Population-wise, it's a tiny nation. But even the Cook Islands government is considering making medical cannabis legal.The Cook Islands is a self-governing country with strong ties to New Zealand. It's made up of 15 islands with a total land area of just 237square kilometres - but they are spread...

The vast majority of Texans are supportive of legislation that would make marijuana legal in the state for a wide variety of treatments.Medicinal cannabis in the Lone Star state is accessible via the Compassionate Use Program (CUP) administered by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Under the program,...

CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy researchers suggest medical cannabis could help patients on long-term opioid treatment to lower their dosages.The use and abuse of opioids, legally acquired and otherwise, continue to pose a major challenge in the USA - so much so that the situation...

Continuing its support of Pennsylvania's hemp sector, another $200,000 in grants have been awarded by the state's agricultural department - and there's more to come.With the exception of prohibition in the 20th and early 21st centuries, hemp has played an important role in Pennsylvania since at least the late...

In a world-first trial, scientists at the University of Sydney will be investigating if cannabidiol (CBD) is safe and effective in reducing neuropathic pain in people with spinal cord injury.Persistent  neuropathic pain is a common feature of spinal cord injury, characterised by a stabbing, burning or numbing sensation. Depending...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has begun publishing what will be a weekly report on the nation's hemp sector.The National Hemp Report, to be issued each Wednesday, contains national and regional advertised retail  prices of selected hemp products, plus volumes and cost, insurance, and...

Coming under increasing pressure to finally implement cannabidiol regulations, the USA's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now says it's not in position to do so.After faffing about for years on the issue of regulating CBD in food and supplements, the situated started to come to a head recently when...

In her 2023 State of the State address, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly didn't mince words on medical marijuana legalization in her state.Back in 2019, Governor Kelly signed Senate Bill 28 into law, providing an affirmative defense against prosecution for possession of certain cannabidiol (CBD) products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in...

The USA's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided a final guidance for industry on its current thinking in relation to the development of cannabis and cannabis-derived human drugs.Following on from draft guidance issued on July 22, 2020, this final version has been released to support clinical research. The...

North Dakota lawmakers are moving towards officially encouraging the state's residents to buy hemp U.S. flags. The reason is somewhat rooted in history.Before hemp prohibition and subsequent changes to US law in recent years that made hemp legal at a federal level again, the crop played a major role...