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A New Mexico Senate panel scraps legislation to legalize recreational marijuana, Aurora Cannabis reports a steep loss for its second quarter, President Trump’s 2021 budget proposal seeks additional money for the federal government to regulate hemp and CBD – and more of the week’s top cannabis business news.   New Mexico lawmakers scrap adult-use bill […]

Week in Review: NM nixes adult-use cannabis bill, Aurora posts big loss, Trump seeks money to regulate CBD/hemp & more is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

The post U.S. hemp group calls GenCanna ‘fraud corporation’ in wake of bankruptcy was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Kentucky’s leading industrial hemp trade group has called U.S. hemp giant GenCanna “a fraud corporation,” after learning of the company’s bankruptcy filing last week. GenCanna...

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The post Aussie hemp stakeholders entice financial services firms was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

While talks aimed at stakeholders interested in the full range of whole plant hemp applications are on tap at this year’s Australian Industrial Hemp Conference...

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Aurora’s Terry Booth exits the company, a big-name celebrity leaves the namesake medical marijuana retailer she co-founded, a New Mexico court allows MMJ business tax deductions – and more of the week’s top cannabis business news. Another Canadian cannabis CEO departs Canadian multinational marijuana company Aurora Cannabis announced its chief executive stepped aside this week, after […]

Week in Review: Aurora CEO departs, Whoopi Goldberg leaves medical cannabis firm, NM court allows MMJ business tax deductions & more is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

The post U.S. hemp giant GenCanna faces more pressure from angry creditors was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Two more creditors have targeted beleaguered U.S. hemp giant GenCanna, seeking to have the Kentucky-based company declared bankrupt. Integrity/Architecture, Lexington, Kentucky; general contractors Pinnacle Inc.,...

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The post American filmmaker and hemp advocate Diana Oliver passes away was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

American hemp advocate and filmmaker Diana Oliver passed away Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 after a battle with cancer, her niece Skye Gilmore Miller announced.  Oliver...

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The post Indian startup takes top award in Asian Hemp Summit competition was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Uttrakhand-based startup Gohemp Agroventures, which is developing hempcrete solutions for housing in India, took the top honor in this year’s Entrepreneur Rewards competition at the...

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The only medical cannabis product in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods might soon be joined by another. Australian health regulators quietly gave Epidiolex, a cannabidiol medication, orphan designation and priority review status in late 2019. The designations allow the Therapeutic Goods Administration to wave application and evaluation fees, as well as expediting its assessment […]

Australia expedites review of medical cannabis product Epidiolex is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

The post Australian conference will look at hemp’s potential in wake of fires was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Renowned Australian writer Bruce Pascoe and food expert Michael Robertson will talk about land management, future technologies, and the role hemp might play in those...

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A review of cannabidiol products being undertaken by Australian health authorities could result in the relaxation of the scheduling status of CBD, potentially making it available over the counter in low doses. In a public submission to a Senate committee studying Australia’s medical cannabis access scheme, the Department of Health said the Therapeutic Goods Administration […]

Australia says over-the-counter CBD sales ‘could be considered during 2020’ is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs

The post U.S. farm group urges 1% THC limit, longer harvest period was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

One of the largest farm organizations in the USA has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to raise the allowable level of THC...

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The post ‘Industry will consolidate and the green rush will be over’ was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Cheryl Shuman, Founder, Beverly Hills Cannabis Club, USA, was named by U.S.-based Fortune magazine as one of the most powerful women in cannabis. She is...

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The post EIHA opens new office in Brussels, adds comms officer was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) has opened a new office in Brussels, completing the establishment of a fully-staffed, full-time presence in the EU capital....

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The post Thailand opens first full-time clinic, but cannabis-trained doctors lacking was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Thailand has opened its first full-time clinic specializing in traditional and cannabis-based medicine as the government moves to develop a medical cannabis industry. The clinic...

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The post With 40% of hemp testing ‘hot,’ Arizona losses pegged at $13.4 million was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

More than 40% of hemp from fields in the U.S. state of Arizona that were tested for THC content proved to be over the legal...

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The post Author will address hemp’s potential for post civil war Liberia was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Author Quanuquanei ‘Q.’ Karmue will talk about  “Hemp’s Promise for Liberia and Sub-Saharan Africa” at this year’s 2nd Annual Asian Hemp Summit, Jan. 31-Feb. 1...

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The post How hemp can lead a polar shift to heal Earth’s atmosphere was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

By Paul J. von Hartmann “For a long time I have been concerned with . . . how our main economic measures failed to take...

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The post Five entrepreneurs are finalists in Asian Hemp Summit’s competition was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Five finalists have been named in the Entrepreneur Rewards program of the Asian Hemp Summit, Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The competition, which honors...

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The post Malaysian association sees fiber as first opportunity for hemp was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Mohamad Johan is President & Founder of the Malaysia HempTech Industrial Research Association (MHIRA), a sustainability-focused NGO. He formed an environmental waste NGO in 2010...

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The post How U.S. firms can overcome CBD quality issues: Source from Europe was originally published on HempToday™. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out our events and follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter.

Jacek Kramarz is Director of Business Development at CBD maker HemPoland. Under his leadership, HemPoland’s blue-chip CannabiGold brand has quickly worked its way into the...

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