A field testing kit that will enable law enforcement officers to quickly and cheaply determine if cannabis or a cannabis product is hemp or marijuana is ready for prime time.To this point it has been impossible for law enforcement officers in the USA to distinguish between hemp and marijuana...
Australia's ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS) last week signalled its intention to proceed with constructing a medical cannabis cultivation facility in Tasmania.The company says subject to a licence variation being granted by the Office of Drug control and a permit being issued, the company will grow medicinal CBD plants at the...
New Zealand medical cannabis startup Medical Kiwi launched an equity crowdfunding campaign this week - and seemed very pleased by the first day's results.--
UPDATE: December 24, 2021 - Medical Kiwi was found to be in breach of New Zealand's Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMCA) in relation to this crowdfunder....
Colombia-headquartered Clever Leaves recently saw the first of its products distributed in the Australian market through an agreement with local firm, Cannatrek.The first white-labeled, semi-finished product shipment to Cannatrek was received early this month and according to Clever Leaves, is already commercially available for purchase within our borders.As to...
South Dakota's Department of Agriculture announced last week it had submitted its hemp plan to the USDA for review and hopefully, approval.And what a road it has been for what was one the remaining hemp holdout states to get to this point.Back in March last year, a bill that...
Tasmanian Alkaloids' new medical cannabis facility at Westbury in Tasmania's central north region saw its official opening on Wednesday.TasAlk's new facility, which is already operating, is capable of processing 90 tonnes of raw material each year and covers all aspects of cultivation, extraction and bottling of medicinal cannabis. Tasmania's...
University College London researchers have found a single dose of cannabidiol boosts blood flow to an important part of the brain.The hippocampus is part of the brain's medial temporal lobe (MTL). It plays important roles in shifting information from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that...
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has urged the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to hold off on implementing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program final rule until 2022.Senator Schumer was a supporter of the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 and believed the crop should have the full backing...
The American Heart Association says marijuana should be removed from the USA's Schedule I controlled substance category - but not to encourage wider use.Not all cannabis is equal in the eyes of the law in the USA. Hemp and marijuana are both cannabis, but are treated very differently.The 2018...
Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had a busy July in relation to approving applications for medicinal cannabis products.Australia's Special Access Scheme (SAS) enables suitably authorised health practitioners to access therapeutic products not included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG). The only cannabis product currently included in the...
