Will medical cannabis company Bod be the first to launch a low-dose CBD product available without prescription in Australia?In theory, it has been legal to buy certain cannabidiol (CBD) medicines without a prescription in Australia as Schedule 3 (Pharmacist Only) products since February 2021. This came into effect after...

Switzerland's Federal Council has decided to cut some of the red tape surrounding medical cannabis access in that country.Up to this point in Switzerland, cannabis medicines containing more than one per cent tetrahydrocannabinol are generally banned and prescription approval needs to be provided by the Federal Office of Public...

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards' pen had a good workout on Tuesday, with the signing of a bunch of bills from the 2022 Regular Legislative Session.Among the 97 bills signed were at least 7 directly relating to cannabis, including:ACT 438—HB 135: Authorizes dispensing of medical marijuana to certain...

A legal challenge has resulted in the reversal of an order that removed hundreds of medical cannabis vaping products in Pennsylvania.In February this year, regulators in Pennsylvania recalled hundreds of medical marijuana vaping products after a statewide review; alleging they contained ingredients not approved for inhalation."Although some of...

New Zealand's Helius Therapeutics is teaming up with local biotechnology company Greenlab on medicinal cannabis genetic development and breeding.Helius was the first medicinal cannabis company in New Zealand to achieve GMP certification and be awarded a Licence to Manufacture Medicines. It has an 8,800 square-metre integrated facility in Auckland...

Australia's ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS)  has outlined its game plan for focusing its operations entirely on medicinal cannabis.ECS Botanics has its fingers in a number of cannabis pies currently, ranging from hemp foods and wellness to medicinal applications - and it's the latter that company wants to put its efforts...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is continuing to push ahead on medical cannabis, making good on a couple of important initial steps he committed to.In late April we reported Governor Beshear was becoming increasingly frustrated with the pace of change in Kentucky and lawmakers' failure to act on making medical...

It's looking as though patients in Alabama still have a lengthy wait before they'll be able to get access to medical cannabis in their state.The situation in Alabama to this point:Very limited access was provided under “Carly’s Law”  in 2014, which permitted the University of Alabama at Birmingham to...

Barry Lambert has had an AM added to his name for his service to cannabinoid medical research, to business, and to charitable organisations.We've mentioned Mr. Lambert quite often here on HempGazette. The 75-year-old is somewhat of a rock-star of the cannabis space, but no doubt he would cringe at...

Yet another study has indicated many manufacturers of unregulated cannabidiol products need to lift their game on quality control.Researchers from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine evaluated CBD content in 80 commercially available hemp-derived products purchased from online and local retailers. One registered product, Epidiolex, was also included...