Hemp

Marijuana regulators around the country face a vexing question: What place does chemically derived THC have in regulated adult-use or medical markets

Some of the compounds in cannabis may prevent the entry of the coronavirus into healthy human cells, according to a study published in the Journal of Nature Products.

Starting this fall, Eastern Connecticut State University will offer hemp cultivation as an academic minor program of study, they announced in a news release Thursday.  Licensed as an official hemp producer with the Department of Agriculture, the university will offer multiple classes surrounding hemp production and biological studies with plans to expand the minor into a major of study...

Many states that are legalizing marijuana have plans to help communities hurt by the war on drugs and create a legal weed industry reflective of those communities. But there needs to be more than “magical thinking” from regulators to get those businesses started, says Smoke Wallin, a board member of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable.

Hemp was ushered in as a federally legal agricultural crop under the groundbreaking 2018 Farm Bill. But now, draft rules for growing the cannabis plant closely related to marijuana have farmers up in arms. The U.S. Department of Agriculture extended the public comment period on its draft regulations by a month after farmers, processors and officials in nearly every state...