Victoria's legalising of medicinal cannabis has given efforts in other states added momentum and created an exchange of barbs between political parties.As we reported yesterday, new legislation in Victoria now permits the cultivation and manufacture of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Some children with severe epilepsy will be the first...

The Australian state of Victoria has legalised access to medical cannabis - but it will only be available in exceptional circumstances (for now) and not right away.The Access to Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2015, introduced in December last year, passed state Parliament yesterday, paving the way for children with severe...

Results just released from another poll indicate nearly three quarters of New Zealanders support medical cannabis.A ONE News Colmar Brunton poll posed the question: "Do you support or oppose the use of marijuana for medical purposes?"Seventy-three per cent of respondents said they supported medical marijuana use, 21...

Cannabis, or components of it, could potentially play a role in treating male infertility; but it's a double-edged sword.While the human race is not exactly in danger of going extinct due to reproductive issues, infertility can be a stressful issue for those afflicted and affects up to 15% of...

A meeting of Australian health ministers in Perth on Friday has resolved to take steps to coordinate use and control of cannabis for medical and research purposes across Australia.Queensland Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick said it was important for state and territories work together, exchange information...

As well as potentially helping more than a hundred thousand people; medical marijuana could bring millions into the U.S. state of Louisiana's government coffers -  if the state gets with the program so to speak.A recent Marijuana Policy Group (MPG) study estimates between USD $8.16 million and $13.36 million...

This tiny home will be packed with big environmentally friendly ideas - and one of them is the use of hempcrete.GreenBuilt, headquartered in the Hudson Valley, near Albany, New York, is a community dedicated to designing better, more durable and healthy buildings with hemp.Greenbuilt is attempting to get the...

Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced an interim decision to create new Schedule 8 entries for some medical cannabis products.Cannabis, many cannabinoids and derived products are currently Schedule 9; in the same class as opioids.Included in the new Schedule 8 entries would be cannabis itself (plant and flowering...

It's been reported  Queensland will stage its own medical cannabis trial after negotiations regarding a joint program with New South Wales broke down.As recently as October, the Palaszczuk government said it would work with NSW on a trial of the cannabis based epilepsy medication Epidiolex; which was to involve...

An agreement struck at a Forum on Food Regulation teleconference of Australian and New Zealand Ministers has moved both countries closer towards the lifting of prohibition on hemp based foods.It's been a slow journey, really slow - and still has some way to go - but the light may...