Feds inserts Bewilderingly Cool-Looking Cheetah for PSA Gloomy Marijuana Impaired Driving
A cool-looking cheetah smoking a joint while driving is apparently how one federal agency decided to get out the word about the dangers of getting behind the wheel after consuming marijuana. People are understandably a little confused about the messaging. While advocates and prohibitionists share an interest in preventing impaired driving, the National Highway Traffic […]
Colorado Governor Turns Out to Be Secrete Santa for More Than 1300 People, Pardons Marijuana Convictions
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) announced on Thursday that he granted 1,351 pardons for convictions of possession of two ounces or less of marijuana. The move focuses on people who are eligible for relief under a new law that increased the legal cannabis possession limit for adults in the state, which Polis signed in May. […]
The parent Company CEO Expresses Interest in Connecting with California Consumers
Exclusive Interview with the Parent Company CEO Troy Datcher This summer, Troy Datcher joined The Parent Company (NEO: GRAM.U) (OTCQX: GRAMF) as CEO after decades of experience with Clorox and Procter & Gamble. Since his arrival, The Parent Company has continued to navigate the challenging California market and prepare for what comes next in the industry. Datcher connected with […]
Top Stories of 2021: Delta-8 THC Dominates Hemp Industry, Expected to Grow Twofold in 2022
Love it or hate it, delta-8 THC dominated discussion in the hemp industry in 2021. Hemp Industry Daily readers gobbled up news about the isomer that can be quickly produced from bulk CBD. Also on the minds of Hemp Industry Daily readers in 2021: smokable hemp, drying techniques, and a new viroid spreading across the industry. Here’s a […]
Lookout for These 8 Highly Anticipated Hemp Bills in 2022
Over the past year, hemp industry members have seen increased legislative action on Capitol Hill to help propel the industry forward. Industry insiders are encouraged by the momentum building among lawmakers from both major parties to support hemp production and clear the bottleneck keeping hemp-derived CBD from being regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug […]
Illinois Stumps Nearly $100 Million Extra Tax Revenue from Marijuana compared to Alcohol in 2021
Illinois has generated almost $100 million more in tax revenue from adult-use marijuana sales than from alcohol in 2021, state data shows. And cannabis tax dollars have exceeded those for liquor every month since February. The trend is yet another example of the strength of Illinois’s recreational cannabis market, which launched in January 2020 and has […]
India Takes First Steps To Declassify Hempseed-based Foods, Boost for Indigenous Hemp Market
Food safety authorities in India have approved hemp seeds, hemp seed oil, and seed-based flour as food and food ingredients, signaling a first crack in the opening of a vast market of 1.4 billion consumers. The Food Safety and Security Authority of India (FSSAI) signed off on regulations last week that stakeholders say can help […]
GreenPee Company Installs Hemp-Based Urinals in Amsterdam to Put an Halt to “Wild Peeing”
Dutch company GreenPee has installed eight hemp-filled sustainable urinals in Amsterdam to combat increased people urinating in the streets after the coronavirus lockdown ended. Amsterdam council rushed to install the public urinals in the city center as tourists returned and pubs reopened. Users urinate into the openings on the sides of the Greenlee planters, which have an internal tank filled with hemp fibers from […]
Missouri High Court to Figure If Medical Marijuana Business Applications Can be Unfolded
The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that might force state medical marijuana regulators to make public MMJ business license applications, a request made by a company that was denied cultivation permits. According to the Missouri Independent, the state’s high court will decide whether application confidentiality – written into the state ballot measure that legalized […]