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Hemp products booming, but U.S. farmers hampered by its Schedule I status

The U.S. remains the largest consumer market for hemp products worldwide, but hemp remains illegal under federal law as a dangerous Schedule I substance.

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American hemp has a tumultuous history. Now it’s coming out of marijuana’s shadow.

It’s Hemp History Week: Activists, politicians and scientists are helping to rehabilitate hemp–s reputation, while touting its potential economic and environmental benefits

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DEA seeks dismissal of hemp industry lawsuit fighting drug code for “marihuana extracts”

The Drug Enforcement Administration stands firm on its drug code for “marihuana extracts” in a brief filed Friday to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and seeks to have a federal lawsuit by the hemp industry dismissed.

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Denver officials scrutinizing out-of-state CBD products sold in local pot shops

Denver is clamping down on CBD products that originate outside of Colorado.

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Hemp for cows? Colorado approves hemp-animal feed study

Colorado livestock could be eating hemp under a bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday.

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The new face of Wyoming marijuana reform may surprise you

Wyoming’s relationship with weed could be a key theme in 2017.

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Hemp industry members file legal challenge against DEA’s new marijuana extract rule

The hemp industry has taken the DEA to court in the wake of a controversial new rule on marijuana extracts, including CBD oil.

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What is Industrial Hemp?

To celebrate 2016’s Hemp History Week, we are going to dive into the world of industrial hemp. In the year 2000, the U.S. imported $1.4 million of legal hemp products, in 2011 that number jumped up to $11.5 million. This spike is a result of consumer demand for the nutritious hemp seed as well as […] Thanks to marijuana.com

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Hemp Life: 5 Ways To Go Green

Long squandered as one of the Earth’s more valuable and renewable resources, hemp is making a full-throated comeback in the 21st century. Historically maligned by the likes Harry J. Anslinger and his group of industrial malcontents, this not-too-distant cousin of medical marijuana is in everything from healthy salads to environmentally friendly building materials. As a […]

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Hemp Law Passes in Oregon

Oregon legalized industrial hemp production in 2009, but you may not have heard because there were high barriers of entry, and only 13 producers ended up getting licensed. The law was intended for oilseed and fiber production on large-production farms. Oregon’s new industrial hemp bill 4060, freshly signed into law, has lowered the barriers for […]

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