An Illinois senate committee has voted to advance a cannabis bill.
If approved, it would restrict the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from taking any form of legal action...
Alaska is taking steps to provide cannabis consumers with the privilege of lighting up a joint inside “social consumption” spaces.
The state recently passed a law permitting social cannabis consumption...
Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor
CVS is about to start selling CBD products in eight states with CBD that is derived from hemp. The states include Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois,...
A law firm in Washington State is hoping to get “immediate” access to important records that explain why certain foreign nationals, especially Canadians, are being turned away at the border because...
A cannabis study conducted by the University of Kent has concluded that there is no evidence to prove that stricter policies discourage young individuals from consuming the green plant, in whatever form...
A webinar was recently held by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), but it wasn’t just any old webinar. The USDA organized a webinar to enlighten people on the topic of hemp production and the...
On Friday, March 8, 2018, a $1.8 billion investment was funneled into Ontario-based cannabis producer Cronos Group by well-known tobacco giant, Altria Group.
When the deal was sealed, it marked a moment...
Following the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill on December 12, 2018, hemp and hemp-derived CBD (cannabidiol) have been eliminated from the U.S. Controlled Substances Act.
As a direct effect of this, the...
Farmers and ranchers operating in the United States have taken a keen interest in cultivating and using hemp, or so it seems, according to the results of a new Farm Journal survey.
The aim of the survey...
Six out of 10 U.S. voters are in favor of legal weed, according to the results of a recent Quinnipiac University poll.
The poll – which saw 60 percent of voters saying they support legalization and...
A second clinical trial has been conducted by breath diagnostics company Hound Labs in collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco. The results of the trial, which was successful, identify...
Yeast could have a whole new use: to produce cannabinoids.
According to the scientific discovery, published in Nature, a sugar in brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) called galactose was successfully...
