While support for medical cannabis still remains very strong in New Zealand, the issue of legalising recreational cannabis is a different story - particularly among 40 year-olds. Researchers at the University of Otago carried out a survey of 899 40-year-old participants in the Christchurch Health and Development Study*. Their findingsĀ ...
Injectable CBD? It seems like it's a thing - and that's rather concerning when these products don't have the appropriate approvals. A U.S. company is voluntarily recalling injectable products containing cannabidiol as they were marketed without FDA approval and the product claims on its website meant these products were unapproved...
Europe's largest independent grower and processor of industrial hemp has announced the acquisition of a manufacturer of natural fibre insulation materials. HempFlax International LtdĀ  says it is launching a building supplies division after acquiring German company Thermo Natur GmbH & Co. KG. HempFlax states acquiring Thermo-Natur's existing...
Researchers at the University of New Mexico say full spectrum hemp oil reduced mechanical pain sensitivity significantly for several hours in mice with chronic post-operative neuropathic pain. First, a clarification - full spectrum hemp oil should not be confused with hemp seed oil - they are completely different products. Full...
The Australian subsidiary of Canada's Medipharm Labs has racked up another white label cannabis supply agreement, this one with a European company. The company's first European white label* agreement is with Therismos Limited, a subsidiary of UK-based Cannaray Limited. Under the three-year agreement, MediPharm Labs Australia will supply a range...
Australia's Ecofibre (ASX:EOF) announced a subsidiary had inked an exclusive distribution agreement involving hemp products with a large U.S. pharmacy chain last week. On Wednesday, Ecofibre went into a trading halt; emerging on Thursday with the news its subsidiary EOF Distribution, Inc. (EOFD) had entered into an exclusive distribution agreement...
The Western Australian town of Collie, around 200 kilometres south of Perth, might be the future location of a hemp processing plant. WA Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan and Collie-Preston MLA Mick Murray last week announced $35,000 from the Collie Futures Small Grants Program (CFSGP) will go to WA Hemp...
Australian cannabis company ECS Botanics Holdings (ASX: ECS) has signed a non-binding collaboration agreement with Essential Oils of Tasmania (EOT). ECS, established in 2018, already has a swag of hemp related licences; including those necessary to cultivate, supply and manufacture industrial hemp in Tasmania. Additionally it has a grower licence...
Australia's THC Global (ASX:THC) has acquired an Australian clinic network with more than 1,100 active medical cannabis patients. Tetra Health provides support to patients and medical practitioners. In terms of the latter, the network has more than 600 referring physicians across the country and 30 that can prescribe medicinal cannabis....
Australia's Little Green Pharma Ltd (ASX:LGP) announced on Monday it had been granted a new Manufacture Permit for its manufacturing facility by the Office of Drug Control (ODC). The permit enables in-house extraction once LGP's next crop is harvested and the company says this will result in reduced manufacturing costs...