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October 1, 2019

Lots of Athletes Say CBD Is a Better Painkiller. Is It?

There’s almost no data on how the cannabis extract works in humans, but the sports world is embracing it anyway. In his eight seasons in the National Hockey League, Riley Cote estimates he got into hundreds of fistfights. Cote was an enforcer—a tough guy whose job was to keep the other team’s players in check. […]

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October 1, 2019

Big Ag, Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Paper, and Now Big Oil

It’s no wonder hemp was made illegal, hemp is the disruptor of the century. Big Ag has control over strains of corn, tomatoes, potatoes, and virtually every other thing you put on your dinner table. Conversely, hemp is flourishing without their control and our industry is scrambling to ensure they won’t abuse it. However, eventually […]

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September 27, 2019

Billions in Hemp Risks Rotting on Farms in Processing Bottleneck

The euphoria from the burgeoning prospects of U.S. hemp, grown as an alternative to mainstream crops caught in a trade war, has turned to caution. In the first year of widespread commercial cultivation, hemp planting quadrupled as growers sought a profitable alternative to crops such as soybeans ensnared in the U.S.-China trade dispute. The hemp-derived […]

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August 15, 2019

Florida Hemp Council Launches

The Florida Hemp Council (FLHC) has been formed by represent-atives of industry leaders: Blue Moon Hemp, Blume Hemp, Evello Global, Evio Labs, GenCanna Global, Green Roads, Mission Lago Farms, Natural Life and Veritas Farms. The Florida Hemp Council is a working group of farmers, processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and professionals dedicated to the future production […]

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Events

UF Hemp Update (Gainesville)

Date:
October, 07 2019

Location:

UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County
2800 NE 39th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32609

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Broward MMAB First Responde...

Date:
October, 16 2019

Location:

115 S. Andrews Ave,
Fort Lauderdale, 33301

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UF Dinner Miami ($150/seat)

Date:
October, 26 2019

Location:

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Cannabis Business Awards

Date:
October, 28-29 2019

Location:

UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County
2800 NE 39th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32609

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Cannabis: Law, Accounting &...

Date:
October, 28-29 2019

Location:

UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County
HYATT REGENCY MIAMI
400 SE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33131

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FL Industrial Hemp Conferen...

Date:
November, 03-05 2019

Location:

UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County
Rosen Centre
Orlando, Florida

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October 1, 2019

Lots of Athletes Say CBD Is a Better Painkiller. Is It?

There’s almost no data on how the cannabis extract works in humans, but the sports world is embracing it anyway.

In his eight seasons in the National Hockey League, Riley Cote estimates he got into hundreds of fistfights. Cote was an enforcer—a tough guy whose job was to keep the other team’s players in check. If an opponent got too physical on the ice, Cote would put him in line.

He retired in 2010, having sustained repeated trauma to his brain and body. Cote suffered from chronic pain, and worried what might happen to his battered mind as he aged. Then in 2013, he tried cannabidiol, more commonly known as CBD. “It’s been a game changer for sure,” Cote says. Now he reports he uses it at least twice a day.

October 1, 2019

Big Ag, Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Paper, and Now Big Oil

It’s no wonder hemp was made illegal, hemp is the disruptor of the century.

Big Ag has control over strains of corn, tomatoes, potatoes, and virtually every other thing you put on your dinner table. Conversely, hemp is flourishing without their control and our industry is scrambling to ensure they won’t abuse it. However, eventually the best strains will gain notoriety and earn the lion’s share of the money and I expect whomever controls those strains will join the Big Ag community.

Big Pharma uses the FDA to keep natural remedies out of the marketplace with logical concerns of safety and efficacy. CBD has luckily bucked this trend and thanks to the removal of hemp from the controlled substance list, its evident part of the industry will avoid the controlled research necessary to fall under the Big Pharma purview. Excitingly, Epidiolex has advanced through clinical trials and soon other medicines with THC and CBD ingredients will follow this path. The FDA has expressed concern over extended use of these elements for liver toxicity and sedation. In the future, I see low dose OTC CBD widely available and higher dose CBD, by prescription, in the next five years.

September 27, 2019

Billions in Hemp Risks Rotting on Farms in Processing Bottleneck

The euphoria from the burgeoning prospects of U.S. hemp, grown as an alternative to mainstream crops caught in a trade war, has turned to caution.

In the first year of widespread commercial cultivation, hemp planting quadrupled as growers sought a profitable alternative to crops such as soybeans ensnared in the U.S.-China trade dispute. The hemp-derived compound cannabidiol, known as CBD, has a non-psychoactive cannabis ingredient at the center of a wellness trend sweeping the nation, showing up in everything from beauty products to dietary supplements.

While Congress approved hemp cultivation, the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t cleared CBD yet for use in food and drinks, and the murky regulatory environment has limited expansion in the processing sector. Delta Separations, a Cotati, California-based manufacturer with booming sales of extraction machines used to make CBD, estimated that as much as $7.5 billion in hemp may rot on farms.

August 15, 2019

Florida Hemp Council Launches

The Florida Hemp Council (FLHC) has been formed by represent-atives of industry leaders: Blue Moon Hemp, Blume Hemp, Evello Global, Evio Labs, GenCanna Global, Green Roads, Mission Lago Farms, Natural Life and Veritas Farms. The Florida Hemp Council is a working group of farmers, processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and professionals dedicated to the future production of all hemp products.

According to newly appointed FLHC Executive Director Eric Stevens, the nonprofit’s mission is to work collectively toward creating an ecosystem that will catapult the Florida Hemp industry and those who support it to the forefront as the leader in Hemp production. The vision of the organization is to have all channels of the state’s economic engine represented from farmers to retailers with everything represented in between.

“This is truly a pivotal time for Hemp in Florida as we formally announce the establishment of this futurist association and its founding members of trailblazing leaders in the current market,” shared Stevens. “Hemp is projected to become a multi-billion dollar industry in Florida and The Florida Hemp Council has been formed to showcase and promote the ‘good actors’ in the industry and assist the State in holding the ‘bad actors’ accountable.