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WednesdayAug 18, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Michigan AG Says Private Cannabis Use Shouldn’t Jeopardize Unemployment Benefits

For years, marijuana's classification at the federal level as a Schedule I controlled substance has been a major hurdle to the legal cannabis industry on a state level. Patients who use medical marijuana often face the risk of experiencing federal reprisals for taking part in an activity deemed legal by their home states and one that is geared towards improving their health and quality of life. Consequently, most federal organizations, which are required to adhere to federal policies, tend to deprive individuals who use state legal cannabis of certain benefits. Michigan's Attorney General Dana Nessel doesn't believe this should be…

TuesdayAug 17, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — What’s Driving the Renewed Interest in Hemp?

Hemp is a cannabis sativa plant species that has long been cultivated for industrial use. Unlike marijuana, it contains low levels of THC, which is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that induces a high. Hemp is used in many products and materials. For instance, hemp is used in textiles to keep knees in jeans from wearing out because it is stronger than cotton. Some claim that the plant is also stronger than steel, which could explain why electric vehicle and car manufacturers use it to reinforce some vehicle components, such as door panels. A good example of this would…

TuesdayAug 17, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — How to Use Supplemental Lighting While Growing Cannabis Outdoors

Cannabis is an interesting crop to cultivate. The crop is part of a group of plants that use photoperiodism to determine their biological calendar, which means they rely on the length of days and nights to initiate physiological changes. Simply put, a certain number of daylight hours will induce a specific developmental stage, with most cannabis growers applying more than 18 hours of light every day to keep their plants in the vegetative stage and 12 hours of light to induce flowering. When you mention supplementary lighting, most growers think of indoor grows that have no access to sunlight. However,…

MondayAug 16, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Illinois Sets New Recreational Cannabis Monthly Sales Record

The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in the state of Illinois has revealed that legal cannabis sales in July 2021 broke the state’s record, with more than $125 million in gross recreational receipts. This figure is about $10 million higher than the state’s prior sales record, which was set in May of this year. This shows that despite the growing economic uncertainty and the ongoing pandemic, Illinois’ popular marijuana program is continuing to prosper. Data released shows that last month, consumers bought more than 2.8 million individual marijuana items, which is another monthly record. About 69% of the total…

MondayAug 16, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Forecasts Show States Will Earn Higher Tax Revenues from Cannabis in 2021

Over the past few years, America's state legal cannabis sector has proven to be both resilient and lucrative. As one of the few industries declared essential during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, cannabis saw increased sales month over month, providing states with much needed tax revenue at a time when their coffers were running low. More than a dozen states have already legalized recreational marijuana, and this year alone has seen New York, New Mexico, Virginia, and Connecticut pass adult use legislation, bringing the total number of states with recreational markets to 19. As these recreational cannabis markets mature,…

FridayAug 13, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Retired NFL Player Unveils Novel CBD Products Derived from Orange Peels

If you thought you had heard it all with regard to CBD, here is a shocker: your next dose of CBD could be extracted from orange peels. Before you think this will be in the distant future, a company started by a former NFL star has launched this orange-peel -derived CBD, and you can buy yourself a bottle online today. Peels, as the orange-peel CBD firm is called, says that its product will be purer, more consistent, more stable and have absolutely no THC in it. Chris Hetherington, the founder of Peels, explains that these benefits will make Peels’s CBD…

FridayAug 13, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — SAMHSA Funding Restrictions Eased in Relation to Medical Marijuana

Although more than 30 states have legalized medical marijuana and lawmakers are now working on legislation to federally deschedule cannabis, the industry has constantly been weighed down by prohibition. Thanks to marijuana’s status as a Schedule I controlled substance at the federal level, federal agencies tend to take a hard line against the substance. The Substance Abuse and Mental Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) has in the past taken such a stance, unequivocally stating that its grant funds cannot be used to buy, prescribe and provide cannabis or treatment via medical marijuana. However, cannabis reform activists will be happy to know that…

ThursdayAug 12, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Data Forecasts Global Marijuana Drinks Market to Hit $6B by 2030

A recently released report by Fact.MR forecasts that this year the global marijuana-infused drinks market will experience significant growth. Projections also show that a decade from now, the market’s revenues will have grown by more than 20 times, with a compound annual growth rate of about 38% to reach roughly $6 billion. Marijuana is legal in more than 35 states for medical use and in 16 states for recreational use. The herb’s legalization has prompted an increase in the demand for marijuana and marijuana goods. This has led to more marijuana-infused beverage businesses entering the market in an attempt to…

ThursdayAug 12, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Federal Agency Publishes Maiden THC, CBD Testing Variability Report

Despite being one of the youngest sectors in America, cannabis is one of the country's fastest-growing spaces. Cannabis and hemp products have become extremely popular, with the sector being one of the few spaces emerging from the coronavirus pandemic relatively unscathed and actually seeing increasing sales. However, one issue that has plagued America's state-legal cannabis industry has been cannabinoid testing. The 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized the cultivation and sale of industrial hemp and its cannabinoids, placed a 0.3% THC limit for legal hemp. But most laboratories that test for THC, CBD and other cannabinoids often come back with different…

WednesdayAug 11, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Senate Appropriations Committee Urges Federal Agencies to Reconsider THC Cap for Hemp Products

Last week, the U.S. Senate Appropriations committee voted to approve a bill urging federal authorities to create a regulatory mechanism for cannabidiol products and rethink THC restrictions on hemp. These provisions were among others passed by the Senate committee while working on a bill to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture as well as other federal departments and agencies for next year’s fiscal year. The bill would also maintain a rider, which protects state-level hemp programs from interference by federal authorities. Below are some of the marijuana-linked provisions supported by the committee, many of which are akin to the resolutions…