Hemp Cultivation, Processing & Extraction News

What’s Your Why with Ricardo Geada We’re so pleased to kick off Season 2 of the What’s Your Why podcast with a brand new sponsor, Botanical Health Dispensary, and an exciting line-up of guests ready to share why medical cannabis matters to them.Our first guest is Ricardo Geada, Director of Lawrence Stephens, where he heads up the

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/the-age-wins-court-battle-over-medicinal-cannabis-investigation/ar-AA1t610r The Federal Court has dismissed a bid by Australia’s largest medicinal cannabis company to force The Age to take down a story revealing allegations the company was operating a legally contentious cannabis referral system. Justice John Snaden dismissed Montu’s application on Tuesday morning and ordered the company to pay The Age’s legal costs. The core issue in the

Dr John R. Kelly writes how easing regulatory constraints would facilitate the advance of the scientific evidence underpinning psychedelics and psychedelic therapy The recently formed Trinity College Dublin and Tallaght University Hospital Psychedelic Research Group (TTPRG) is working with several industry partners to conduct large-scale clinical trials of psychedelic therapy for people who suffer from treatment-resistant depression,

The Oregon State Bar recently announced Courtney N. Moran, LL.M. as the second-ever recipient of the Leland R. Berger Lifetime Achievement Award! The Oregon State Bar Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Section Leland R. Berger Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2018 to recognize Lee Berger for his contributions and trailblazing in cannabis law. It is

The maximum sentences for drugs-related crimes will go up considerably if parliament votes in favour of draft legislation published by the cabinet on Monday. The maximum jail term for smuggling hard drugs will be increased from 12 to 16 years, trading hard drugs will go up from eight to 12 years and the possession of a “major

Dallas Morning News A man arrested during Allen police’s hemp shop raids in August filed a lawsuit this week, seeking a federal court’s protection to do business in the city. Sabhie Khan, 70, was one of six people arrested in late August, when Allen police raided nine hemp shops in the city, accusing them of selling hemp-based

MJ Biz Eight licensed marijuana companies in New Mexico claim in a federal lawsuit that Border Patrol agents violated their constitutional rights when they seized more than $1 million worth of “state-legal cannabis products, cash, and other property” at interior checkpoints, court records show. The lawsuit was filed this week against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Stamford Advocate A judge on Tuesday appointed a mediator in the long-running dispute over who gets licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in Alabama. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson named retired Circuit Judge Eugene Reese to act as mediator in the case. Anderson wrote that he believed the use of mediation “is appropriate in

Marijuana-related arrests far outpace arrests for other drug-related violations in jurisdictions where its possession and use remains illegal. In three states (Iowa, Louisiana, and Nebraska), more than half of all drug-related arrests reported by local law enforcement agencies were cannabis-related, according to data provided by the FBI for the year 2023. In ten other states (Alabama, Idaho,

A case involving a trucker who, despite scrupulously avoiding drugs for his entire career, tried CBD oil for severe pain following an accident. The product was advertised as 0% THC, which would not cause a positive test for the drug. But it wasn’t, and he failed a random drug test and was fired. This case