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be fast or easy.Passed in State Parliament on Wednesday night, the Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Act 2016 has been repealed in favour of new legislation...

Australia's Wide Open Agriculture (ASX:WOA) has planted its first industrial hemp crop. The company says it's the first hemp to be grown using a shadehouse and highly controlled environment in Western Australia.“Normally, open field industrial hemp production would plant in September and October, but this program will provide new...

New Jersey's Department of Health's Division of Medical Marijuana has released its biennial report and recommendations for the state's program.The state's program has seen major changes over the last couple of years, driven by Governor Phil Murphy who greatly expanded it. But with growth has come growing pains.NJ Health has...

Even more South Carolina farmers will be able to participate in the state's industrial hemp pilot program this year.South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill into law in 2017 legalising the cultivation of industrial hemp for research purposes in the state, per the provisions provided in the USA's 2014...