It's been a big week for campaigning on reform to driving laws in Australia concerning medical cannabis patients.As the situation currently stands, patients using legally prescribed cannabis products containing THC can lose their driver's license for testing positive to its presence in most Australian states and territories, regardless of...

A crowdfunding campaign seeking to achieve fair and equal drug-driving laws for patients using medicinal cannabis has been launched in Australia.In most Australian jurisdictions, patients using legally prescribed cannabis products containing THC can lose their driver's license for testing positive to its presence, even if their driving has not...

Among circular economy projects to recently score cash from Canada's Government of Alberta is one relating to advanced bio-composite materials made with hemp."Circular economy" is a concept whereby markets give incentives for reusing products, rather than disposing of them and then extracting new resources to create more of the...

New driving laws introduced in South Australia last week have heightened legal risks for SA patients using cannabis medicines containing THC.As of last Monday, South Australia Police (SAPOL) officers can issue an Immediate Loss of Licence notice to drivers testing positive for prescribed drugs. Previously, offending drivers were issued...

A recent poll indicates public support for legalising medical marijuana in North Carolina remains strong.Medical marijuana is legal in 37 US states, three of its territories and the District of Columbia. North Carolina isn't among them. There have been various legislative attempts to get it over the line, but...

There's a push in Pennsylvania to enable more farmers in the state to get a slice of the medical cannabis cultivation pie.Pennsylvania has been somewhat of a mover and shaker on the cannabis front, but in some aspects it's still quite restrictive - particularly on medical cannabis cultivation.There have...

To say conditions are challenging at the moment in Ukraine for just about anything would be an understatement. But the country's hemp industry is pushing ahead.Hemp has been cultivated in Ukraine for centuries. Currently, industrial hemp production is allowed only for seed and fiber, and growers must apply for...

Results from a new study have challenged beliefs held by some about the interaction of CBD and THC.It's been often claimed non-intoxicating cannabidiol (CBD) can reduce the intoxicating effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or some of the more undesirable effects.But in a study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers involving...

A new study has linked hundreds of deaths to cannabinoid consumption, but there's an awful lot of devil in the detail.Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing delved into data from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement from 2014 to 2020 looking for deaths related...

Ahead of the UK Budget scheduled for 15 March 2023, an organisation representing the nation's cannabis industry has urged Treasury to unlock the very significant economic potential of cannabis.It continues to be an odd state of affairs in the UK. Although the largest producer of medical cannabis in the...