Hemp Industry
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- CBD Market
White House to Meet With Cannabis Industry On Overdue CBD Enforcement Policy
Six weeks after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to meet its 90-day deadline to clarify which cannabinoids will be impacted by a controversial incoming ban, the White House has scheduled three meetings with industry executives to discuss the matter.
- Cultivation
India Issues First Cannabis Research Grant That Could Help Open Up Market
For the first time in over 5 decades, the Indian government has granted public funding to a cannabis research project, with ramifications which will determine ‘whether India can build a credible pharmaceutical industry’ around cannabis.
- Hemp Industry
UK Hemp Industry Has Everything It Needs Except the Law
The UK’s industrial hemp sector, and its potential, have been raised in Parliament nearly as many times in the first three months of 2026 as the entirety of 2025.
- Hemp Industry
House Agriculture Committee Advances Farm Bill With No Relief for Hemp Industry
The US House Agriculture Committee has voted to advance the 2026 farm bill without adopting any provisions to delay or repeal the incoming ban on intoxicating hemp.
- CBD Market
US Hemp Industry in Limbo as FDA Deadline for Cannabinoid Definitions Arrives
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 90-day deadline to clarify which cannabinoids will be banned under the incoming, controversial intoxicating hemp ban falls today.
- Clinical Research
Industry Leaders React to Historic Cannabis Rescheduling
President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act represents the most significant shift in US drug policy in over half a century.
- Clinical Research
Cannabis Rescheduling is Here: Trump Signs Executive Order to Move Cannabis to Schedule III
After two years of speculation, rumours, stock swings, broken promises, and political theatre, President Donald Trump officially signed an executive order (EO) to push cannabis rescheduling through on Thursday (December 18).
- Hemp Industry
Federal Agencies ‘May Lack Resources’ to Enforce US Hemp Ban, Congressional Researchers Warn
The incoming changes to hemp classification in the US are already facing major issues, with the Government’s own Congressional Research Service (CRS) stating that it remains ‘unclear’ how it will be enforced in practice.
- CBD Market
Medicare CBD Coverage Proposed, But Federal Ban Threatens Entire Industry
Cannabis stocks enjoyed another spike last week following reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is preparing to authorise insurance coverage for CBD products under certain Medicare programs, even as the same products face an existential threat from recently passed federal legislation.
- Hemp Industry
UK Court Throws Out CBD Case Over Improper Testing, but Operators ‘More Vulnerable Than Ever’
A UK Crown Court has thrown out criminal charges against CBD hemp flower importers after ruling that police mishandled evidence and used improper testing methods, but only after a five-and-a-half-year ordeal that destroyed the defendants’ businesses and forced them to relocate abroad.
- Clinical Research
EU ‘Intoxicating Hemp’ Review Highlights Major Knowledge Gaps Behind Blanket Bans
Last week, the US government voted to impose a blanket ban on all so-called ‘intoxicating hemp’ substances, ending what has been a contentious and long-running battle to regulate the recent emergence of THC substitutes.
- CBD Market
Trump Ends Intoxicating Hemp Era, But Unintended Victims and Repeal Efforts Signal Turbulent Year Ahead
The sweeping redefinition of ‘hemp’ in the US following the passage of the funding bill threatens non-intoxicating CBD processors while pushing consumers toward unregulated markets President Donald Trump signed legislation on November 12 that brought the longest government shutdown in history to an end.
