With adult use cannabis sales now happening in New Mexico, is anyone bothering to buy medical cannabis - and can they even access it?Last Friday saw the first day of adult-use sales in the state, and business was brisk. The Governor's office claims the first day of sales was...
The issue of medical cannabis use while driving in Australia is back in the spotlight again after an incident in New South Wales.NSW Traffic and Highway Control Command reported Campbelltown Highway Patrol officers recently arrested a 21 year-old female in Oran Park after a positive drug test to medically...
Montana headquartered IND Hemp has announced a supply partnership with an Idaho-based hemp insulation manufacturer.The partnership between IND HEMP and Hempitecture involves a coordinated supply chain arrangement to produce and manufacture natural hemp fibers for the latter's hempwool insulation.Hempitecture HempWool is made up of approximately 92% hemp fiber...
As the push for allowing hemp to be used for animal feed in the USA continues, a minor cannabinoid has shown promise in easing stress in cattle.Assistant professor of beef production medicine at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine Michael Kleinhenz is looking to better understand how industrial...
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New Mexico Health Authorities Reassure Medical Cannabis Patients
Recreational cannabis sales start in New Mexico in just a couple of days. How will that impact medical cannabis patients?Where some other states have gone with adult-use cannabis, New Mexico is following. But one of the problems experienced elsewhere after legal recreational marijuana hits retail stores is supply of...
GW Pharmaceuticals' parent has announced construction of a new major cannabinoid manufacturing facility at the UK's Kent Science Park has commenced.GW Pharma is the manufacturer of Epidiolex, which was the first CBD (cannabidiol) medicine approved by the USA’s Food and Drug Administration. Marketed under the name Epidyolex in the...
More work at a government level is needed to enhance innovation and grow Australia's hemp industry says a Greens MP.After decades of prohibition, Australia was the last country in the world to overturn a ban on hemp foods in 2017. But hemp grown for use in food and other...
Missouri's Department of Agriculture last week announced recipients of grant funding to support expansion of industrial hemp fiber processing capacity in the state.Four local businesses were awarded funding from a pot of $700,000 earmarked by the Missouri General Assembly to help build the state's industrial hemp fiber processing infrastructure."Increased...
Two U.S. Representatives have introduced a bipartisan resolution urging the United Nations to remove cannabis from Schedule 1 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961.Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) are also urging the UN to treat cannabis as an agricultural commodity. In the USA,...
NZ's Greenfern Industries say it is the first New Zealand medicinal cannabis company to be awarded B Corp certification.So, what is a "B Corp"?It's a designation indicating a company is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency in various aspects; balancing profit with purpose. By achieving a...
