CBD

Narcotic Status during Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
Posted by | June 7, 2017
From Tax to Imprisonment: Hemp’s Path to Narcotic Status

During the 1950s, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs researched and monitored the medical use of cannabis. In 1961, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,  “obliged Parties to place...

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Posted by | June 1, 2017
Was Hemp for Victory Truly A Victory?

Prior to passage of the Marijuana Tax Act, hearings were held by the House Ways and Means Committee. Cannabis had been listed as a medicine on the U.S. Pharmacopoeia and...

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Fentanyl Bill Controls CBD Production
Posted by | February 28, 2017
Fentanyl Bill Gives Control of CBD to Big Pharma

Fentanyl. What a problem that has been. Kentucky's HB333 might resolve Fentanyl issues but may create problems for its nascent hemp industry. Like many of the new problematic drugs, Fentanyl...

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Posted by | December 14, 2015
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Holds Patent for CBD

Since 2003 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has held a patent for Cannabidiol, a drug that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has considered to have no...

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