Cannabis & Hemp Information

CBG has been taking the cannabinoid world and search engines by storm.  From questions like, “is CBG more effective than CBD?” to “how much is CBG worth?” it’s clear that this mother of all cannabinoids has piqued the interest of many. So what is it about this cannabinoid that has been garnering so much attention?  Bluebird delves a little deeper in today’s blog. What Science...

  Mexico recently delayed passing a measure to legalize marijuana and hemp last week, again pushing back passing a final cannabis law in the country. This delay, coming as a response to the Coronavirus, follows an earlier 6-month extension from October 2019. Now, Mexican lawmakers are expected to revisit the topic at the next legislative session scheduled to begin September 1 and end December...

  Coronavirus, the U.S. government confirming UFOs, and now murder hornets? It’s safe to say 2020 is off to an...err...eventful start.  It’s the last of the three - the murder hornets - that brings us to our topic for today’s discussion: bees.  We already know that increasing temperatures and precipitation linked to climate change have begun to wreak havoc on the bee populations, with...

Cannabis. It’s the source of Bluebird’s CBD products and a powerful plant with countless uses and seemingly even more mystery enshrouding it. Unfortunately, as with many things not initially understood, certain interest groups - historically, those with a hand in policymaking - used the unknown elements of cannabis to stir fear and animosity in the general public. In the U.S. specifically, this sort of...

2019 was a pretty big year for the hemp industry. For the first time in over 40 years, the domestic production and commerce of hemp products became federally legal, opening up the CBD sales to (nearly) the entire nation. The industry experienced an influx of brand new companies, followed by a rush to market and a frustrating holding period while manufacturers and retailers continued...

Hemp farmers and businesses saw a huge victory on Capitol Hill with the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, popularly known as the "Farm Bill." The bill established a much-needed differentiation between hemp and cannabis — excluding hemp and its extracts from Schedule I drug classification at the federal level. This proved to be a defining boon not only for hemp, but...