Spending Bill Allows Legalization of Marijuana Possession in Washington, D.C. to Move Forward, but Prevents Taxing and Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol Momentum Builds Nationally to End the Failed War on Drugs WASHINGTON, D.C. – The final “cromnibus” federal spending bill that Congress passed over the weekend contains historic language prohibiting the U.S. Justice Department from […]
Tag: Hemp
Opinion: Hemp Harvest Legal In Colorado For First Time
Boosters of industrial hemp often fondly refer to the plant as a wonder crop, usable in everything from building materials to batteries to breakfast cereal. Since Colorado voters legalized both hemp and marijuana with the passage of Amendment 64 in 2012, hemp advocates have been buzzing about the state’s promise as a manufacturing hub for […]
Senator Outlines Hemp Legalization In Tennessee
The grass might be getting a little greener in Tennessee. Sen. Frank Niceley, republican member of the Tennessee Senate, presented Monday night on newly legalized industrial hemp growth in Tennessee in a lecture sponsored by the Young Americans for Liberty. Farmers and students alike attended Niceley’s discussion to hear an overview of the legislation he […]
Hemp A Huge Missed Opportunity For The U.S.
For more than five decades, industrial hemp has suffered mis-classification because of its resemblance to marijuana. Both are members of the cannabis family, but where hemp is grown for food and other everyday uses, marijuana gets users high. Marijuana remains banned under the federal Controlled Substances Act, which theoretically extends to industrial hemp, though it […]
The Difference Between Hemp Oil and High-CBD Strains
Over the course of the past year, cannabidiol, or CBD oil, has quickly become the rock star of the medical marijuana industry because of its ability to treat a variety of conditions — including epilepsy — without exposing patients to intoxicating effects. High Times
Can Hemp Save Us From Global Warming?
Conceptually, cannabis and global warming share a few things in common. Both have been the subject of controversy for decades, polarizing everyone from politicians of the same party to members of the same family. Also, both have been distorted by those with a political ag… High Times
Hemp Oil Hustlers – Report on Medical Marijuana Inc., HempMeds & Kannaway
A half year ago, Project CBD assigned a writer to investigate and report on Medical Marijuana Inc., a penny stock umbrella company that markets “hemp oil” products infused with cannabidiol (CBD), a medicinal component of the cannabis plant. Originally we had hoped to shed light on the complex financial machinations of Medical Marijuana Inc., a […]
University Of Kentucky Harvests Hemp Crop
A hemp crop years in the making in the halls of the Kentucky legislature and the U.S. Congress took only a few minutes to harvest Tuesday from a University of Kentucky farm field. With that harvest, roughly more than half of the first-year experimental crop is now out of the field and headed or soon […]
Hemp House Offers Gift Cards For Cannabis
Hemp House, a new Colorado clothing company, had come up with an innovative strategy to attract marijuana-lovers to their fashion line: Deliver weed to Denver Metro-area customers purchasing clothing from the website. However, due to legal gray areas, the company has now … High Times
High Buy: Hemp Seed Healing Balm
Brooklyn company Pure & Essential Minerals is tapping into the topicals market with its Hemp Seed Healing Balm. Marijuana’s cousin hemp is extremely versatile and hardy; the oil extracted from its seeds is a beauty superstar on the rise. High Times