Texas lawmakers are revisiting a bill that aims to regulate hemp-derived consumable products, including THC. Here's what you ...

Hemp, by definition, is a form of the cannabis sativa plant that is cultivated for its tough bast fiber and edible seeds and oil. This fiber is what the term hemp often refers to.

Both marijuana and hemp come from the plant species Cannabis Sativa L. It's one of the oldest domesticated crops; George Washington grew the plant at Mount Vernon.

Cannabis, marijuana and hemp: Cannabis is a plant living within the larger Cannabaceae family. The plant we think of when discussing both marijuana and hemp is known as Cannabis sativa L.

Hemp is the legal version of the plant biologically known as cannabis sativa. Cannabis, on the other hand, is federally illegal even though it also is cannabis sativa.

Hemp is still cannabis sativa, same as some of the most popular strains of marijuana. Marijuana, on the other hand, contains up to 30% THC and is generally grown to maximize the growth of flowers ...

How hemp got high: Cannabis genome mapped Date: October 24, 2011 Source: University of Saskatchewan Summary: Researchers have sequenced the genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both ...

Hemp and marijuana are the same species Cannabis sativa L, which understandably accounts for much of the confusion. However, hemp is not marijuana and marijuana is not hemp.

The unofficial marijuana holiday, 4/20, is Sunday. Here are some commonly used marijuana terms to know before the weekend.

The 2018 Farm Bill established a limit of 0.3 percent THC content for any Cannabis sativa plant to be classified as hemp in the US – seeds included. Some local jurisdictions on the state level (and ...

Cannabis advocates often argue that marijuana should be legal because it's ONLY a plant. But maybe that argument should be put to bed.

While federal law differentiates high THC marijuana from low THC hemp, both of the same plant, cannabis sativa, a state judge ruled Wednesday that Arizona law prohibits the retail sale of all THC ...