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Kansas City Medical Marijuana companies prepare to cash in on full legalization

Industrial hemp’s evolving story stands at a crossroads. The cash crop is simultaneously helped and hurt by rule changes impacting its better-known and controversial cannabis cousin, marijuana.
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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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Denver proposes using Marijuana sales tax to create $15M fund for startups

Washington’s hemp coordinator says she’s optimistic growers will plant the crop next year, though obtaining seeds depends on approval from a federal drug enforcement agency that still classifies hemp on a par with heroin.

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Alabama lawmaker introduces medical marijuana bill

The prospect of growing industrial hemp for a living in Rowan County is apparently a hot topic.

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Cannabis firm backed by David Beckham suffers huge losses of over £6million

Three members of Kentucky’s U.S. Congressional delegation joined 16 other members of Congress in a letter Wednesday seeking clarification from federal agencies regarding industrial hemp guidelines.

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How Do You Calculate the THC Levels in Your Cannabis Edibles?

WASHINGTON — Supporters of industrial hemp are optimistic the crop has a future in a state known for sweeping fields of corn and soybeans.

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Colorado, Illinois Report Record-Breaking Cannabis Sales

Casinos on Native American land have poured billions into tribal economies since the late 1980s, lifting many people from poverty. Now, some hope, cultivating industrial hemp could do the same.

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Mitch McConnell’s Inadvertent Loophole Is Helping America Get High

You can now get a 100% organic hemp milk which promises to sooth anxieties and pains, aid sleep and reduce stress – via CBD (cannabidiol) oil.

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Cannabis and pancreatic cancer: Botanical drug kills 100% of cancer cells

It's a plant shrouded in stereotypes and stigmas, but for one Tennessee couple, hemp has provided a new opportunity for business after a family trip nearly turned to tragedy.

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Can you travel to Europe with cannabis? 3 things to know before you try flying high

Farmers from throughout the state gained insight into Hawaii’s newest crop as the annual Hawaii Farmers Union United Convention kicked off Friday at OK Farms in Hilo.

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NIST And FDA May Be the Cannabis Quality Assurance Heroes We Need

New York is now open for hemp growers. At least, it's open to 10 hemp growers.

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Amazon still says no to drugs, and is booting Marijuana Businesses

A goal of the Texas Hemp Industries Association, besides educating people on industrial hemp, is to encourage Texans to vote for the legalization of hemp farming in Texas.

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New Mexico now offers digital Medical Cannabis cards

Motorists do double-takes as they gawk at fields of cannabis plants flowering just outside Ashland, Oregon.

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Mississippi approves medical marijuana: What a long, strange trip it’s been

After trying their hand at the crop, some North Dakota producers want to grow more.

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Weed-funded Rec Center opens in Colorado

ASHEBORO — City officials approved a zoning permit for what may be the first hemp food processing plant in North Carolina.

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America’s most conservative states are embracing medical pot

With a long list of uses and applications, industrial hemp holds tremendous profit potential for Kentucky farmers.

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The Best Marijuana Stocks To Watch For Next Week

Though New Mexico is in the minority of states that does not allow legal hemp production, one religious Taos nonprofit is harvesting a hemp crop to up the supply of seeds for its sacramental growers.

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‘Grand Designs’ TV program Features One of New Zealand's First Hemp Homes – Cannabis News

Hemp is turning a new leaf in Taranaki, with a house made of the marijuana-like plant featuring on tonight's Grand Designs NZ.

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New York reveals tool for identifying legit Cannabis stores

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Crews at Farmington harvested the property’s first hemp crop in more than 150 years.

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States that legalized marijuana are bringing in more tax revenue on pot sales than alcohol

In other countries in Europe and Canada, industrial hemp is a huge cash crop.

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