Registered medical marijuana patients in Arkansas now know when they'll finally start seeing ID cards issued - and hopefully product won't be too far behind. As we mentioned last week, 6,764 people have been approved for medical marijuana cards in the state, but none have been issued one as yet. While the...

Results from a survey indicate patient awareness on the use of cannabis and driving leaves a lot to be desired. A University of Michigan team carried out a survey of 790 Michigan medical cannabis users - and the results are cause for concern. 51 percent of those taking cannabis to manage chronic...

Representatives Diane St. Onge and Jason Nemes want to see Kentuckians suffering chronic pain gain access to medical cannabis. "Representative Jason Nemes and myself have filed house bill 136 to address an issue that has too long been neglected in the Commonwealth of Kentucky," said Ms. St. Onge, who stated 40,000...

The Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) has added another half-dozen industrial hemp seed varieties that Colorado Seed Growers Association members can use. Last year, eight varieties of hemp were trialed across the state in five locations with varying differences in daytime/nighttime temperatures, altitude, length of growing season and types of...

There are now 6,764 people approved for medical marijuana cards in the U.S. state of Arkansas - and not one of them has been issued a card yet. Arkansas was among four states that voted yes to medical marijuana back in 2016. The road from there has been a bumpy one. For...

Proposed rules for the regulation of industrial hemp production and processing in the U.S. state of Illinois have been published and the Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is inviting feedback. Governor Bruce Rauner signed the Industrial Hemp Act into law in August, stating legalizing it "just makes...

Valley Green Grow's hopes of building a 1-million-square-foot (around 93,00 square meters) indoor cannabis growing and processing facility in Charlton, Massachusetts on the site of a farm and winery have hit a major bump in the road. Valley Green Grow (VGG) has been keen to point out the benefits of establishing such...

Cannabis advertising appeared in New York's Times Square for the first time on New Year's Eve. Conflicting opinions regarding how many people attend the event aside (estimates are anywhere from 100,000 to 2 million), it's certainly a high profile affair and one that advertisers are keen to take advantage of. Among the...

The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy has published its last weekly update on statistics for the state's patient register. From the beginning of 2019, it will only publish statistics monthly. The Board reports the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program has 4,964 recommendations in the Patient and Caregiver Registry, and of...

The latest stats from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) indicate the program is doing quite well, particularly for such a new initiative. OMMA is charged with the tasks of licensing, regulating, and administering the program as authorized by Oklahoma law. OMMA reports as at December 31, 2018: 33,099 patient applications received231...