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...
Hemp products are very popular in the Lone Star state - but those products
are made with hemp grown outside it. Perhaps that could change relatively soon.Texas is one of just nine remaining U.S. states yet to enact legislation
supporting the cultivation of industrial hemp - and among those nine...
The USA's National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) has adopted a new policy on industrial hemp.Founded in 1916, NASDA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association representing elected and appointed commissioners, secretaries, and directors of all the
departments of agriculture across all U.S. states and territories.NASDA has supported the declassification...
