The largest private donation to date for medicinal cannabis research in the USA will help researchers determine if cannabidiol, a non-intoxicating cannabinoid, can be effective in treating children with severe autism.The very generous gift was provided the Ray and Tye Noorda Foundation to the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research...

Aussies and canucks continue to make headlines on the medical cannabis scene - this time in related to Cann Group Limited (ASX: CAN) and Aurora Cannabis (TSX: ACB)It appears rumours are circulating and have been reported in the media that Cann Group Limited may be a takeover target of...

A bill seeking to allow patients to use medical cannabis as an alternative to opioid treatment passed the Illinois House and Senate last week.Senate Bill 0336 would enable a patient, subject to certain conditions, who has received a physician certification for a medical condition that an opioid has been...

Australia's The Hydroponics Company (ASX: THC) emerged from a trading halt last week with the news it had acquired production facilities from LEO Pharma, along with its associated freehold land and building.THC says the $2.55 million it has spent now gives it the largest pharmaceutical botanicals extraction and refinement...

Canada's Aphria Inc. has announced its first shipment of medical cannabis to Australia's Althea Company Pty Ltd. has been delivered.The delivery includes packaged co-branded cannabis oil and dried flower products for the Australian medical cannabis market."We're excited that Australian patients in need will now have access to Aphria-branded pharmaceutical-grade,...

Australia's AusCann Group Holdings Limited (ASX:AC8) has announced it has been granted an import permit under its existing import licence and will soon receive finished cannabis oils from Canada's Canopy Growth Corporation.AusCann will be importing products from Canopy, its major shareholder, that will be AusCann branded. The products involved...

Industrial hemp will be reappearing in the fields of the U.S states of Oklahoma and Kansas, albeit a limited presence initially.First to Kansas, where late  last week after going back to the Senate for a final vote, Governor Jeff Colyer signed a bill into law to create an industrial...

Australian company Zelda Therapeutics Ltd (ASX: ZLD) has announced it has completed patient recruitment for its insomnia trial.Zelda received approval to conduct a clinical trial of its cannabis medicines with chronic insomnia patients in Australia in December last year.With recruitment now completed, the next phase will see  patients undergoing...

Washington State University scientists have delved into how stress, anxiety and depression are affected by smoking cannabis, using a unique approach.Instead of being carried out in a laboratory environment, participants consumed cannabis in their own homes and self-reported the effects of different strains and varying concentrations of  tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)...

A study published early last month indicates more than two-thirds of  physicians in New York City and surrounding areas feel medical marijuana (MMJ) should be an option available to patients.71% of a total of 164 respondents held this view, even though most were not registered to certify patients for...