New cannabis law could be big boost for Alberta hemp industry
27 Jun 2018
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EDMONTON JOURNAL. While pot smokers are cheering Canada’s looming legalization of recreational marijuana, the move is also poised to provide a big boost to the country’s growing hemp industry.
Producers expect their revenues to soar because sections of the Cannabis Act will allow them to extract non-narcotic cannabidiol (CBDs) from hemp flowers, leaves and chaff that under current laws must be discarded.
“It’s a game-changer for us,” said Diane Jang, chief executive of Hempco Food and Fibre Inc., which expects to open an industrial hemp processing plant in Nisku by early July.
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