While a search of U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's web site turns up zilch on the terms "medical cannabis" or "industrial hemp", she appears to have an open mind on the issues. However, she is very cautious when making public statements.In an interview on WBZ NewsRadio earlier today, Ms....

Last week, a bill was passed by a Virginia state House committee to authorize commercial cultivation and production of industrial hemp in the state.An important element of the bill is an amendment that would remove the requirement of federal approval for hemp licensing.U.S. federal law allows programs growing industrial...

From March this year, a cannabis based medicine will be made accessible to some children suffering from drug-resistant epilepsy and medical marijuana will also be available to terminally ill adults.ABC News reports Epidiolex will be offered in the compassionate access scheme for children.Epidiolex is based on cannabidiol (CBD), which...

A study by University of Hawai‘i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources suggests more than 70 tons of industrial hemp could be produced per acre each year in the state. Evidence from a feasibility study indicates 3 hemp crops could be grown a year in Hawai'i. These crops would...

Israel's Health Minister, Yaakov Litzman, has said it may only be six months before GP's in the country will be permitted to prescribe medical marijuana.According to The Times Of Israel, the ultra-orthodox minister is leading reform on medical cannabis in the country.“Patients should be able to receive the cannabis...

It's time to set the record straight before a story about a supposed medical cannabis related death gets out of hand. A bit of background first.On the 14th of January, France's Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Women's Rights was notified of a serious accident that occurred during a Phase...

A few interesting medicinal cannabis stories have emerged from New Zealand over the past day - here's a round up of the news.The first story is about a young girl with a motor neuron illness called ganglia necrosis.The girl's mother obtained ministerial approval for her daughter to use the...

The licensing process for New York's Industrial Hemp Pilot Program is about to kick off after NY State Department of Agriculture and Markets published final regulations last week.The original bill was sponsored by Assemblywoman Lupardo and Senator Tom O’Mara."We know of at least two universities that will be pursuing...

Researchers from Tel-Aviv University's Abarbanel Mental Health Center have found the use of medicinal cannabis could improve the lives of Alzheimer's patients.As the world's population is generally living longer, dementia conditions such as Alzheimer's disease are increasing in prevalence. According to FightDementia, just in Australia alone there are 342,800...

The use of cannabis has been associated with a decrease in migraine headache frequency; offering some hope to the many sufferers of what can often be a debilitating condition.Over the years there's been a significant number of anecdotal reports regarding the effectiveness of cannabis on alleviating or even avoiding...