The Business of Cannabis

South Dakota No. 2 Grower In 2022, State Hemp Association Says

Feb 7, 2023 | National

South Dakota has leaped into second place as a grower of industrial hemp, increasing plantings while most states across the U.S. trimmed their fields last year, according to analysis by the South Dakota Industrial Hemp Association (SDIHA). South Dakota increased...

Hemp Initiative In Ecuador First To Focus On Fiber And Food

Jan 11, 2023 | International

The Ecuadorian government has greenlighted the country’s first hemp crop under a cooperative initiative among two companies and the Latin-American Industrial Hemp Association (LAIHA). LAIHA member Green and Growth, Quito, and Nobis Holding de Inversiones, one of the...

Google Announces Pilot Program for CBD Advertising

Jan 5, 2023 | Feature, National

Google will for the first time allow ads for some CBD products on its advertising platform, the company announced. Google said in late December that it would update its ad policies on Jan. 20 to permit the limited promotion of pharmaceuticals containing CBD that have...

FDA May Enact CBD and delta-8 THC Regulatory Recommendations Within Months

Dec 29, 2022 | National

Food and Drug Administration officials said they are taking steps to announce a plan for how to regulate cannabis-derived products like CBD and delta-8 THC in the coming months. This comes as the agency is also leading a review into marijuana’s scheduling...

Money in CBD, Hemp, Cannabis? It’s Not What It Used To Be, Say Experts

Dec 20, 2022 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

CBD, or cannabidiol, is an active ingredient found in cannabis. It can be derived from both hemp and marijuana plants. Where they differ, though, is in the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive compound found in cannabis, is present in the plant....