Pyxus International, Inc. announced last week the opening of its affiliate Criticality LLC's industrial hemp extraction and purification facility, which has been established in Wilson, North Carolina.  The 55,000 square foot  facility will be used to produce Criticality's line of cannabidiol oil (CBD) products, as well as develop new products in...

The most recently available data from Health Canada reveals some interesting information on medical cannabis sales in the country. In October last year, the Canadian Government launched a national Cannabis Tracking System with view to preventing legal cannabis winding up on the illegal market and to keep illegal cannabis out of the...

In just one month, the number of medical cannabis patient applications approved in the U.S. state of Oklahoma has grown by nearly 20,000. Last month we reported the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) had received 57,401 applications, 43,840 of which had been approved as at February 11. There were also...

On Tuesday, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vetoed House Bill 1191 that would have allowed industrial hemp to be grown and processed in the state. The bill went to the Governor after passing muster in the Senate last week after some confusion, and it then went back to the House...

Hawai‘i's Department of Health recently began accepting and processing registrations from qualified out-of-state patients for its medical cannabis program. Patients whose applications are accepted will be able to legally acquire medical cannabis from any licensed retail dispensaries while visiting the islands. The announcement coincided with the launch of a...

If SB335 is successful, hemp-derived cannabidiol based products should be much easier to access in Pennsylvania. While Pennsylvania has gone gangbusters on medicinal cannabis, its industrial hemp sector lags behind those of some other U.S. states. During the 2018 season, the second year that hemp was grown in Pennsylvania after a ban was lifted, around...

Wyoming is another step closer to seeing industrial hemp once again growing  in fields across the state. On Wednesday last week, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed off on House Bill 0171, which removes hemp and hemp products from regulation under the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act. The bill provides rulemaking...

The effort to reintroduce industrial hemp to the fields of South Dakota is turning out to be a long and hard-fought battle. Introduced to the state's legislature in early February, HB 1191 was passed by the House 65-2 late in the month, despite South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem wanting to...

In February 2016, Australia's Narcotic Drugs Amendment Act was passed, also known as ‘Dan’s Law’. But the law isn't working says United In Compassion. The Act was given its alternative name after the son of medical cannabis crusader Lucy Haslam, who we have mentioned a number of times here on...

Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is under the pump after a huge increase in interest in cultivating and processing industrial hemp in the state. The DACTP reports it has received 1,405 applications to grow industrial hemp this year, with 1,244 from first-time growers. Additionally, 692...