Hemp

As Mexico approaches full legalization of medical cannabis and research, one company has been a driving force. HempMeds Mexico helped tell the story of Raul Elizalde and his 11-year-old daughter Grace: A family in Mexico wins the right to import …

Last week, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution to designate the week of June 5th-11th as “Hemp History Week.” The resolution was introduced last Wednesday by Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, alongside Republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand …

Legal cannabis is coming to Pennsylvania, but it won’t all be sold in a dispensary. In addition to the state’s upcoming medical marijuana program, late this week, farmers in Kutztown, PA sowed a three acre plot with the state’s first …

On Friday, Gov. Sandoval signed Senate Bill 375 and Senate Bill 396, allowing Nevada’s Native American tribal government to directly negotiate with the state over the use and sale of medicinal cannabis on tribal lands, and expanding the state’s hemp …

Cannabis and music are inseparable for many people, and when you add art to the mix, the result is a parade of album covers that span genres from reggae to death metal.

In states with recreational or medical legalization, legal weed has made life a whole lot easier for patients with debilitating ailments, responsible adults who like to partake every once and awhile and full-blown stoners.

We all know that hempseed and hempseed oil are two of the best things that a human can eat, but what is the easiest way of getting them into your diet? Learn how to make hemp peanut butter with this super simple recipe, a great hack to increase your hemp-based health every day! We’ve reported on the nutritional properties of hempseed several times on the Sensi Seeds blog, since it has such fabulous properties. Filled with vitamins, minerals, and all the amino acids needed for human health, these tiny hemp seeds are also protein powerhouses.

Nevada Senate Bill 396 (S.B. 396) – intended to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp in the Silver State – has successfully passed the Assembly’s Committee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Mining.  
Now headed to the full Assembly for additional deliberation, S.B.

This weekend, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a bill to protect hemp farmers who are using water from federal reservoirs. Hemp cultivation has been legal in the state since 2014, but is still federally prohibited, which could pose serious problems for hemp farmers using water from federal lands.

Republican state Senator Don Coram introduced Senate Bill 117, titled “Recognize Industrial Hemp Agricultural Product for Agricultural Water Right,” which grants Colorado water-right holders the right to use water from federal reservoirs as long as they are registered by the state to grow hemp for commercial or research purposes.

While just a few years ago, it was still taboo to talk about legalising cannabis in Morocco and Tunisia, nowadays, everyone is talking about it. Thanks to a law that was reformed just recently, but which even now punishes almost any contact with hemp with a 1 to 25-year prison sentence, Tunisia’s jails are still full of cannabis users. These draconian punishments, which were introduced in 1992 under ex-dictator Ben Ali, were amended very slightly at the end of March by the new Tunisian government following massive public criticism.