Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards' pen had a good workout on Tuesday, with the signing of a bunch of bills from the 2022 Regular Legislative Session.Among the 97 bills signed were at least 7 directly relating to cannabis, including:ACT 438—HB 135: Authorizes dispensing of medical marijuana to certain...

A legal challenge has resulted in the reversal of an order that removed hundreds of medical cannabis vaping products in Pennsylvania.In February this year, regulators in Pennsylvania recalled hundreds of medical marijuana vaping products after a statewide review; alleging they contained ingredients not approved for inhalation."Although some of...

New Zealand's Helius Therapeutics is teaming up with local biotechnology company Greenlab on medicinal cannabis genetic development and breeding.Helius was the first medicinal cannabis company in New Zealand to achieve GMP certification and be awarded a Licence to Manufacture Medicines. It has an 8,800 square-metre integrated facility in Auckland...

Australia's ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS)  has outlined its game plan for focusing its operations entirely on medicinal cannabis.ECS Botanics has its fingers in a number of cannabis pies currently, ranging from hemp foods and wellness to medicinal applications - and it's the latter that company wants to put its efforts...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is continuing to push ahead on medical cannabis, making good on a couple of important initial steps he committed to.In late April we reported Governor Beshear was becoming increasingly frustrated with the pace of change in Kentucky and lawmakers' failure to act on making medical...

It's looking as though patients in Alabama still have a lengthy wait before they'll be able to get access to medical cannabis in their state.The situation in Alabama to this point:Very limited access was provided under “Carly’s Law”  in 2014, which permitted the University of Alabama at Birmingham to...

Barry Lambert has had an AM added to his name for his service to cannabinoid medical research, to business, and to charitable organisations.We've mentioned Mr. Lambert quite often here on HempGazette. The 75-year-old is somewhat of a rock-star of the cannabis space, but no doubt he would cringe at...

Yet another study has indicated many manufacturers of unregulated cannabidiol products need to lift their game on quality control.Researchers from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine evaluated CBD content in 80 commercially available hemp-derived products purchased from online and local retailers. One registered product, Epidiolex, was also included...

A new survey report indicates the primary reasons Americans are using cannabis in relation to health and wellness.Conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of cannabis company Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.,  a survey conducted online among nearly 2,000 U.S. adults ages 21+ indicated 91% of  participants who have ever consumed...

A retrospective study investigating how medical cannabis impacts anxiety and depression outcomes has reported positive results.The study involving 7,362 Canadian patients with an average age of 49.8 years was carried out by VIVO Cannabis Inc subsidiary, Harvest Medicine Inc.Led by HMED's team of prescribing clinicians and physician support staff,...