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Trulieve is now the largest cannabis operator in the U.S. after closing $2.1 billion deal

Lost to most in the flurry of legislation at the end of the South Carolina General Assembly’s session earlier this month was a bill legalizing the growth of industrial hemp. Not pot, but hemp.

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Schumer pushes back release for Senate legalization bill

Lost to most in the flurry of legislation at the end of the South Carolina General Assembly’s session earlier this month was a bill legalizing the growth of industrial hemp. Not pot, but hemp.

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Hemp conference to draw industry, scientists, policymakers to Kentucky - Cannabis News

Individuals interested in the hemp industry, science and policy can attend concurrent tracks in each area and a two-day scientific poster session and trade show.

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Yeast fermentation may be the answer to creating rare cannabinoids - Cannabis News

The recently-passed state budget eliminates a cap on New York’s burgeoning industrial hemp industry. That will allow more farmers to be able to research, grow and process a crop that could turn into a million-dollar business.

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Coming Soon To A Higher-Ed Institution Near You: ‘Cannabis U’ - Cannabis News

The recently-passed state budget eliminates a cap on New York’s burgeoning industrial hemp industry. That will allow more farmers to be able to research, grow and process a crop that could turn into a million-dollar business.

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Hemp activist finds fertile ground in Hawaii for creating therapeutic oils - Cannabis News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Real-world research in more than a dozen states in recent years is giving farmers new understanding of how to grow industrial hemp and showing that it has promise to be a viable commercial crop in the U.S.

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On-the-farm research making the case for industrial hemp - Cannabis News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Real-world research in more than a dozen states in recent years is giving farmers new understanding of how to grow industrial hemp and showing that it has promise to be a viable commercial crop in the U.S.

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Marijuana tinctures: What are they and how are they made?

Not to be confused with illicit marijuana, useful plant draws interest as crop option at U's ag campus.

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USDA conducts its first hemp acreage and production survey

Not to be confused with illicit marijuana, useful plant draws interest as crop option at U's ag campus.

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Top 5 Cannabis Scandals of 2022

RALEIGH -  The state commission charged with fostering an industrial hemp industry in North Carolina is considering joining a lawsuit against a government agency that it agrees is making things difficult: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Willie Nelson’s tour bus ‘smelled exactly like Marijuana’

RALEIGH -  The state commission charged with fostering an industrial hemp industry in North Carolina is considering joining a lawsuit against a government agency that it agrees is making things difficult: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Kentucky Hemp Association Furious Over Delta-8 THC Raids

The fourth annual NoCo Hemp Expo this past weekend featured more than 130 vendors and 60 speakers, all sharing information about this amazing plant.

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Inside the Legislation Shaping the Cannabis Industry in 2021

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators who have resisted proposals to legalize marijuana for medical use are advancing a proposal aimed at making the state an industrial hemp powerhouse.

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What You Should Know about Microdosing for Anxiety

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators who have resisted proposals to legalize marijuana for medical use are advancing a proposal aimed at making the state an industrial hemp powerhouse.

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How Cannabis Helped NHL Enforcer Riley Cote Survive His Hockey Career - Cannabis News

Across the country, advocates are hailing industrial hemp as a miracle crop. Some Floridians even think the plant could surpass oranges as an agricultural powerhouse. But lawmakers in the capitol are urging caution.

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How to get a job in the marijuana industry - Cannabis News

Across the country, advocates are hailing industrial hemp as a miracle crop. Some Floridians even think the plant could surpass oranges as an agricultural powerhouse. But lawmakers in the capitol are urging caution.

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Why some Ky. hemp growers say they're leaving money on the table

The state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed yet another bill that would legalize research on industrial hemp.

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The Increase in Dispensary Crime Just Reaffirms the Need for Cannabis Banking

The state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed yet another bill that would legalize research on industrial hemp.

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Flurry of Hemp Initiatives in U.S. States – Cannabis News

Hemp initiatives in states from tiny Rhode Island in the east to expansive Washington state in the USA’s northwest are seeing advances as proponents of the crop see its potential to revive the farm sector and boost state tax coffers — sooner or later.

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US Hemp Industry Seeks $1 Billion Government Funding

Hemp initiatives in states from tiny Rhode Island in the east to expansive Washington state in the USA’s northwest are seeing advances as proponents of the crop see its potential to revive the farm sector and boost state tax coffers — sooner or later.

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