The proliferation of unregulated CBD products is a striking example of troubling FDA regulation delay but far from the only one. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has served an invaluable role in ...
“Our results are consistent with theories that predict that marijuana legalization will displace illicit criminal organizations and decrease crime.” Two economists affiliated with the Philadelphia Federal Reserve looked at the effects of marijuana legalization on ...
“The Trump administration just ignored bedrock environmental and public health laws to plow a disastrous border wall through protected, spectacular wildlands.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Wednesday that it is waiving 41 ...
CBD oil is not marijuana because it doesn’t contain THC, the cause of the psychoactive side effects. Unlike alcohol or Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), CBD oil does not give you a high, slow your reflexes or mess ...
The organic certification of hemp has been a confusing and sometimes controversial topic. Certification of hemp is relatively new in the United States and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has changed its stance ...
By keeping all of the plant components, whole plant hemp extract benefits from the synergistic properties between the components. The potential benefits of CBD are a prominent topic of research and discussion. As we explain ...
Vaping is a popular method for taking CBD, but to a new consumer it may raise questions. We understand that out of all methods of consuming CBD, vaping is the most unfamiliar to new customers. However, vaping presents ...
“If political appointees weren’t stopping the government’s own scientists from doing their jobs, this brain-damaging, wildlife-killing horror of a pesticide would already be banned.” (By Beyond Pesticides) A set of documents obtained by the Center ...
As marijuana is increasingly legalized around the country, hemp and CBD are now decriminalized on the federal level. The 2018 Farm Bill passed the House and Senate and was signed into law on December 20, ...
Amazon’s own terms prohibit the sale of CBD oil, but that doesn’t stop plenty of low-quality products appearing in search results for CBD oil – all eager to make a buck off a fake product. ...
“The era of hemp prohibition is over. Hemp is now permanently removed from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). It is forever deemed an agricultural commodity, no longer mistaken as a controlled substance, like marijuana.” December ...
Is it legal and safe to give my pet CBD? CBD for pets should be derived from hemp and not marijuana. Confusion often arises because CBD can be derived from both plants. While the CBD ...
Canada is passing the United States in terms of cannabis legalization, and some see it as a missed opportunity. In the past weeks, cannabis became federally legal to sell in Canada. For cannabis advocates, having a G7 nation legalize ...
Every day, more than 130 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids. “Rene Markoff has spent the past several years wondering how she could have helped her daughter overcome her drug addiction. ...
“Cyanide traps are indiscriminate killers that just can’t be used safely. We’ll keep fighting for a permanent nationwide ban, which is the only way to protect people, pets and imperiled wildlife from the EPA’s poison,” ...
Every field of interest comes with its own terminology. In the world of CBD, it can seem like there are many terms that are being thrown out there, such as CBD oil, hemp oil, THC ...
A new observational study by a Harvard professor will look at whether marijuana suppositories can help relieve menstrual symptoms. Foria is a California based startup that develops marijuana products for women including a marijuana suppository ...
The United Nations (UN) is launching its first ever review of marijuana’s classification under international drug treaties. The move comes just after the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) announced that cannabidiol (CBD) does not need to ...
Epidiolex, a new drug to treat seizures is the first-ever FDA approved cannabis-based drug. Imagine being a parent with a child who has hundreds of uncontrollable seizures each week. This is the heartbreaking fate of ...