New Zealand's Rubisco has outgrown its current digs in Burnside, Christchurch for processing hemp and is moving into a larger purpose-built facility in Ashburton.Rubsico was established in 2024 and manufactures products made from hemp, wool, and other natural materials. Demand for the company’s hemp processing services, which separate the...

In the Australian state of New South Wales, Sydney MP Alex Greenwich is introducing a bill for fairer driving laws for medical cannabis users.In New South Wales, as in most other Australian states, there is no legal defence for driving while having a detectable THC level, whether or not...

Australian company Bioxyne (ASX:BXN) is to receive funding from South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) to establish its UK medicinal cannabis manufacturing and distribution facility.Bioxyne is the parent company of the Breathe Life Sciences Group, which is focused on investigational and psychotropic medicines, healthcare technology, and novel consumer health...

Results from a poll released late last month indicate the legal cannabis sector in Canada is generally viewed positively by the country's residents.The Abacus Data survey, conducted on behalf of Organigram Global, found 35% of adult Canadians said they had used cannabis in the past six months, and 32%...

The US Government shutdown has ended, and the rein of intoxicating hemp products may follow next year as a result.The bill to reopen the government included language that will ban the unregulated sale of intoxicating hemp-based products; such as those containing delta-8 and delta-10 THC, THC-O, THCP, and HHC....

Two industrial hemp variety trials at Manjimup and Kununurra in Western Australia have provided encouraging results.Recently completed trials that occurred over 3 years tested 36 varieties at WA's Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) Manjimup Horticultural Research Institute and its Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agriculture in...

The future of intoxicating hemp products in the USA is looking particularly precarious after recent Senate vote.As we reported yesterday, a provision in a government funding deal being considered to re-open the US Government contained language that would ban the unregulated sale of intoxicating hemp-based products such as those...

A government funding deal that could end the longest government shutdown in US history faced a stumbling block — intoxicating hemp.UPDATE: The Senate has rejected an amendment to the spending bill that (76-24) would have removed language banning hemp products containing THC. More on this tomorrow.What happened in the...

A recently released UK medical cannabis survey report indicates patients are generally benefiting from prescribed products.In what it claims was the largest ever survey of prescribed medical cannabis patients, Releaf UK gathered insights from 1,669 respondents across the UK.First off it should be noted Releaf is a London-based medical...

In the UK, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Medical Cannabis under Prescription has made a number of recommendations to the nation's government.The Group was founded in July 2018 to provide a cross-party forum for parliamentarians to engage with clinicians, patients, researchers, and industry experts on medical cannabis access...