Western Australia's McGowan Government has announced changes that will make it a little easier for patients in the state to access medicinal cannabis products.Previously, patients would need a referral to a specialist by a GP in order to access medicines, but now a GP will be able to prescribe...

A new poll reveals 2.8% of the British adult population is using "street cannabis" for medicinal purposes - up to 1.4 million people.A survey carried out for the Center for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) and Cannabis Patient Advocacy & Support Services (CPASS) by YouGov found the number of people using...

In the USA, the case of ten million cannabis plants destroyed by Kern County Sheriff's Office has taken an interesting turn.KGET reported late last week a $1 billion claim has been made against the County of Kern, resulting from the Sheriff’s Office destroying millions of hemp plants in Arvin...

There was a flurry of activity on the Australian cannabusiness scene towards the end of last week. Here's some of what happened. Zelda Therapeutics (ASX:ZLD) Zelda announced it had achieved full enrolment in its medicinal cannabis clinical trial for insomnia. The study involves 24 patients who are being treated with either...

MPX International Corporation says its Australian subsidiary has been awarded a Cannabis Manufacture Licence by the nation's Office of Drug Control.The licence was granted to MPX Australia Pty Ltd, which according to ASIC records was registered here just last year; with its registered office located in Melbourne, Victoria. In...

A major medicinal agriculture research hub with a special focus on medical cannabis was officially launched in the Australian state of Victoria last week.Situated at La Trobe University, the facility seeks to optimise production of active components in medicinal plants and identify their potential mode of action in various...

In the Australian state of New South Wales, the Lismore region will see a lift in local jobs thanks to the establishing of a medical cannabis production facility.Stage 1 of CannaPacific's project boasts a 10,000 square metre climate-controlled glasshouse that will enable year-round production and produce around 10,000 kilograms...

In California, Kern County Sheriff’s Office is claiming to have destroyed 10 million marijuana plants with a black market value of $1 billion. But there may be much more to this story."These illicit marijuana gardens were grown under the guise of legitimate hemp production," states the Sheriff's Office. "The...

The first commercial industrial hemp fiber processing facility in the U.S. state of Virginia should be up and running soon.Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced Vitality Farms, LLC, operating as Appalachian Biomass Processing, will establish a facility in Wythe County and has plans of purchasing 6,000 tons of hemp grown...

A $1 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant is supporting Purdue University research into organic hemp production.Much knowledge has been lost in the USA between the start of prohibition decades ago and the recent hemp renaissance; particularly in relation to growing hemp without the use of pesticides, or the...