Australian medical cannabis company Cannaponics has reached and well-exceeded its latest crowd-sourced funding (CSF) campaign minimum target, with still 6 days left to go.Cannaponics presents itself as a green cultivator of medicinal cannabis, using 100% renewable energy and rainwater harvesting for its 165-acre site in Western Australia that boasts...

A newly minted trade association has one simple message for Texas lawmakers - please don't mess with hemp.The Texas Hemp Business Council (THBC) is a nonprofit trade association that was officially formed earlier this month with a mission to advance and protect hemp-derived products in the state. Its founding...

A Delaware House committee has given the green light to a bill allowing early recreational marijuana sales via existing medical cannabis dispensaries. Not everyone is happy.Delaware legalized medical marijuana in 2011, but sales didn’t kick off until 2015. In April last year, recreational cannabis was legalised without Governor...

A recently published study out of Australia has suggested little next day impairment is experienced by insomnia patients using cannabis medicines containing THC at night as a sleep aid.The release of the study, carried out by researchers primarily from Woolcock Institute of Medical Research at Macquarie University, is timely...

An amendment to close the loophole allowing the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoid products would devastate the U.S. hemp industry according to a trade group.The 2018 Farm Bill made hemp legal, classing it an agricultural product like any other. But it also created an opportunity to legally produce intoxicating...

The USA's Justice Department has published a proposed rule in the US Federal Register to shift cannabis from Schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act to the less-restrictive Schedule III.The announcement follows President Joe Biden directing back in 2022 that a review of how cannabis is scheduled under...

A trial to gauge whether Victorians prescribed medicinal cannabis can drive safely is about to kick off.As in most Australian states, it is illegal in Victoria to drive with any detectable amount of THC; an intoxicating cannabinoid that is present in many cannabis medicines. Traces of THC can be...

Analysis conducted by the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA) has found the number of pediatric patients visiting Virginia hospital emergency departments for cannabis-related issues has decreased, coinciding with stricter controls on hemp-derived THC.Like other states, Virginia had been grappling with the proliferation of products containing intoxicating hemp-derived THC...

German researchers have found the cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) may not only increase survival time, but increase quality of life in palliative care cancer patients.THC is the intoxicating cannabinoid associated with the high marijuana users experience. But it's also being used as a therapeutic agent to help manage various conditions,...

Purdue University researchers are developing biodegradable super-absorbent materials using hemp cellulose - and appear to be on a winner.Super-absorbent materials are typically made from synthetic polymers; mainly polyacrylate-based compounds. For example, sodium polyacrylate materials are used in disposable diapers due to their high absorbency per unit mass. The problems...