WARSAW — In what some could say was a classic example of government overreach, the U.S. banned the production of industrial hemp in 1937 with the Marihuana Tax Act — likely because the plant was affiliated with its intoxicating cousin, marijuana, — and despite the fact that industrial hemp doesn’t contain enough of the active …read more.

Stevia Corp. of Indianapolis, an international farm management and healthcare company focused on commercial development of products that include stevia and hemp, announced Jan. 19 that it is filing a provisional patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for the treatment of pain using ibuprofen and Cannabidiol (CBD). The patent closely follows the …read more.