The Senate has passed the version of the Farm Bill sent to it last week by the House of Representatives, meaning that the legislation, which includes a...
The omnibus federal farm bill approved by Congressional conference committee negotiators this week and destined to be quickly signed into law includes the hemp amendment that was approved by...
Big congratulations are in order for our German brethren. They have scored a major publicity and resource coup that will definitely help them advance the cause. Cannabis...
The New Jersey Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted 4-1 in favor of Assembly Bill 2415. This legislation would legalize the licensed cultivation of industrial hemp....
For this article, I go simply on faith and happily acknowledge that this is wholly unprovable, but I honestly believe that legalizing cannabis would be good for...
In 2009, the Oregon Legislature legalized industrial hemp growing and processing in our state. The approved legislation has languished, waiting for the federal government to lift its...
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown last week signed legislation, Senate Bill 566: the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, into law. The measure reclassifies varieties of cannabis containing minute...
Senator Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat from Eugene, co-sponsored Senate Bill 676 which permits the industrial production and processing of hemp. Although the law made Oregon one of...
It’s not just medical and legal marijuana states that watched the Justice Department’s announcement of its response to marijuana law reforms in the states with interest. Nine...
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a revised version of the highly-contested Farm Bill yesterday. Although representatives re-crafted the bill to remove provisions for food stamp funding, they left...
Thanks to Colorado Rep. Jared Polis, a hemp flag will be raised on the Nation’s Capital this Independence Day, potentially for the first time since prohibition began.
Governor John Hickenlooper has signed legislation, Senate Bill 241, into law creating a new program within the Department of Agriculture to oversee the regulation of commercial hemp production. Hemp is...
A bill that would set up provisions for growing industrial hemp in the Golden State passed the state Senate Tuesday on a unanimous vote. It now heads...
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) Monday introduced an amendment to the omnibus farm bill to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp, the Huffington Post reported. The move picked up support...
As reported in the Denver Post yesterday, Colorado is now the first state in the United States to have a legal hemp operation. Farmer Ryan Loflin is...
