Central State University announced Thursday it’s received $7.1 million in contributions toward current initiatives, including its new hemp research program. The sum includes a single record-setting private donation of $2 million from philanthropist Frank Murphy. More at: [link]. Pot Luck MORE

If you follow Australian politics you’ll not be surprised by his outburst. MORE

Team of ex-firefighters given go-ahead to legally process crop for cannabidiol extraction. Jersey has become the first place in the British and Irish Isles to grant a licence for farmers to harvest hemp flowers for cannabis oil. MORE

The report reveals there isn’t much money in the coffers at the moment. The Medical Cannabis Regulation Commission on Friday voted unanimously to petition Guam lawmakers to revise their spending plan to include funding for implementation of the long-stalled medicinal marijuana program. MORE

Idaho News 2 reports on the very beginning in the state……Proponents of a new medical marijuana initiative in Idaho have been cleared to begin collecting signatures. MORE

Cannabis‘ edible sector is going to big, 2.7 billion dollars big. Beverages are projected to consume a significant portion of that economic influx, which one company has created a solution (cannabis dissolvable drink mix) to catch in their corporate cup. MORE

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. MORE

The Trinidad & Tobago Guardian reports… “The glob­al le­gal cannabis mar­ket con­tin­ues to ex­pand, and the Caribbean is just start­ing to gain se­ri­ous mo­men­tum”. So said Dou­glas Gor­don the founder of CanEx Ja­maica Busi­ness Con­fer­ence and Ex­po. MORE

The Department of Primary Industry and Resources has announced… The Legislative Assembly has passed the Hemp Industry Bill, which will see the development of an NT hemp sector. MORE

10,560 registered customers could effectively buy at least once in January, that number decreased to 6,034 in June, just a fraction of the 35,000-plus registered customers. According to the regulatory agency’s report, “registered customers are facing difficulties to effectively buy.”. MORE