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USDA undercuts Washington hemp testing policy

The USDA's proposed hemp rules would toss aside a testing policy that advocates hoped would finally make Washington a top hemp-producing state.

The USDA says the testing protocol it recently outlined would best measure the level of the intoxicating chemical THC in harvested hemp plants. The procedures, however, differ from ones Washington planned to implement next year to keep hemp from testing "hot."

California Suspends 394 Legal Weed Businesses, Affecting 5% of Cannabis Supply

Image Source: Cannabis tourist Dan Chlebanowski smells marijuana for sale at a dispensary in Los Angeles on Jan. 24, 2019. (Credit: Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)

California has suspended 394 marijuana business permits in a move that critics say will temporarily reduce the number of legal cannabis shops in the state.

Medicinal cannabis is to be given to 20,000 British patients in first major trial

Medicinal cannabis will be given to 20,000 British patients in first major trial of drug's impact - a year after it was made legal on the NHS

  • Project, named Twenty21, was launched yesterday and will run until end of 2021
  • To test impact on chronic pain, MS, epilepsy, PTSD, Tourette's, anxiety, addiction
  • Medical marijuana been legal since last November but impossible to get on NHS 

 

1 Massive Problem for the Cannabis Industry That Needs to Be Addressed Immediately

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The cannabis industry has been growing significantly in recent years as legalization has progressed in many states, with 11 having passed legislation for recreational use and more states likely following suit. In addition, the farm bill was passed nearly a year ago which allowed cannabidiol (CBD) to be permitted federally so long as it was derived from hemp.

Canadian cannabis growers harvest their first (legal) outdoor plants

This is the first year Tom has not felt the need to booby-trap his backyard.

An inveterate pot grower, the North York man says new laws allowing Canadians to raise up to four of the plants per household set his mind at ease for the first time in more than half a century of cannabis cultivation.

New Hemp Federation heads to DC as farmers face lack of markets

The newly formed Hemp Federation of America is planning its first fly-in to Washington next week, just as Reuters reported that the farmers are having a hard time finding a market for this year’s crop.

The group of growers, processors and allied businesses will arrive in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 14, a spokesman said.

Will Wheeler, an Oklahoma rancher and farmer who is serving as HFA’s board chairman, said in a news release that an industry with a domestic market of an estimated $800 million to $2 billion annually needs a trade association in Washington.

2 more medical marijuana dispensaries in Chicago approved to sell recreational pot

State officials announced Wednesday that three more medical marijuana dispensaries — two of which are in Chicago — will be allowed to sell recreation weed in Illinois when sales begin next year.

Dispensary 33, 5001 N. Clark St. in Ravenswood, and Maribis of Chicago, 4570 S. Archer Ave. in Brighton Park, will be permitted to sell adult-use marijuana starting Jan. 1, 2020, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said in a statement.