An amendment removing hemp from Schedule I from the 2018 Schedules of Controlled Substances in Texas came into effect last week. The amendment was published in the March 15, 2019 issue of the Texas Register and became effective on April 5. Under the section "Tetrahydrocannabinols", Schedule I now states: ...

Asterion Australia Pty Ltd's Toowoomba medicinal cannabis venture has been awarded Major Project Status by the Australian Federal Government. The Toowoomba project, which we first mentioned in February, will be located on a 75-hectare site adjacent to Wellcamp Airport - around 23 kilometres from the heart of Toowoomba in Queensland....

In the Australian state of Queensland, eligible patients will have faster access to medicinal cannabis under new laws - but access still won't be fast or easy. Passed in State Parliament on Wednesday night, the Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Act 2016 has been repealed in favour of new legislation...

Australia's Wide Open Agriculture (ASX:WOA) has planted its first industrial hemp crop. The company says it's the first hemp to be grown using a shadehouse and highly controlled environment in Western Australia. “Normally, open field industrial hemp production would plant in September and October, but this program will provide new...

New Jersey's Department of Health's Division of Medical Marijuana has released its biennial report and recommendations for the state's program. The state's program has seen major changes over the last couple of years, driven by Governor Phil Murphy who greatly expanded it. But with growth has come growing pains. NJ Health has...

Even more South Carolina farmers will be able to participate in the state's industrial hemp pilot program this year. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed a bill into law in 2017 legalising the cultivation of industrial hemp for research purposes in the state, per the provisions provided in the USA's 2014...

Hemp holdout state Ohio is edging closer towards legalising the crop and making hemp-derived cannabidiol more accessible. While hemp was legalised federally in the 2018 Farm Bill, states were still given the choice of going their own way. Ohio is one of only nine U.S states left to enact hemp legislation allowing...

It appears a trial of cannabis-based medicine to be used with Tourette Syndrome patients in Australia has made a start. Tourette Syndrome, which develops in childhood, is characterised by rapid, repetitive and involuntary muscle movements and/or vocalisations that may include words/phrases that are inappropriate. It affects as many as 1 in 200 people,...

A medical cannabis bill introduced in Alabama would see more patients in the state being able to benefit. HB 243 would create the CARE Act and extend Carly's Law, which expires on July 1 this year, to January 1, 2021. Carly's Law enables research on cannabidiol (CBD) and provides...

A bill that would enable industrial hemp and hemp products to be more widely produced in the U.S. state of Florida has just cleared another hurdle - but still has a long way to go. Industrial hemp can already be grown in the state (research was legalized in Florida in 2017), but...