by adminTorusBrand | Aug 6, 2013 | Business
New York Times is reporting that the first commercial hemp crops are being planted in Colorado. An estimated two dozen farmers in the state are taking advantage of the new laws that Colorado voters enacted and are beginning to plant this heritage crop. From the...
by adminTorusBrand | Jul 24, 2013 | Business
The Marijuana Policy Project reports that while HR 573 passed and was signed by Governor Maggie Hassan, it was not without some provisions: [The Governor] informed senators that, in order to earn her signature, they must remove the home cultivation provision, gut the...
by adminTorusBrand | Jul 22, 2013 | Scientific Research
Synthetic THC and CBD are once again in the news. The spotlight is on GW Pharmaceuticals in a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek, a pharmaceutical compnay that is literally “betting the farm” on developing cannabis-based pharmaceutical...
by adminTorusBrand | Jul 18, 2013 | Scientific Research
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Orrin Devinsky MD, Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at New York University, was recently awarded FDA approval to conduct a clinical trial that will study the safety and tolerability of cannabidiol (CBD) in children with...
by adminTorusBrand | Jul 16, 2013 | Business
Vote Hemp, an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes was included in the 2013 FARRM Act (H.R. 2642) and was passed in the House by a vote of 216 to 208 late last week. From the Vote Hemp press release: “With the U.S. hemp industry estimated...
