A bill for the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 has been introduced and, if passed, would get the U.S. federal government well out of the way of the nation's hemp farming sector.$600 million of industrial hemp products are sold in the USA each year - but much of the...

Australian company MGC Pharmaceuticals (ASX: MXC) has been given the green light and a chunk of land to grow medicinal cannabis in Malta.Malta Enterprise Corporation (the nation’s economic development agency) has awarded MGC with 4,000m2 of land to construct a fully licensed medical cannabis production and cultivation facility. Under...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting feedback on availability for medical use of cannabis and derivatives of the plant, which are to be passed on to the World Health Organisation (WHO).The substances in question are cannabis plant and resin; extracts and tinctures of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),...

An industrial hemp bill in the U.S. state of Maryland has survived its third reading, raising hopes that 2018 might be the year industrial hemp finally gets a better look-in in the state.Senate Bill 1201 passed the House 135-0 after earlier being passed by the Senate 47-0.Championed by Senator...

Iowa's Senate has approved Senate File 2398, which relates to establishing an industrial hemp industry in the state, in a unanimous 49 to 0 vote last week.Senate File 2398 would create the Iowa Industrial Hemp Act authorising production and marketing of the crop in Iowa in compliance with federal...

The number of registered medical marijuana patients in the U.S state of New Mexico has increased by more than 56% compared to last year.According to statistics from the New Mexico Department of Health, 50,954 patients were registered by the end of March, compared to 32,175 in January last year....

Two Australian paediatricians  from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne have called for trials of medical cannabis in children with psychiatric or behavioral conditions such as autism, saying the need is urgent.Dr Daryl Efron and Dr Jeremy Freeman say psychotropic medications are the most frequently prescribed medications by...

A new U.S. national poll has revealed 80% of respondents between the ages of 50 and 80 support allowing medical marijuana if it’s recommended by a physician.The National Poll on Healthy Aging, conducted in a nationally representative sample of 2,007 Americans, found that just six percent of  respondents noted...

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced yesterday that more than 60 new farms and businesses have been granted permits to participate in the state's industrial hemp program.It's a big step up from the 2017 season, when 20 research partners were permitted to grow and research the crop.Approximately 3,500...

Industrial hemp legislation that had already been passed by Kansas's Senate, passed the state's House 123-1 last week.Sponsored by Senator Dan Kerschen, who is also a farmer, Senate Bill 263 would enact the Alternative Crop Research Act, enabling the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) to grow and cultivate industrial...