With 2023 Farm Bill deliberations rapidly approaching, an alliance of dozens of non-profit hemp organizations have a plan of action in place relating to what they want from it.It was the 2018 Farm Bill that made hemp legal in the USA at a federal level and considered an agricultural...

The United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service has released a new National Hemp Report, covering 2022.Following on from the first report of its nature released early last year, the latest report from the USDA indicates the value of U.S. industrial hemp totaled $238 million in 2022,...

A study finding a cannabis plant compound causes a drop in the blood pressure of healthy mice could have important applications in human health.Cannabinoids are chemicals that bind with cannabinoid receptors of the body and brain. As the name suggests, cannabinoids are found in the cannabis plant. Probably the...

A recently published study suggests a high proportion of US cancer survivors using cannabis are doing so for medicinal purposes.Researchers from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s Hudson College of Public Health analysed 2020 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The BRFSS collects state data...

Virginia's hemp industry is just one signature away from sweeping changes in relation to hemp-based THC products.In the USA, hemp is defined as the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent by dry weight.But hemp-derived...

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer is making good on a commitment to investigate the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA's) failure to regulate hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products as dietary supplements.In January this year, Chairman Comer said the FDA commissioner would be brought before the U.S. House...

A study involving patients enrolled in the UK Medical Cannabis Registry has indicated improved outcomes for chronic pain patients consuming inhaled dried cannabis flower and/or sublingual/orally administered oils.The UK Medical Cannabis Registry contains data based on what is claimed to be the largest group of patients in the...

A recent poll shows support for legalisation of medical marijuana in the US state of South Carolina remains very strong.South Carolina is a medical cannabis holdout state; one of the few remaining. While the South Carolina Senate passed a medical cannabis bill in 2022 by a wide margin, the...

Hopefully it won't be too much longer before cattle farmers in the USA will be able to legally start feeding a highly nutritious hemp waste product to their herds.One of the by-products of hempseed oil production is "cake", which retains a significant quantity of protein and other important nutritional...

New Zealand's largest medicinal cannabis company, Helius Therapeutics, has taken another major step on its GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) certification journey.The company announced it has been awarded GMP certification for the drying and finishing of medicinal cannabis flower by New Zealand's Ministry of Health.“This certification is a very significant...