A New Zealand study has indicated hemp is a viable cover crop for the country's Sauvignon Blanc vineyards, offering several valuable benefits.Many vineyards incorporate cover crops in the interrow (between rows of vines), providing advantages including increasing biodiversity, encouraging beneficial insects, fixing nitrogen and alleviating soil compaction. Such are...

Non-medical cannabis use was legalized in Canada in October 2018. Has the change been a success, disaster or something in between?The goals of legalization were to improve cannabis-related public health and safety, reduce youth access and cannabis-related crime, and putting the squeeze on illegal markets. There was also a...

A follow-up to a popular Australian documentary on medical marijuana is in the works - but needs financial support.Back in 2014, 24-year-old Dan Haslam was dying from bowel cancer - and the only thing that helped address his chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting was cannabis. But at the time,...

Australia's Ecofibre and its medical cannabis subsidiary Ananda Hemp are to discuss their research findings on the role cannabinoids can play in treating endometriosis at an event in Sydney this month.Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside of it, which -...

Tweed Shire Council in the Australian state of New South Wales is offering a rebate to parents using reusable nappies (diapers) made with cotton terry or flannelette cotton, hemp, bamboo or a blend of these fibres.Tweed Shire is a local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of...

Australia's ECS Botanics Holdings Ltd (ASX: ECS) has secured a significant binding offtake agreement to supply medicinal cannabis dried flower over the next five years to Perth-based MediCann Health.Under the agreement, ECS will supply $24 million of pharmaceutical-grade dried flower produced by two ECS-developed cannabis strains to MediCann Health...

In another step forward for the use of cannabis in healthcare, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has announced its formal recognition of cannabis nursing as a nursing specialty.Founded in 1896, the ANA represents the interests of the 5 million registered nurses in the USA, and has members in all...

Feedback has been invited on a number of proposed changes to hemp legislation in the Australian state of Tasmania.A public consultation period has kicked off concerning changes to the state's Industrial Hemp Act 2015 and the Industrial Hemp Amendment Regulations 2016. The Act authorises the supply, cultivation, manufacture and...

Fiji's government is seeking to generate alternative sources of revenue - and establishing a medical cannabis industry is on its list of potential options.One of Fiji's main sources of foreign income is its tourism industry, which accounted for nearly a quarter of GDP in 2019. But when COVID hit,...

Another study has looked into the use of cannabis by midlife women to manage various health issues.The study, based on data provided by more than 5,000 midlife women, concluded cannabis use is relatively common among this group, with more than 40% reporting having ever used it for recreational or...