With a spike in robberies hitting marijuana businesses across the U.S., a leading cannabis advocacy group is providing the industry with resources on how to prevent and respond to theft. Americans for Safe Access (ASA) developed its Robbery Preparedness Guide in response to growing reports of targeted crime at marijuana retailers. In San Francisco alone, […]

Hemp stakeholders in Israel are petitioning the government to clear up language in drug laws to legalize CBD for food, medicine, and general use and make CBD products available over-the-counter. Advocates submitted a position paper to the Ministry of Health this week, calling for changes in conflicting language in the country’s Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. The […]

Two key German associations are calling on the incoming government coalition to urgently establish a program that will promote industrial hemp as a strategy to capture CO2 from the atmosphere while also fueling economic development. The Cannabis Industry Association (BvCW) and the Federal Association for Sustainability (BVNG) urged the new government to set up a […]

  Over the past year, cannabis operators have made headlines by taking state-of-the-art greenhouses offline and putting them up for sale. Some invested deeply in greenhouses and cutting-edge technology before hitting profitability, which added to the financial strain. They’re now offloading those greenhouse facilities, often at significant financial losses. Consider: The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings […]

A Poland-based hemp innovation hub has sparked initiatives in hemp proteins, plant-based foods and biocomposites that can replace wood as it pursues a whole-plant strategy and continues to attract industrial partners and investors. The company, East Hemp Group, was recently joined by Polish hemp veteran Jacek Kramarz, an investor who also serves as vice president, […]

Iowa Democrats are done waiting for the GOP-controlled legislature to act on marijuana reform. So on Tuesday, a group of legislators announced that they will soon be introducing a constitutional amendment to let voters decide on the issue of regulating cannabis “in a way similar to the way we regulate the use of alcohol by […]

A GOP congressman says Democrats—and specifically the Congressional Black Caucus—are to blame for Congress’s inability to pass a federal marijuana legalization bill. That’s even though nearly every Democrat in the House voted to legalize cannabis last year while all but five Republicans voted against it. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) talked about the history of drug […]