Iowa is good to go with the feds after the USDA recently approved its state plan under the USA's domestic hemp production program."We know farmers are eager for new opportunities and this milestone means they are one step closer to being able to grow hemp during the 2020 growing...

A report relating to a wide-ranging Senate inquiry into medicinal cannabis access issues in Australia has been published, with a number of recommendations made.The inquiry was launched in November last year to determine barriers to patients accessing medicinal cannabis in the country. Submissions closed in January - a total...

The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Institute for Health Research (IHR) and MGC Pharma have announced publication of the study protocol for a clinical trial evaluating medical cannabis use with patients with dementia.The trial was registered in the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trial Register (ANZCTR) earlier this week....

Australia's Creso Pharma Limited (ASX:CPH) says its newly developed hemp teas should be available in international markets in the third quarter of this year.The company states it has successfully developed and tested its first CBD hemp instant tea in collaboration Switzerland’s Domaco Pharma. The tea is based on its...

The USA’s Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Justice have published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding scientific and medical research on marijuana.Cannabis research in the USA has been held back by the DEA’s stance on the issue, although it has been increasing the amount of cannabis it wants...

Australia's Impression Healthcare Limited (ASX:IHL) has acquired CBD inhalers it says will be available for purchase in Australia under the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA's) Special Access Scheme (SAS).We've mentioned Impression Healthcare on Hemp Gazette previously when the company made the jump from mouthguards to cannabis (but it still...

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws has joined calls for for continued operation of medical cannabis dispensaries throughout the USA during the coronavirus crisis.Yesterday we mentioned Americans For Safe Access's (ASA's) letter to governors and directors of state medical cannabis programs requesting immediate action to ensure...

Early this week, Americans For Safe Access sent a letter to governors and directors of state medical cannabis programs across the USA requesting immediate action be taken to ensure medical cannabis access is maintained during the COVID-19 crisis.As the situation with the coronavirus worsens, various U.S. states or cities...

Australia's ECS Botanics Holdings Ltd (ASX:ECS) has announced it has been granted a special industrial hemp licence by the Tasmanian Government.In Tasmania, industrial hemp is considered cannabis with leaves and flowering heads containing not more than 1 per cent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Tasmanian farmers already have a bit of an...

Legislation that would legalize and regulate hemp in South Dakota has again made it to the Governor's desk. Perhaps it will have better luck this time around.It was just over a year ago that another bill that would have allowed industrial hemp to be grown and processed in the...