In the USA, another two Senators have added their names to the list of cosponsors of  a bipartisan bill for the Hemp Farming Act Of 2018.The bill was introduced by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in April and seeks to legalise industrial hemp at a federal level, see...

News that one of the world's largest chain of convenience stores would soon be stocking cannabidiol in many of its U.S. outlets turned out to be not what it seemed.Unlike tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) is non-intoxicating, i.e. it doesn't product a high. It's a compound that has...

Thomas Jefferson University's Lambert Center for the Study of Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp has announced the creation of the mmj.org initiative, which will involve a 100,000 patient database.There's little to see on MMJ.org currently, but within the next couple of months a call will go out to medical cannabis...

Malta's Parliament has legalised the local production of cannabis for medicinal use - and that's made one Australian ASX-listed company in particular very happy indeed.In April we reported MGC Pharmaceuticals (ASX: MXC) was given the green light (so to speak) and a chunk of land to grow medicinal cannabis...

Researchers at Canada's University of British Columbia Okanagan campus have developed a new and faster method for testing phytocannabinoid levels in cannabis.As Canada's medical cannabis industry grows, so too do demands on testing labs to screen products for quality issues - and to get it done faster.Currently there are...

Recent changes to a medical cannabis program in the U.S. state of New Jersey is fueling a boost in patient applications, with expectations patient numbers will more than double from current levels. Dr. Shereef Elnahal, New Jersey's Health Commissioner, recently stated changes to rules in the program would enable it...

Australia's ASX-listed Creso Pharma Limited (ASX:CPH) has announced a joint venture that will see it entering the cannabis market in Israel.The company is teaming up with Cohen Propagation Nurseries Limited, which is aiming to cultivate cannabis in the country for medical purposes.The arrangement will see the partners establishing and...

In medical cannabis news out of Pennsylvania, eight universities have been approved as Certified Academic Clinical Research Centers and the qualifying conditions list for patients has been expanded.Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced earlier this week the approved institutions represent the first step towards clinical research occurring in-state.“The research component...

It's been a long time coming and has had a few false starts, but industrial hemp is now legal in the U.S. state of Arizona - with lots of conditions attached of course.On Monday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed SB 1098 into law, providing funding for the Arizona Department...

The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints (aka LDS or Mormon) has published a laundry list of concerns over  a potential medical cannabis program in the state.LDS reports it engaged a Salt Lake City law firm to carry out a legal analysis of the initiative, which may...