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Can Hyperspectral Near-Infrared Imaging Help Cannabis Growers?

The hemp program in Kentucky is in its infancy, having just 2,350 acres grown last year and 922 acres in 2015.

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Thinking of getting into Connecticut's marijuana industry? Norwich forum offers a preview.

Pennsylvania farmers are being invited to participate in a Hemp Pilot Research program that will contribute toward a better understanding of what could be a new cash crop in the commonwealth.

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Christine Quinn jailed for marijuana possession at 17

Pennsylvania farmers are being invited to participate in a Hemp Pilot Research program that will contribute toward a better understanding of what could be a new cash crop in the commonwealth.

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Legal Woes: German Marketing of Medical Cannabis

Even in Colorado, breeding hemp means grappling with all sorts of legal red tape. One plant biologist hopes to beat the odds.

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Man stabbed with kitchen knife over Pot smoking, parking issues

Maybe you have heard of hemp in recent years, as momentum behind a movement to legalize the agricultural crop has grown with federal legislation and some states supporting it.

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Mississippi medical marijuana patients, professionals on the look out for scams and other complications

Maybe you have heard of hemp in recent years, as momentum behind a movement to legalize the agricultural crop has grown with federal legislation and some states supporting it.

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Ohio adds 3 new qualifying medical marijuana conditions

After a successful first year growing industrial hemp, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture is seeking producers for year two.

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Brazil Moves Toward Cannabis Legalization

After a successful first year growing industrial hemp, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture is seeking producers for year two.

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Pennsylvania will allow industrial hemp to be grown at up to 30 test sites in 2017 – Cannabis News

Industrial hemp gets a bad rap, advocates say.

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Pennsylvania will allow industrial hemp to be grown at up to 30 test sites in 2017 – Cannabis News

Industrial hemp gets a bad rap, advocates say.

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Cannabis sales grow in Israel

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) is announcing that three industrial hemp seed varieties have passed the statewide THC validation and observation trial and are now eligible to be grown by the Colorado Seed Growers Association for production of “CDA Approved Certified Seed.”

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Number of medicinal cannabis companies more than doubles

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) is announcing that three industrial hemp seed varieties have passed the statewide THC validation and observation trial and are now eligible to be grown by the Colorado Seed Growers Association for production of “CDA Approved Certified Seed.”

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Can We Create Safe Medicines with Cannabis? A Physician’s Perspective

With pot consumption now legal in half of all states for either medical or recreational purposes, the long-dormant business of hemp production may well be poised for a renaissance.

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Science Says Don’t Cook With Raw Cannabis

Years of breeding and manipulation resulted in the emergence of two varieties: one for medicinal and spiritual purposes, the other for agricultural and industrial uses.

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Marijuana vs. Hemp: What's the Difference? – Cannabis News

Years of breeding and manipulation resulted in the emergence of two varieties: one for medicinal and spiritual purposes, the other for agricultural and industrial uses.

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Michigan: Marijuana prices down, demand surging across state

Cannabis is legally grown in Nebraska except the garden serves a much different purpose from the typical assumption.

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Marijuana Black Markets flourish despite Legalization

Cannabis is legally grown in Nebraska except the garden serves a much different purpose from the typical assumption.

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Doctors rejoice as Germany kicks off medical marijuana prescriptions

Hemp. It’s a word you have probably heard more than once, and probably had some questions about at the time.

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The End of (Illegal) Marijuana: what it means for criminal dynamics in Mexico

Hemp was once a mainstay crop in Virginia, until it ended up being banished as part of the long U.S. war on drugs starting in the 1930s.

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Can cannabis help treat alopecia?

After months of paperwork and navigating bureaucratic red tape, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have planted their first crop of legal hemp.

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