by Rober Downen RDownen@timesunion.com • 518-454-5018 • @RobertDownenTU
State will help farmers with seed availability, growing restrictionsAlbanyGroups on Tuesday lauded Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed expansions to New York's emerging hemp industry, only a few years after federal regulators redefined the plant as different from marijuana.Trade groups and lawmakers have routinely cited hemp's potential in New York's Southern Tier, where bans on hydrofracking have [...]
This week the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a Final Rule on the coding of marijuana extracts. Unfortunately some misleading media stories and social media postings lead quite a few people to panic at reports that CBD was being banned under this new rule.The Sky is NOT Falling. The Final Rule published by DEA did [...]