators of illicit cannabis into the legal industry. The amnesty program, which came into effect March 3, will allow individuals, who…

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Oregon: As Hemp Takes Off, Regulators Lag Behind
Mar 9, 2020, 6:55 am By Eric Tegethoff
With thousands of acres to regulate and stacks of applications to approve, officials are playing catch-up with Oregon’s booming hemp industry. Four staff members within the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s hemp program oversee more than 63,000 acres and…

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UK expedites cannabis imports • Canopy’s bad day • A global cannabis standard? • & more…
Mar 6, 2020, 9:06 pm By Cannabis Wire Editors
The Cannabis Wire Daily newsletter is sent to C-Wire Plus subscribers every weekday morning at 7 a.m. Excerpts are published here later in the day. Don’t miss the full picture. Subscribe now. UK changes import requirements for cannabis medicines. In recent…

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What’s in the US Food and Drug Administration’s CBD Report to Congress?
Mar 6, 2020, 6:55 am By Nushin Rashidian
For more than a year, one question in particular has been a priority for the cannabis industry: how will the US Food and Drug Administration regulate CBD? Ever since the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp, catalyzing the spread of already popular hemp-derived CBD…

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Mexico: Lawmakers Cast First Vote in Cannabis Legalization Push
Mar 5, 2020, 6:55 am By Laura Gamba
Lawmakers in Mexico have cast their first vote in an effort to meet a Supreme Court mandate to legalize cannabis by the end of April this year. On Wednesday the three committees of Justice, Health, Public Safety and Legislative Studies voted in favor of a…

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Analysis: The World Health Organization Says Cannabis Is Medicine. What Does the US Have to Say?
Mar 4, 2020, 6:55 am By Nushin Rashidian
A vote was set to take place this week at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) 63rd Session on whether to reschedule cannabis, thus recognizing its utility as a medicine. But, as Cannabis Wire reported Sunday after reviewing a draft decision…

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As Governor Pushes Legalization, Connecticut Lawmakers Debate Adult Use Cannabis
Mar 3, 2020, 6:55 am By Alyson Martin
On Monday, Connecticut lawmakers debated for hours an adult use cannabis legalization bill put forth by legislative leaders on behalf of Governor Ned Lamont. Topics like expungement and taxes received a lot of airtime, while impaired driving and law…

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Global Vote on Cannabis as Medicine Expected to Be Delayed Again
Mar 1, 2020, 1:01 pm By Nushin Rashidian
This week, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was set to hold a significant vote to reclassify cannabis as a medicine, a historic change to international drug control treaties drafted nearly sixty years ago. But that vote isn’t happening,…

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Vermont Bill To Legalize Adult Use Cannabis Sales Sent From House To Senate
Feb 27, 2020, 5:02 pm By Alyson Martin
Vermont House lawmakers on Thursday for the first time passed a bill that would tax and regulate cannabis sales, sending it to the Senate two years after lawmakers passed a legalization bill that only allowed home grow. Once lawmakers reconcile their…

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FDA to Ag Regulators: “Fool’s Game” to Tell Americans They Can’t Use CBD Products
Feb 27, 2020, 6:55 am By Alyson Martin
State agricultural regulators on Wednesday received several significant updates on hemp and CBD from the United States Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, an organization…

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Cannabis for Research: The Great Silence
Feb 26, 2020, 6:55 am By Nushin Rashidian
Since the 1960s there has only ever been one federally licensed farm that grows cannabis for researchers, and it’s at the University of Mississippi. In 2016, the US Drug Enforcement Administration announced that it would license additional growers, and more…

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JAMA Study: Cannabis Use Among Adults Aged 65 and Older Has Spiked
Feb 24, 2020, 11:00 am By Alyson Martin
A new JAMA Internal Medicine study found that cannabis use has surged among older adults. The study, from New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine, was published Monday. Researchers found that, between 2015 and 2018—a time during which a slew…

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Charlotte’s Web to Lobby on Florida’s Hemp Rollout
Feb 24, 2020, 6:55 am By Shawn Mulcahy
Charlotte’s Web—one of the country’s largest and oldest CBD companies—registered last month to lobby in Florida, just as the state’s hemp industry gets underway. The Colorado-based company filed paperwork on January 21 to lobby lawmakers and…

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Kentucky medical cannabis bill passes House • New Hampshire adult use bill passes House • & more…
Feb 21, 2020, 2:45 pm By Cannabis Wire Editors
The Cannabis Wire Daily newsletter is sent to C-Wire Plus subscribers every weekday morning at 7 a.m. Excerpts are published here later in the day. Don’t miss the full picture. Subscribe now. Kentucky medical cannabis bill passes House, heads to Senate. On…

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Is Cannabis Legalization Coming to Tennessee? A Senator Pushes the Discussion
Feb 21, 2020, 6:55 am By Alyson Martin
Sharing a border with a legal cannabis state has proven to be a conversation starter in slower moving states. Tennessee’s border with Arkansas, where medical cannabis was legalized in 2016, and where an adult use legalization ballot push is underway, was on…

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Alabama Medical Cannabis Bill Advances to Full Senate
Feb 19, 2020, 10:03 pm By Alyson Martin
Alabama lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to advance legislation that would legalize medical cannabis use and sales. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-1 in favor of passing the bill out of committee and to the full Senate floor; there was one…

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Bahamas Cannabis Legalization Plan May Depend, in Part, on a Survey
Feb 19, 2020, 6:55 am By Clydeen McDonald
Bahamians will have a chance in the coming weeks to weigh in, through a survey, on the scope of the country’s cannabis reforms. The result will help shape legislation and the nation’s next steps. The survey comes after a preliminary version of the…

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Another Big Ag Company Sets Its Sights on Hemp
6:55am By Shawn Mulcahy
Another major agriculture company is lobbying federal officials on hemp. Syngenta AG, which conducts genomic research and was nearly acquired by Monsanto for $45 billion in 2015, indicated in its Q4 2019 lobbying report that it is engaged in a “general…

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