Proposed legislation that would have repealed South Dakota's medical cannabis access program has been defeated - but only just.South Dakota's medical cannabis program was established after voter approval (70%) of Measure 26 in November 2020. However, medical marijuana didn't become legal in South Dakota until July 1, 2021 due...
North Carolina is one of the few remaining US states without some form of legal medical marijuana program. While a majority of NC voters continue to support medical legalization, that support appears to be waning.According to a Meredith College poll of North Carolina voters conducted early this month, 71%...
A recently released study looks at the prevalence of cannabidiol (CBD) use overall in the USA and by marijuana use status - and the results are very interesting.Cannabidiol is widely available across much of the USA, where sales of products reached $4.17 billion in 2022. The use of CBD...
Analysis of 104 products marketed as hemp in California from 68 brands finds broad use of synthetic cannabinoids, very high potencies and tax evasion.In September last year, emergency regulations were approved by the California Office of Administrative Law requiring hemp products intended for human consumption have no detectable...
Support for legalizing recreational marijuana in Florida is still strong - but not enough, and it appears to be weakening.Medical marijuana and low-THC cannabis is available in Florida to qualified patients, after state voters supported medical legalisation in 2016 by a vote of 71% to 29%But recreational possession and...
After going into a trading halt Tuesday, healthcare and medical cannabis company Vitura Health (ASX: VIT) emerged from it with some interesting news.Among Vitura's subsidiaries are CanView, Doctors on Demand (acquired in 2023), Cortexa, CDA Clinics, Cannadoc, Burleigh Heads Cannabis and Adaya. On Thursday, the firm announced its intention...
Australia's Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, has commented on issues regarding medical cannabis and the country's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).The PBS began as a limited scheme in 1948, with free medicines for pensioners and a list of 139 ‘life-saving and disease preventing’ medicines supplied free to...
After a successful 2024, research-led medicinal cannabis biotech company Medigrowth Australia has just launched an Expression of Interest period for its second equity crowdfunding campaign.Medigrowth supplies medical cannabis-derived products including THC, CBD and dry cannabis flower. The company also has a telehealth platform, Haiku Health, that launched in...
A study involving hundreds of home cannabis growers in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) looked at how things are going since legislative reform in the Territory was enacted.The ACT is small Australian region, both in terms of geographical area (2,358 km2) and population (approx. 450,000). The nation's capital city,...
According to a recent report, two-thirds of legal and illicit cannabis production in the USA occurs indoors. This is making a significant contribution to the country's energy use and associated emissions.The article, published in the journal One Earth, says industry-wide life cycle emissions are 44 million tons of carbon...
