While using, selling or growing marijuana is illegal in Germany, chronically ill patients will now be able to grow their own medicine without the threat of criminal punishment. A recent ruling from the administrative court in Cologne declared that certain pain sufferers may cultivate cannabis after five patients filed suits …
The Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative Association is a member-owned corporation providing assistance, information, and resources to partner-members endeavoring to produce or sell industrial hemp. Incorporated in 1994, the Cooperative seeks to uphold a tradition of legal and profitable hemp production in Kentucky. The original Kentucky hemp cooperative association, organized during …
The DEA Seized 250 Pounds of Hemp Seed, Now Holding it Hostage Italy sent Kentucky 250 pounds of hemp seeds to help the Bluegrass state–once America’s largest hemp producer–launch its government approved hemp pilot programs. But federal customs agents (aka the DEA) at the Louisville International Airport clearly didn’t get this memo–nor …
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A prominent Jamaican scientist and entrepreneur is launching a company that aims to capitalize on medical marijuana, a growing global industry that he asserted Wednesday could be a boon for the island’s chronically limping economy. Henry Lowe, a researcher who specializes in medicinal chemistry and the chairman …