A survey of New Zealand medical professionals’ views on medicinal cannabis shows an increasing interest from patients and the willingness of GPs to prescribe products.The survey of 1,091 medical professionals, carried out by Horizon Research on behalf of Helius Therapeutics, found 63% of all GPs and...

The Governor of Kansas, Laura Kelly, yesterday signed the Senate Substitute for House Bill 2167, which establishes the state's Commercial Industrial Hemp Program.Last year, legislation for a hemp pilot program was signed into law. House Bill 2167 takes thing further. It requires the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA), after...

It's tragic and frustrating that Australia's hemp industry is threatened by idiots - it's not as though farmers don't have enough in the way of challenges.An article in the Victor Harbor Times (South Australia) details the plight of a couple of hemp farmers who have spent a big chunk...

A bill to expand Oklahoma's currently quite limited industrial hemp program has gained the green light from the House and Senate and has headed to Governor Stitt for his signature.House Bill 2913, which sought to establish the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program, was signed off just under a year ago....

Transporting hemp through the U.S. state of Idaho would have been made possible if new legislation had made it across the line - but unfortunately it hasn't.While the 2018 Farm Bill removes a many restrictions related to industrial hemp at a federal level, states still have final say...

Big things had been forecast for the U.S. State of Missouri's medical cannabis program, but it could become a crowded and very competitive sector.Legalising medical cannabis was approved by Missouri voters in November last year. Under the Medical Marijuana and Veteran Healthcare Services Initiative, initial qualifying conditions include:CancerEpilepsyGlaucomaIntractable migraines that do not...

A report from Minnesota Department of Health researchers indicates the state's medicinal cannabis program is having a positive impact on cancer patients.Patients participating in the program record the severity of symptoms - anxiety, poor appetite, depression, poor sleep, fatigue, nausea, pain, and vomiting - in the 24 hour period prior to a medical...

An amendment removing hemp from Schedule I from the 2018 Schedules of Controlled Substances in Texas came into effect last week.The amendment was published in the March 15, 2019 issue of the Texas Register and became effective on April 5. Under the section "Tetrahydrocannabinols", Schedule I now states: ...

Asterion Australia Pty Ltd's Toowoomba medicinal cannabis venture has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Federal Government.The Toowoomba project, which we first mentioned in February, will be located on a 75-hectare site adjacent to Wellcamp Airport - around 23 kilometres from the heart of Toowoomba in Queensland....

In the Australian state of Queensland, eligible patients will have faster access to medicinal cannabis under new laws - but access still won't be fast or easy.Passed in State Parliament on Wednesday night, the Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Act 2016 has been repealed in favour of new legislation...