The U.S. Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration have proposed a significant increase in the amount of marijuana that may be manufactured in the U.S. in 2019.Marijuana is still listed as a Schedule I substance in the USA, which means it is defined as a drug with no...

A recently formed Australian company is testing the waters on converting a commercial property near South Australian wine country into a medical cannabis cultivation center.A development application for the tentative project was filed by Ausabis Group with City of Onkaparinga on the 10th of August relating to a "change...

The Hawai'i State Department of Health has given the nod to Hawaiian Ethos, LLC for the first medical cannabis production center on the state's Big Island.The DOH says the company has met all requirements to begin growing cannabis and to manufacture products for medicinal purposes at their approved facility....

It's taken quite a while, but a survey report delving into the patterns of cannabis use for medical purposes in Australia back in 2016 has been published.Legislation was passed in Australia in early 2016 to enable the “safe, legal and reliable” supply of medicinal cannabis products, but the legislation...

CORRECTION, August 18: Tree of Knowledge International Corp. announced last week it had entered into a distribution agreement with Dr. Sanjay Gupta for a line of hemp-based cannabidiol products bearing his name.However, the Dr. Sanjay Gupta involved is not the American neurosurgeon and multiple Emmy Award-winning medical reporter as...

Australia's stringent medical cannabis laws prevent many of the country's residents from easily accessing and possessing these medicines - so what's the situation with patients from abroad bringing it into Australia for their own use?Australia welcomes many visitors from countries where cannabis- based medicines are legal. One example is...

If parents of children with severe epilepsy were hoping for a bit of compassion on the cost of the first FDA approved cannabis medicine, Epidiolex, they may be terribly disappointed.In June we reported GW Pharmaceuticals had received FDA approval for cannabidiol-based Epidiolex for the treatment of seizures associated with...

Australia's CannPal Animal Therapeutics Limited (ASX:CP1) has inked an agreement with the University of Melbourne relating to research on the efficacy of cannabidiol in treating canine epilepsy.As in humans, cannabidiol holds promise for managing epilepsy in dogs. CannPal's Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University relates to the...

Early this week, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed revised emergency rules into law establishing an initial framework for medical cannabis in the state.In July, Oklahoma’s State Board of Health voted on a set of rules for governing the state’s new medicinal marijuana program, but met with protest due to...

Many people may not be aware that pinching an industrial hemp plant can result in charges not only relating to theft in some countries.Fields of industrial hemp can prove to be too much of a temptation for the ill-informed and curious; particularly in countries where the crop is reappearing...