CBD News

Colorado-based Bee’s Knees CBDs has agreed to pay the state attorney general a $225,000 settlement after an investigation found the company had misrepresented its product offerings, claimed false partnerships with nonprofits, and failed to verify customers’ ages.

A recent study published in the journal Insects found that hemp-derived CBD kills yellow fever mosquitoes in their larval phase within 48 hours of application.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) has signed a bill imposing THC caps on cannabinoid-infused hemp products, limiting THC content to 4 milligrams per serving and 10 milligrams per container.

The Connecticut Senate has passed a bill to establish stricter regulations on intoxicating hemp products sold in the state; the proposal heads next to the governor’s desk.

To protect youth from exposure to cannabinoid products, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed state officials to warn industrial hemp product retailers that selling improperly labeled products is a crime that could lead to a revoked license.

Japan’s hemp cannabinoid market expanded sixfold to ¥24 billion ($154 million) over the last five years as the country’s demand for CBD products steadily climbed.

A recent CBD Oracle report found that hemp products being sold on Amazon — despite the platform’s policy banning hemp-derived cannabinoids — are deceptively labeled with 30% containing undeclared CBD and 36% containing no hemp at all.

Would consumer demand for Delta-8 THC and other hemp-derived cannabinoids disappear if cannabis were legalized nationwide? A new study suggests that may be the case.

Federally legal, hemp-based functional gummies developed by an integrative medicine physician.

A coalition of CBD companies has submitted a study to U.S. officials showing that upper intake levels of 70 milligrams of CBD per day are safe for healthy adults and that up to 160 milligrams per day are safe for healthy adults who are not trying to conceive, are pregnant, or lactating.

The number of Kansas farmers who are licensed to grow hemp has fallen from more than 200 in 2019 to just 41 this year.

A recently revealed letter confirms that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration considers delta-8 THC that has been synthesized from hemp-derived CBD — so, the vast majority of consumer delta-8 products — to be federally illegal.

The Cannabis Dry Bar opened last week on South Carolina’s James Island, serving nonalcoholic, cannabis-infused cocktails. The bar is operating within the Charleston Hemp Collective and in partnership with High Rise Beverages.

Bipartisan federal lawmakers last week introduced legislation aimed at updating the federal hemp rules to ensure that hemp-derived CBD is regulated by the FDA like other legal products found in dietary supplements, foods, and beverages.

Jersey Hemp, the only farm in the British Isles that is licensed to grow hemp to manufacture CBD products, has shut down operations after the UK government said it found THC in the company’s CBD exports and declared their products illegal.

A bill to regulate hemp-derived CBD and kratom products in North Carolina passed the House Judiciary Committee this week, moving next to the House Appropriations Committee.

Cronos Group Inc. announced this week it will end its hemp-based CBD operations in the U.S. by the end of Q2 2023, aiming to improve company flash flow “in the near term” and position for entering the U.S. national THC market after the necessary reforms have taken place.

European cannabis advocates their eyes on the Czech Republic, where officials have expressed support for legalizing adult-use cannabis but also recently took measures to crack down on the sale of CBD products.