Statistics Canada has released data from its latest National Cannabis Survey (NCS) that reveals use of the plant is certainly popular in the country. Canada's Cannabis Act became law in October last year and Statistics Canada has been monitoring consumption before and after the legislative change on a quarterly basis. The...

A U.S. FDA official has spoken positively about the potential for cannabidiol, but says more research is required. At the National Industrial Hemp Council 2019 Hemp Business Summit held last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy - Office of Policy, Lowell Schiller, JD, delivered...

A recent poll indicates 14% of Americans use cannabidiol (CBD) based products. While mentioning cannabidiol in Australia can often produce blank stares (likely due to its very restricted availability), in the USA it appears awareness - and use - of the cannabinoid is comparatively quite high. The results of a Gallup...

Harvesting of hemp crops has already begun in southern Nevada - the fourth year of harvest in the state. The state's hemp sector has come a long way since it began as a research and development program under the 2014 Farm Bill, Nevada Senate Bill 305 and Senate Bill 396....

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed off on legislation last week to expand the opportunities for industrial hemp in the state. It's been a really odd state of affairs in New Jersey with medical cannabis cultivation legal, but a very limited industrial hemp program so far - but New Jersey...

High-profile Australian MP Barnaby Joyce let fly at a screening of a medical cannabis documentary last week, shocking well-respected medical cannabis campaigner Lucy Haslam. Lucy Haslam is one of Australia's best-known medical cannabis advocates. A former nurse, Ms. Haslam began her activism after son Dan was diagnosed with bowel cancer...

Farmers in the Northern Territory could be growing hemp as early as next year after the passing of the Gunner Labor Government's Hemp Industry Bill last week. The Bill, which was introduced in May, legalises growing and processing industrial hemp for food, fibre and seed production purposes in the Territory...

The U.S Department of Navy has reiterated directions that sailors and marines are not permitted to use hemp-derived cannabinoid formulations - and to do so could have serious consequences. Section 12619 of Farm Bill 2018 removed hemp-derived products from Schedule I status under the Controlled Substances Act, but some say...

New York's Cornell University will soon be an important hub for genetic analysis and research related to industrial hemp. A seed bank is a facility where seeds of a plant species are put into long-term storage for the purposes of preserving genetic diversity and strains that have particular attributes; such...

Iowa's Medical Cannabidiol Advisory Board has reportedly approved chronic pain as an additional qualifying condition for the state's medical cannabidiol program. Well, sort of additional. As the program's name suggests, Iowa's focuses on medicines containing cannabidiol (CBD), with THC levels restricted to no more than 3%. Medicines can be administered...