<![CDATA[ Japan may soon allow the import and use of medicinal cannabis products. A Japanese health ministry panel on Thursday recommended amending the country’s drug laws in an effort to meet both citizens’ medical needs as well as evolving international...

<![CDATA[ SALINAS, Calif., Sept. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PRESS RELEASE -- Lowell Farms Inc., a California-born innovator in cannabis cultivation and maker of the iconic Lowell Smokes brand, is announcing the commercial availability of its much anticipated:...

<![CDATA[ The possibilities of being one of New York’s first adult-use cannabis retail operators attracted the likes of 903 applicants seeking to enter the forthcoming market, the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced Sept. 28. The conditional...

<![CDATA[ In the weeks following her appointment as chair of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), Shannon O’Brien’s personal and financial stake in a state-licensed cannabis business has come to light. As the Boston Herald reported Sept. 28, O’Brien...

<![CDATA[ STONEHAM, Mass., Sept. 29, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Theory Wellness announced plans to enter the Vermont adult-use cannabis market with a retail location in Brattleboro. The announcement comes on the eve of adult-use cannabis sales, expected to begin as...

<![CDATA[ A Las Vegas-based cannabis testing facility with a history of allegedly inflating THC potencies and manipulating microbial and heavy metal test results is now facing a $62,500 fine and a nearly 10-year ban from the industry for violations dating back to...

<![CDATA[ One hemp industry organization is hopeful that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) most recent hire could lead the federal agency to regulate CBD. FDA named Norman Birenbaum as senior public health advisor at the agency’s Center for Regulatory...

<![CDATA[ Various government agencies in Washington, D.C., are inspecting cannabis businesses this month to verify compliance with the district’s laws, meaning that unlicensed cannabis retailers could soon face enforcement action. RELATED: D.C.’s Joint Cannabis...

<![CDATA[ In July 2022, plaintiffs purporting to represent every medical marijuana patient in Arkansas filed a lawsuit against a cannabis testing company, a group of cannabis cultivation facilities, and John Does who are “the law firms, accountants and financial...

<![CDATA[ Last week, the hemp building industry scored a victory when the International Code Council (ICC) approved hemp-lime (hempcrete) insulation in the model U.S. residential building code at a public hearing in Louisville, Ky. The U.S. Hemp Building...