The USA’s Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Justice have published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding scientific and medical research on marijuana. Cannabis research in the USA has been held back by the DEA’s stance on the issue, although it has been increasing the amount of cannabis it wants...

Australia's Impression Healthcare Limited (ASX:IHL) has acquired CBD inhalers it says will be available for purchase in Australia under the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA's) Special Access Scheme (SAS). We've mentioned Impression Healthcare on Hemp Gazette previously when the company made the jump from mouthguards to cannabis (but it still...

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws has joined calls for for continued operation of medical cannabis dispensaries throughout the USA during the coronavirus crisis. Yesterday we mentioned Americans For Safe Access's (ASA's) letter to governors and directors of state medical cannabis programs requesting immediate action to ensure...

Early this week, Americans For Safe Access sent a letter to governors and directors of state medical cannabis programs across the USA requesting immediate action be taken to ensure medical cannabis access is maintained during the COVID-19 crisis. As the situation with the coronavirus worsens, various U.S. states or cities...

Australia's ECS Botanics Holdings Ltd (ASX:ECS) has announced it has been granted a special industrial hemp licence by the Tasmanian Government. In Tasmania, industrial hemp is considered cannabis with leaves and flowering heads containing not more than 1 per cent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Tasmanian farmers already have a bit of an...

Legislation that would legalize and regulate hemp in South Dakota has again made it to the Governor's desk. Perhaps it will have better luck this time around. It was just over a year ago that another bill that would have allowed industrial hemp to be grown and processed in the...

Western Australia's hemp industry moved forward another step last week with the first processing of hemp seed grown in the state. The West Australian reports  Forest Grove hemp farmer Steve Thomas's  crop was the first to be processed by the recently commissioned machinery, which was imported by Mr. Thomas and...

The little cannabis company that could continues to do so - Australia's Little Green Pharma (ASX:LGP) has been granted a medical cannabis licence boost. The Perth, Western Australia based company announced Australia's Office of Drug Control (ODC) has granted Little Green Pharma an expansion to its current Medicinal Cannabis Licence...

The USA's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is again inviting submissions on CBD and cannabis products generally to assist it in the preparation of regulations. As we mentioned earlier this week, the FDA said it was to take new steps to provide a public and transparent way for new information...

MGC Pharmaceuticals (ASX:MXC) announced on Monday it had commenced a trial in Australia of a medicine aimed at treating the symptoms of dementia. The incidence of dementia in Australia, as elsewhere, is growing as a result of improvements in medical care allowing us to live longer. The Australian Government’s Health...