It appears just legalising medical cannabis isn't enough to help deal with the opioid abuse crisis - dispensaries also play an important role.A recent study looked at previous work that found medical marijuana laws reduce the daily doses filled for opioid analgesics and population-wide opioid overdose deaths in the...

Western Australia's Agriculture Minister has announced the State Government will amend restrictions on the level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) permitted in industrial hemp.Industrial hemp is naturally low in THC, but legislation in many regions sets a limit that can be inadvertently breached or restrict cultivars grown.Currently in Western Australia, the...

While not as much as Governor Wolf had hoped, it looks like Pennsylvania could potentially have nearly 30 times the number of industrial hemp acres under cultivation this growing season than it did in 2017.State Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced last week the Department of Agriculture approved 39 industrial...

Commercial industrial hemp farming in the U.S. state of Alaska is a step closer after passing of a related bill in the House of Representatives earlier this week.The Bill, SB 6, covers the regulation and production of industrial hemp in the state. Importantly, it also distinguishes industrial hemp from...

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians says it is premature to form conclusions regarding medical cannabis and is concerned about risks associated with expanding access in the absence of standard regulatory requirements.In an article published in the Medical Journal Of Australia, The RACP says it understands the increasing demand...

Last week, Victorian Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford was keynote speaker at Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce event focusing on medical cannabis.The "Breaking the Green Frontier: The Canadian-Australian Cannabis Story" event was designed to assist business, legal and financial professionals and the medical-health sector get up to speed on...

A couple of important developments in the U.S state of New Mexico relating to medical cannabis occurred this week.The first was a step towards adding opiate use disorder (OUD) as a qualifying condition for the state's compassionate medical marijuana program.As we've often mentioned on Hemp Gazette, cannabis and derived...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced the schedule of openings of medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, much to the relief of thousands of patients.Between tomorrow (Feb 15, local time) and February 17, 6 dispensaries will open, with the first to be Cresco Yeltrah-Butler.The six businesses will no doubt...

A decision by Israel's Prime Minister to continue preventing medical cannabis exports for the time being has some puzzled and others rather angry given the alleged circumstances.Widely viewed as progressive on medical cannabis, Israel's reputation has been threatened somewhat by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent decision that an export...

Not satisfied with recent legislation tabled by the New Zealand government concerning medicinal marijuana, Medical Cannabis Awareness New Zealand has written up policy it wants lawmakers to adopt.Last month, MCANZ said medicinal marijuana related legislation introduced in New Zealand’s Parliament in December didn't go far enough. While it would...