A survey by a breast health and breast cancer information and support service indicates 42% of breast cancer patients had used medical cannabis to help manage their symptoms or side-effects from treatments.A BreastCancer.org survey carried out between December 16 last year and January 19 this year revealed the majority...

Elixinol Global (ASX:EXL) will continue to operate Hemp Foods Australia after the sale of the company to a Chinese buyer fell through.Back in February we reported Elixinol Global was to sell its Australian hemp foods subsidiary Hemp Foods Australia Pty Ltd (HFA) to a subsidiary of China’s Shanghai Shunho...

While support for medical cannabis still remains very strong in New Zealand, the issue of legalising recreational cannabis is a different story - particularly among 40 year-olds.Researchers at the University of Otago carried out a survey of 899 40-year-old participants in the Christchurch Health and Development Study*. Their findings ...

Injectable CBD? It seems like it's a thing - and that's rather concerning when these products don't have the appropriate approvals.A U.S. company is voluntarily recalling injectable products containing cannabidiol as they were marketed without FDA approval and the product claims on its website meant these products were unapproved...

Europe's largest independent grower and processor of industrial hemp has announced the acquisition of a manufacturer of natural fibre insulation materials.HempFlax International Ltd  says it is launching a building supplies division after acquiring German company Thermo Natur GmbH & Co. KG. HempFlax states acquiring Thermo-Natur's existing...

Researchers at the University of New Mexico say full spectrum hemp oil reduced mechanical pain sensitivity significantly for several hours in mice with chronic post-operative neuropathic pain.First, a clarification - full spectrum hemp oil should not be confused with hemp seed oil - they are completely different products. Full...

The Australian subsidiary of Canada's Medipharm Labs has racked up another white label cannabis supply agreement, this one with a European company.The company's first European white label* agreement is with Therismos Limited, a subsidiary of UK-based Cannaray Limited. Under the three-year agreement, MediPharm Labs Australia will supply a range...

Australia's Ecofibre (ASX:EOF) announced a subsidiary had inked an exclusive distribution agreement involving hemp products with a large U.S. pharmacy chain last week.On Wednesday, Ecofibre went into a trading halt; emerging on Thursday with the news its subsidiary EOF Distribution, Inc. (EOFD) had entered into an exclusive distribution agreement...

The Western Australian town of Collie, around 200 kilometres south of Perth, might be the future location of a hemp processing plant.WA Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan and Collie-Preston MLA Mick Murray last week announced $35,000 from the Collie Futures Small Grants Program (CFSGP) will go to WA Hemp...

Australian cannabis company ECS Botanics Holdings (ASX: ECS) has signed a non-binding collaboration agreement with Essential Oils of Tasmania (EOT).ECS, established in 2018, already has a swag of hemp related licences; including those necessary to cultivate, supply and manufacture industrial hemp in Tasmania. Additionally it has a grower licence...