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California and Colorado become partners, research the genetics of hemp

California and Colorado become partners, research the genetics of hemp

Sara Tiradossi November 11, 2017

The University of California-Davis has partnered up with a Colorado-based biotech firm, Front Range Biosciences, to create a genomic map for industrial hemp. The project will sequence the genes for...

Northwest Wisconsin Chippewa ready to grow hemp for medical purposes

Northwest Wisconsin Chippewa ready to grow hemp for medical purposes

Sara Tiradossi October 27, 2017

Northwest Wisconsin Chippewa would be the first of the state’s 11 tribes to start growing hemp for medicinal purposes. The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin is set to start growing hemp to make...

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Judge upholds Kentucky medical cannabis ban

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 21, 2017

A Kentucky judge ruled on Wednesday to uphold the state’s medical cannabis ban after three citizens sued the governor and attorney general in order to access it as a treatment. The three plaintiffs...

Tribe from Minnesota sees profit in hemp

Tribe from Minnesota sees profit in hemp

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 22, 2017

After a Native American tribe in Minnesota began the cultivation of hemp, the goal of a self-sustaining economy became more viable. Last year, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) gave the Minnesota Department...

Tribal members weigh economic and cultural implications of cannabis

Tribal members weigh economic and cultural implications of cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 1, 2017

As indigenous tribes in Washington legalize cannabis for both social and medicinal use, Native Americans praise the economic benefits but question the cultural impact. After state voters legalized...

Meet the world's first cannabis sports car

Meet the world’s first cannabis sports car

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 25, 2017

A sports car made entirely out of woven hemp made its debut when TV presenter Jay Leno got behind the wheel. Retired Dell company manager Bruce Dietzen invested $200,000 into Renew Sports Cars as a...

VIDEO: North Dakota farmers hope to grow medical cannabis

VIDEO: North Dakota farmers hope to grow medical cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 24, 2017

Source: WDAZ One North Dakota family explores the growth of hemp, while more farmers in the state are becoming open to cultivating medical cannabis.

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