Hemp Cultivation, Processing & Extraction News

A Pierre-based smoke shop that sells hemp related products is asking a federal judge to block a new law that bans the sale and manufacture of industrial hemp treated with chemically derived cannabinoids. The new law is set to go into effect July 1 after passing the Legislature with scant opposition among lawmakers in March.

Mass Live One of the nation’s leading marijuana companies has agreed to pay a $350,000 fine tied to the death of an employee who suffered an asthma attack at its Massachusetts production plant two years ago, according to a settlement it reached with the state’s cannabis regulator. Industry giant Trulieve, which shuttered its operations in Massachusetts last

Reps for Sphere in Las Vegas said Saturday that the ban on a man who posted video of himself braggingly taking bong hits at a Phish show is no longer in effect, and that the edict barring him from MSG Entertainment properties was an error due to “a breakdown in our process.” At the same time, the venue reaffirmed that lighting

Coast Reporter The two sets of equipment were expected to produce 20,000 pounds of marijuana each per year at a rate of $200 a pound or $8 million per year. A Washington State cannabis company is suing a Vancouver business and two people from Richmond for $2 million for not supplying grow operation equipment as

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.isslp.3.2.6 Keywords: Cannabis Industry, Regulatory Challenges, Innovation, Economic Impact, Qualitative Research ABSTRACT As the legalization of cannabis gains momentum globally, it becomes imperative to understand the regulatory challenges and opportunities this industry faces. The objective of this study was to investigate these elements through qualitative insights from stakeholders within the cannabis industry, exploring the

Source: Lex Pelger Newsletter Rolling Stone RISTA HARDING’S DAUGHTER was eight weeks old when that police cruiser pulled behind her on the interstate and hit the lights in September 2019. She called her boss at the Little Caesars in Pinson, Alabama, where she’d just been promoted to manager: I’m going to be a little late, but I’m coming in!

MJ Biz Marijuana brand Stiiizy has triggered a public health crisis among teens by “marketing dangerous, high potency marijuana vaporizers” to youth, according to a lawsuit filed by an unidentified California high school student. Filed May 29 in Marin County Superior Court, the lawsuit claims Stiiizy’s marketing is deliberately “aimed at inducing teenagers and young adults to

650 CKOM reports On Friday, the judge ruled in favour of the crown that Taylor Ashley Kennedy’s confession to using drugs the day before she hit and killed a nine-year-old girl with her truck can be used in her trial. Kennedy is charged with impaired driving while exceeding the prescribed blood-drug concentration of THC, causing

A large scale cannabis grower has been told to pay back the assets he has left, worth £384,120 or face another three years behind bars. Josef MacNamara, who posed as a £100,000 a year aircraft engineer, made more than £2.5m from his illegal trade. He was jailed for four years and four months in March

Olga Fitch has taken over as executive director of the Vermont Cannabis Control Board, the regulatory agency in which her face is a familiar one. Previously, she served as director of operations at the CCB. She joined the agency in February 2023. Her official start date as executive director was May 19. While announcing the new