The first significant industrial hemp crops in South Australia will be grown in spring through to early summer this year following the State Government’s approval of the first cultivation licences.Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Tim Whetstone has big hopes for the crop, stating it could have a...

Alaska's Governor Bill Walker signed industrial hemp legislation into law last week - with a hemp pen.As of last Friday, the plant with myriad uses was considered an agricultural crop in the state as the Act took effect immediately.As we recently mentioned in the leadup to this historic event,...

At last Friday's COAG Health Council meeting, all Australian states and territories supported faster access to unregistered medical cannabis products.Ministers agreed to the development of a single national online application pathway that covers both the Commonwealth and state and territory application and approval for such products, avoiding duplication...

A bill for the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 has been introduced and, if passed, would get the U.S. federal government well out of the way of the nation's hemp farming sector.$600 million of industrial hemp products are sold in the USA each year - but much of the...

Australian company MGC Pharmaceuticals (ASX: MXC) has been given the green light and a chunk of land to grow medicinal cannabis in Malta.Malta Enterprise Corporation (the nation’s economic development agency) has awarded MGC with 4,000m2 of land to construct a fully licensed medical cannabis production and cultivation facility. Under...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting feedback on availability for medical use of cannabis and derivatives of the plant, which are to be passed on to the World Health Organisation (WHO).The substances in question are cannabis plant and resin; extracts and tinctures of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),...

An industrial hemp bill in the U.S. state of Maryland has survived its third reading, raising hopes that 2018 might be the year industrial hemp finally gets a better look-in in the state.Senate Bill 1201 passed the House 135-0 after earlier being passed by the Senate 47-0.Championed by Senator...

Iowa's Senate has approved Senate File 2398, which relates to establishing an industrial hemp industry in the state, in a unanimous 49 to 0 vote last week.Senate File 2398 would create the Iowa Industrial Hemp Act authorising production and marketing of the crop in Iowa in compliance with federal...

The number of registered medical marijuana patients in the U.S state of New Mexico has increased by more than 56% compared to last year.According to statistics from the New Mexico Department of Health, 50,954 patients were registered by the end of March, compared to 32,175 in January last year....

Two Australian paediatricians  from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne have called for trials of medical cannabis in children with psychiatric or behavioral conditions such as autism, saying the need is urgent.Dr Daryl Efron and Dr Jeremy Freeman say psychotropic medications are the most frequently prescribed medications by...