It will be some time until cannabis is de-scheduled and removed from the Controlled Substances Act, but that doesn’t mean the inter-state industry needs to sit on its hands and wait it out. A series of recent trends indicates that the legal interstate cannabis...
Deemed essential during the coronavirus in every state with regulated cannabis in some form speaks volumes with how impactful this industry has become on a national level and how powerful it could be in the upcoming election. With eleven states and the District of...
As public attention in Israel is almost totally focused on battling the Covid-19 pandemic, an economy on renewed lockdown, and an unstable government, Israeli legislators and regulators continue to make strides towards legislation that will legalize, or at least...
On July 23, 2019, John Lord, owner and CEO of LivWell Enlightened Health, testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee. [1] LivWell is a Colorado-based cultivator, manufacturer, and retailer of marijuana products; it employs 600 people across 15 stores and...
Cannabidiol (‘CBD’) has had an increasing consumer interest over recent years due to the range of CBD-based products that are now available and the purported benefits these products give to the consumer’s health and wellbeing. The scope for more...
Earlier this year, the Oregon Department of Agriculture proposed changes to its hemp program in anticipation of the expiration of the 2014 Farm Bill under which it currently operates, to come into compliance with the Federal Hemp Program’s Interim Final Rules. These...