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The Council of the European Union has adopted proposals that would see the whole hemp plant, including inflorescences and leaves, recognised as an ordinary agricultural product.
The US post-2018 Farm Bill hemp boom helped create a problem the industry is still wrestling with: too much flower and too few buyers.
The US hemp industry has successfully bought itself some additional time to find a permanent solution to the incoming federal ban.
The US intoxicating hemp market, thought to be worth around $28bn in annual sales, could yet be saved from a devastating ban set to be implemented in a matter of months.
This article was written for Business of Cannabis by Scott Mazza, Co-Founder of Vitality CBD and Certified Headies Uncertainty isn’t what hemp needs right now.
Last week (April 27), the deadline for Greek industry stakeholders to have their say on a controversial new hemp ban expired.
As the federal campaign to clamp down on intoxicating hemp in the US rolls on, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has officially designated hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) a Schedule I substance.
In April 2025, the Italian government used emergency constitutional powers to bypass parliament and reclassify non-intoxicating hemp as a narcotic, regardless of THC content, following multiple failed attempts to decimate the industry.
South Africa, according to its own government, already has a cannabis industry worth up to R28bn (£1.28bn).
