Australian medical cannabis company Cannaponics is celebrating achieving its maximum target of AUD $5 million in a recent crowdfunding campaign.Based in the South West of Western Australia, Cannaponics is building a major medicinal cannabis facility near Collie; a project that has received backing from the WA government.Construction kicked...

Pennsylvania's hemp industry has received another boost, thanks to a $1 million National Science Foundation grant.Industrial hemp was a major crop in the state prior to prohibition coming into effect in the 20th century. Hemp had been grown in Pennsylvania since the 1600's and such was its importance, it...

A trial in Australia involving the use of medicinal cannabis to relieve symptoms of advanced cancer in palliative care patients is still seeking participants.Mater Research has been heavily involved in investigating the potential for medicinal cannabis in cancer treatment, particularly the cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD). Late last year, it completed...

Recreational marijuana sales edged up in Connecticut again last month, but medical cannabis sales saw the first drop this year - perhaps a sign of things to come.Connecticut was the 19th state to legalize recreational marijuana back in July 2021. However, retail sales didn't commence in the state until...

The Federation of International Hemp Organizations (FIHO) wants to address ongoing confusion between hemp and other forms of cannabis.Hemp is cannabis, as is marijuana - the difference between them legally speaking is their tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content, with THC being the best-known intoxicating cannabinoid. The threshold can vary between jurisdictions...

A new biodegradable, hemp-based material created in Canada could prove to be a sustainable substitute for plastic product packaging.Plastics have changed our world - and not always for the better. Most plastics are produced using fossil fuel derived chemicals as feedstocks, and are accompanied by all the problems associated...

A recently launched campaign is calling for general practitioners in the UK to be allowed to prescribe medical cannabis to their patients.Currently in the UK,  patients cannot get cannabis-based medicine prescribed by their GP – it can only be prescribed by a specialist hospital doctor. The National Health Service...

Is medical cannabis treatment associated with improvements in health-related quality of life? An Australian study suggests it can be.The retrospective case series study by researchers at the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria  involved patients who attended a network of specialist medical clinics (Emerald Clinics)...

Australia's Little Green Pharma (ASX:LGP) has been chosen as a primary CBD oil manufacturer for a French medicinal cannabis trial for the third year in a row.Back in 2020, France's Government unveiled a program that would provide up to 3,000 patients with free medicines as part of a potential...

Many products containing cannabidiol could soon disappear off shelves in the Czech Republic (aka Czechia), with the country's government moving towards a CBD ban.In an announcement released late last month, the State Agricultural and Food Inspection (SZPI) is gearing up to prohibit marketing of cannabidiol (CBD) along with other...