It's looking increasingly likely farmers in the U.S. state of Ohio will be able to plant hemp this year. On July 30 last year Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 57 into law, allowing for the state's Department of Agriculture to immediately plant a research crop and helping to...

Submissions for an Australian Senate inquiry into current patient access barriers to medicinal cannabis close today. Announced in November 2019, the wide-ranging inquiry is delving into issues including the appropriateness of the current regulatory regime, delays in accessing products and will also examine international best practice models for patient access. At...

Chair of the USA's House Agriculture Committee Collin Peterson has sponsored a bipartisan bill that would enable the FDA to allow marketing of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) dietary supplements. At present it’s illegal to market CBD by labeling it as a dietary supplement according to the FDA's interpretation of federal law....

GW Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:GWPH) has posted better than expected results on the back of its cannabidiol-based medication Epidiolex. The company expects its total net product sales to be approximately $108 million for Q4 last year and approximately $309 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.  Epidiolex made up approximately $104...

The distribution partner of Australia's ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS) has inked a deal with Woolworths that will see a couple of ECS soups containing hemp stocked on Woolies' shelves. The two soups are ECS's Mexican Spiced Bean Soup with Hemp and Indian Masala Lentil Soup with Hemp, which will be stocked...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has been a holdout in the USA's hemp revolution. Her stance appears to be softening. Last year Governor Noem  vetoed House Bill 1191, which would have allowed industrial hemp to be grown and processed in the state. Then in August, she submitted hundreds of questions concerning...

Australian medical cannabis firm Little Green Pharma's IPO officially opened this week, and quickly reached its goal of raising $10 million. Established in 2016, Perth, Western Australia based Little Green Pharma has been a quiet achiever we've mentioned a few times here on Hemp Gazette. It was the first company...

Showing just how much we are yet to learn about cannabis, another two cannabinoids have been identified. A cannabinoid is a chemical compound that acts on cannabinoid receptors in the body. Endocannabinoids are produced in the body of animals, including humans, and assist with various functions. Cannabinoids produced by plants...

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s 2020 hemp program began accepting applications from commercial growers and processors last week. Last year, 324  farmers in the state planted just over 4,000 acres and the Department is hoping for an even busier season in 2020. In 2019, caps on the number of hemp permits...

Australian animal therapeutics company CannPal (ASX:CP1)  has been granted an exclusive global licence to use technology developed by Australia's national science research agency for its hemp formulations. MicroMAX microencapsulation technology platform patented by CSIRO is designed to encapsulate microscopic droplets of oil in a food grade material, which protects bioactive...