Another Member of Parliament in Queensland has thrown his support behind medical hemp.Stephen Bennett MP has acquired a new found respect for industrial hemp after visiting a property in Bundaberg that is cultivating an oil-rich strain of the plant. Medical-grade hemp can contain very high levels of sought-after non-intoxicating cannabidiol...

Legal commercial cultivation and processing of industrial hemp moved a step closer in South Dakota last week.House Bill 1054 (HB1054) was passed by the  South Dakota House, 57 votes in favor to 11 opposed. The bill will now move to the state Senate for debate and voting.HB1054 states:"Industrial hemp...

Facebook has reportedly blocked a number of accounts run by medical marijuana dispensaries; for reasons it is yet to clarify.Initial reports indicate the very recent activity has been mainly in relation to dispensaries situated in New Jersey; a state where medical cannabis is legal.Following a link to one of...

Now the demonising of industrial hemp is rapidly fading, it's increasingly being utilised in all sorts of new applications - including high-tech 3D printing.Filaments - the "ink" of 3D printing - are most commonly made from PLA (Polylactic Acid) or ABS. Entwined, manufactured by 3DOM, is made from Manitoba-grown...

A newly-released report forecasts that in 2020, medical marijuana sales in the USA could exceed $10 billion.The State Of Legal Marijuana Markets - 4th Edition, published by Arcview Market Research and New Frontier, is generally quite exuberant over the future of the US market.“It is undeniable that cannabis is...

Two bills recently introduced in the Hawaii legislature seek to legalise cultivation of industrial hemp and manufacturing of hemp products.There's a lot of excitement in Hawaii after recent trials indicated that industrial hemp would do very well there. A study by University of Hawai‘i researchers indicates more than 70...

Nearly 700,000 Floridians have ensured the issue of legalizing medical marijuana is included in the U.S. state's next ballot.Earlier this month, we reported that a United for Care led petition to place medical cannabis on the November ballot in Florida had reached around three quarters of the required signatures....

A recent peer-reviewed study has concluded that electronic vaporizing equipment appears to offer a safer and more effective delivery method for medical marijuana use.While burning marijuana may not involve quite the cocktail of chemicals found in tobacco smoke; burning plant material often creates carcinogens, tars and other toxins.Vaporizing on...

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...