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Updating the the tens of thousands of PDFs in CannLib, I came across this excellent article on the current hemp THC market in the U.S. from last November, laying bare many of the policy and public health concerns I’ve also had with synthesizing THC and other intoxicating hemp cannabinoids ostensibly from hemp-sourced CBD, which Whitney … Continue reading "From Import to Intoxicant:...

This guest editorial was written by Ken Anderson, CEO of Legacy Hemp in Wisconsin. He has been at this perhaps even longer than I have. The whole roadmap comes down to this:Corn is not regulated as whiskey in the field.Soybeans are not regulated as biodiesel before crushing.Cotton is not regulated as clothing before spinning.Crude oil … Continue reading "Industrial Hemp Intended Use Act"...

If I’m ever on a Podcast again, it’s been a year since the last one, hopefully it’ll be focused on branding, marketing, and entrepreneurship. If so, here would be my suggested questions to get deep, fast: Q: Since FDA doesn’t do multi-molecule plants as drugs, what is the future of hemp phytocannabinoids? Dietary Supplements: functional … Continue reading "Suggested...

Now that Congress made the max THC per container 0.4 mg, here’s a new product idea for you: CBD isolate + citric acid + sugar/flavor = stony THC lemonade. Just add water and let sit for 20 minutes. One way to approach THC compliance is thru the back door: CBD converts to CBN and D9 … Continue reading "Backdoor Compliance"...

If Congress wanted to handle hemp responsibly, it would separate production from products. One-percent max THC for production, something else for products, depending on type. Processed primary grain/hurd/bast products go with USDA, and each with descriptive nomenclature appropriate to that sector beyond “hemp.” Fiber has always been exempt from regulation. Cannabinoids handled as...

For decades, citizens used a nontoxic, highly medicinal plant for their well-being. But since that nontoxic, highly medicinal plant was used as medicine for years in Mexico, even in its Pharmacopeia in the 19th C., it became associated with that nation’s people. And since that nontoxic, highly medicinal plant was popular with social and racial … Continue reading "A Nation Not Of Laws...

Here’s one way to jump-start a hemp production and processing co-operative. Use this grant to start the grain processing side first, using purchased whole grain and shelling it, to begin branded food sales and get the factory dialed-in to generate cash right away to fund operations. Then when appropriate, add production (local hempseed farms). USDA … Continue reading "USDA Grants to...

“Texas’s On-Again, Off-Again Hemp Product Ban Causes Confusion For Businesses And Consumers“ Why? Texas has almost a billion and a half reasons The above is the top thirteen states and their tobacco tax revenue for the year 2015, and percentage contribution it would be to that state’s 2012 budget. Source: “Suggested Citation: State & Local … Continue...

NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY 2026 on Page 173 is: Psychoactive Derivatives of Hemp Products “Psychoactive derivatives of hemp are a growing concern. Although the hemp plant naturally contains small amounts of cannabinoids such as delta-8 THC, delta-10 THC, THC-O-acetate, THCP, and other THC analogues, they are often produced in laboratories; and since the passage … Continue reading...

The 2026 Farm Bill text is out today (April 30, 2026): “H.R.7567 – Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 SEC. 10005. HEMP PRODUCTION. (a) State and Tribal Plans.–Section 297B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639p) is amended–(1) in subsection (a)–(A) in paragraph (2)–(i) in subparagraph (A)–(I) by redesignating clauses …...

Richard Rose in black, Google Generative AI in red 1. Due to FDA’s drug preclusion policy, products containing CBD are the exclusive domain of the owners of Epidiolex, Jazz Pharmaceuticals. If/when CNX Therapeutics gets Sativex approved, then it will have the exclusive on delta-9 THC drug products in the U.S. The FDA has determined that … Continue reading "Reasons to Market a CBG...

“Crops grown in rotation with hemp have been shown to have both less weed pressure and up to 10-20% increased yields in subsequent crops such as corn, soybeans, tobacco, and wheat.” “Executive SummaryHemp is an increasingly popular bast fiber which can improve soil health with its long tap root, support biodiversity, suppress weeds, and increase … Continue reading "Textile...

Have you gone to a hemp industry expo or read a trade magazine? You’ll hear from breeders and growers and farmers and processors and seed companies and light companies and equipment companies and scientists and lawyers (way too many lawyers), yet never from the one field but for which none of it happens: Marketing. In … Continue reading "Marketing Is The Secret"...

The THC Bev crowd is burying the lede: if 5 or 10 mg to get high is allowed, then 2.5 mg to get healthy is too.  A new, nutritious, nonpsychoactive food, beverage, or dietary supplement sold to all consumers not just Stoners. Total Addressable Market near 100%, instead of way less than 12%.  Beverages are … Continue reading "THC for Wellness not Highness"...

With 150 cannabinoids and 200 terpenes, a cannabis plant could have 30,000 possible combinations producing its effects, plus flavonoids, etc. Yet, whenever a study was published it merely referenced “Cannabis,” and little more. Sometimes not even mentioning that 10x more tobacco was also ingested with it, like in England. Or that it was hash not … Continue reading "Paradoxical...

That list of intoxicating cannabinoids that FDA was required to produce weeks ago was already been made by UK’s MHRA (a list of 12, then they hid it), and California in 2024 (includes synthetics). Click here to see Canada’s list. Click here to see France’s list. FDA is under the Executive branch, and it has … Continue reading "FDA List of Intoxicating Cannabinoids"...

Phenotypic and genetic characterization of sixteen grain and dual-type industrial hemp varieties (Cannabis sativa L.) for agronomic and yield component traits Front Plant Sci. 2025 Oct 20. “ConclusionWe observed significant variation across major traits such as plant height, stem diameter, biomass, grain yield, and seed composition. Over three consecutive years, the variety Future 83...

A comprehensive review of hempcrete as a sustainable building material Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 10, 97 (2025). “Disadvantages and limitations of hempcrete The application of hempcrete in construction, while demonstrating several promising attributes, is concurrently associated with drawbacks and limitations, as outlined in multiple sources. Primarily, hempcrete demonstrates poor...

Hemp-Flavored Dairy Milk by feeding leaves? Note: β-caryophyllene is a powerfully-medicinal terpene. Terpene transfer to milk from fresh leaves of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) and savory (Satureja hortensis L.) “Key terpenes such as α-farnesene, β-caryophyllene, and p-cymene were transferred to milk. The results demonstrate that terpenes can be transferred to milk in a compound-dependent...

Can we just stop celebrating Harry Anslinger, the putative architect of the drug war? Luckily that trend went away a few years ago, but no doubt it’ll come back around on someone’s content schedule. But still… Native Americans don’t quote and post about Custer Jews don’t quote and post about Hitler, and Blacks don’t quote … Continue reading "Hemp’s Stockholm Syndrome"...

How do you convince taxpayers that Tax Laws are not written by lobbyists hired by the wealthy to pass the burden onto you and me? citizens that the Supreme Court decided bribe money to politicians has free speech rights higher than theirs and that’s okay? veterans that covert Russian interference in our elections is a … Continue reading "Propaganda = Marketing = Propaganda"...

The fatty acids omega-3 and -6, as found in hempseed, is suspected to correct a chemical imbalance causing major depression: Published last month, the study “Changes in plasma levels of endocannabinoids and oxylipins in adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder: a case-control study” Research from the Children’s Hospital of the University of Zurich, in Switzerland, in …...

“If you actually want an accurate number, you cannot get one today if you care about accuracy. If you just care about passing the test, you can get that for 120 bucks.” Compare that to the mandatory testing of certified 0.3% THC fiber hemp grown in northern latitudes: a certified official collects the sample and … Continue reading "How “Intoxicating Hemp” Got In the First Rec...

This is a response to the report entitled “Seeing The U.S. Industrial Hemp Opportunity” (2023) by bioSolutions Initiatives, sponsored by IND Hemp of Montana. On page 33 is: “8.1 Value-Complexity Matrix for Industrial Hemp ProductsThe matrix below categorizes some of the multiple applications of industrial hemp in order to prioritize market development. Obviously, this nascent...

The “Hemp Planting Predictability Act” (HR 7024) has an 8% chance of passing as of this writing. Ironic, as the “$24 billion U.S. hemp industry” is mostly vape pens and gummies containing bizarre synthetic forms of THC made from cheap foreign CBD. Plus the current THC ban doesn’t impact real hemp farmers anyway, fiber/grain. A … Continue reading "Hemp Planting Predictability Act"...

Did you know that there is one hemp product that has been sold in tens of thousands of stores around the world for years? And that it already has tens of millions of current frequent customers, as well as the most potential future retailers, customers, and products? Although only invented in 1996, this hemp product … Continue reading "Hemp: as American as apple pie, as legal as Coca-Cola®"...

Conventional Wisdom is that Boomers are the way they are because of early exposure to the toxic heavy metal Lead. Turns out Gen X had way more exposure to it than Boomers. The ban on Lead resulted in the decreased crime rate a generation later. Lead exposure could account for the rise in ADHD, depression, … Continue reading "Gen X: Generation Pb"...