Last week the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sent more warning letters to companies over claims it alleges have been made relating to cannabidiol (CBD). This warning shot across the bows follows a round of letters sent in March this year by the FTC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While...

Australia's Little Green Pharma announced last week it had exported a sample of its commercial medical cannabis products to a company in Germany for product testing. Little Green Pharma Managing Director Fleta Solomon said this marked the first time an Australia producer of locally grown medical cannabis has seen...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wants to increase the amount of marijuana produced for research next year - and by quite a margin. The DEA is proposing a boost from 2,450 kilograms in 2019 to 3,200 kilograms in 2020. This year's level was also quite a jump on 2018, when...

The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) has told Governor Kristi Noem to "quit spreading lies" about industrial hemp and start focusing on the benefits it will bring her state. South Dakota is one of 4 remaining hemp holdout states - i.e. it hasn't enacted legislation legalising the crop. It's...

Australia's THC Global (ASX:THC) hopes to soon be cultivating cannabis in greenhouses previously used to grow cucumbers at a site near Bundaberg in Queensland. Last Friday THC Global announced it had secured 6.6 hectares of existing hydroponic greenhouses (pictured above) that, subject to licencing, will be repurposed for cannabis cultivation....

More than 510,000 acres of hemp were licensed across 34 U.S states in 2019, representing an increase of over 455% compared to 2018 according to VoteHemp. However, what is licensed compared to what is actually planted and then harvested will be very different numbers. VoteHemp estimates 230,000 acres will have been...

After two years of hemp trials in the Riverland and South East regions of South Australia, it's been concluded the crop will grow very successfully in the state. Released late last week, a report from South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) follows on from a SARDI report published last...

A new report says the total (legal) North American cannabis market could be worth US$47.3 billion by 2024. By the middle of this year, 11 US states and Washington DC had legalised recreational and medicinal cannabis, while medical cannabis-only states numbered 33. North of its border, Canada has legalised both...

NZ Yarn has announced it will soon begin installing hemp fibre processing equipment in a space at its factory in Burnside, Christchurch. The new plant incorporates a decorticator that will separate hemp stalks into fibre and hurd. Hemp fibre can be used for many applications ranging from clothing to furniture...

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health has announced some forms of cannabis will be struck from its list of Category 5 drugs under certain circumstances. In Thailand, substances considered to be narcotics are place in one of five categories. Hemp extract was/is in a Category 5 classification, which also includes "magic"...