U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing the DEA to develop testing that can quickly distinguish between marijuana and hemp. One of the challenges for U.S. law enforcement regarding hemp, which is now legal in the majority of states, is that it can look the same as marijuana when...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted in favour of the SAFE Banking Act last week, a decision welcomed by the country's cannabusiness sector and supporters. Under the USA's Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is classified a Schedule 1 drug and dealing with proceeds is illegal at a Federal level, regardless of any...

The cat has been set among the pigeons with the announcement the ACT has legalised small amounts of cannabis for personal use - a development that will no doubt be welcomed by both recreational and medicinal cannabis users. Passed by the ACT Legislative Assembly on Wednesday afternoon, the new laws...

The Arthritis Foundation says it recently consulted leading arthritis and CBD experts to find out what arthritis sufferers should know about cannabidiol in order to create a guide, which has just been released. According to the Foundation, more than 50 million Americans have arthritis, so it affects a significant chunk...

GW Pharmaceuticals has announced it has received marketing authorisation for Epidyolex (not a typo) for treating certain conditions in all 28 EU countries as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Epidyolex is probably better known (for now) as Epidiolex - the name it is marketed under in the USA and...

Last week Shopify Inc. announced it would allow U.S.-based retailers to sell select hemp or hemp-derived CBD products via its commerce platform. “Shopify has unmatched expertise in emerging industries, along with the resources merchants need to be successful in the fast-growing market of hemp-derived CBD products in the U.S.,” said...

Nine new research grants from the USA's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) will fund investigations into the potential pain-relieving properties of cannabis phytochemicals - and how they work. The various studies will look at major cannabinoids such as cannabidiol and also minor cannabinoids, plus terpenes. “THC may help...

The popularity of cannabidiol - and the prices people are willing to pay for it - is attracting shoddy and shonky operators putting people's health and lives at risk. A recent Associated Press (AP) investigation revealed 10 out of 30 vaping products it commissioned testing on that were marketed as...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing the FDA to issue formal “enforcement discretion” on the sale of hemp CBD products. Currently it is the FDA's official view that it is illegal for CBD to be sold in interstate commerce as a food additive or dietary supplement. However, there...

Imperial College London and medical cannabis company EMMAC are teaming up to evaluate cannabinoids in relation to what's called the "entourage effect". What Is The Entourage Effect? The term entourage effect was coined by Israeli researchers back in 1998 to describe a concept of medical cannabis treatment efficacy not being confined...