MGC Pharmaceuticals (ASX:MXC) has been granted  approval to conduct a controlled trial assessing the effects of a cannabis-based medicine on driving performance.As legal medical cannabis becomes more widely available throughout the world, there are understandable concerns about the potential impacts on road safety. In Australia, current legislation in most...

Australia's Cannatrek has announced the firm has secured planning permission for what it says will be one of the world's largest medical cannabis facilities.The AUD $160 million project, given the green light by Victoria's Greater Shepparton City Council, involves the construction of a 160,000m2 glasshouse; inside which 160 tonnes...

Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services has received thousands of applications for medical marijuana cultivation, dispensary, manufacturing and testing laboratory licenses.DHSS reports 2,163 online applications had been received by 4:30 p.m. Monday. It was a big jump on the figures we reported in July, when the tally stood...

The USA's National Credit Union Administration says federally insured credit unions are able to provide some financial services to hemp businesses operating legally.The 2018 Farm Bill was signed into law on December 20, 2018. It defined hemp and removed it from the Controlled Substances Act, provided for its inclusion...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has plenty of questions about hemp - 315 in fact - and she wants careful consideration given to them by the state's lawmakers.Governor Noem is very suspicious of allowing a legal hemp sector into her state. In March this year, she vetoed House Bill...

Statistics Canada has released data from its latest National Cannabis Survey (NCS) that reveals use of the plant is certainly popular in the country.Canada's Cannabis Act became law in October last year and Statistics Canada has been monitoring consumption before and after the legislative change on a quarterly basis.The...

A U.S. FDA official has spoken positively about the potential for cannabidiol, but says more research is required.At the National Industrial Hemp Council 2019 Hemp Business Summit held last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy - Office of Policy, Lowell Schiller, JD, delivered...

A recent poll indicates 14% of Americans use cannabidiol (CBD) based products.While mentioning cannabidiol in Australia can often produce blank stares (likely due to its very restricted availability), in the USA it appears awareness - and use - of the cannabinoid is comparatively quite high.The results of a Gallup...

Harvesting of hemp crops has already begun in southern Nevada - the fourth year of harvest in the state.The state's hemp sector has come a long way since it began as a research and development program under the 2014 Farm Bill, Nevada Senate Bill 305 and Senate Bill 396....

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed off on legislation last week to expand the opportunities for industrial hemp in the state.It's been a really odd state of affairs in New Jersey with medical cannabis cultivation legal, but a very limited industrial hemp program so far - but New Jersey...