A Bill seeking to establish a medicinal cannabis program in the Virgin Islands was approved by a majority of senators last Friday and has been forwarded to Governor Kenneth Mapp for final review. The U.S. Virgin Islands are a group of Caribbean islands and islets and are part of U.S. territory. ...

Kansas is now home to an institution that will educate farmers and the next crop of industrial hemp workers - America's Hemp Academy. Opened late last week in a ceremony hosted by businessman Joe Bisgono and Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer,  the Academy is located in DeSoto; a city in Johnson...

With industrial hemp recognised as an agricultural crop under the 2018 Farm Bill, surely banks will now welcome the sector with open arms. Or maybe not. In late 2017, the crop was set to make a return to the U.S. state of Wisconsin after Governor Scott Walker signed...

It appears these would-be marijuana thieves weren't the sharpest tools in the shed. Not only were they busted, but the plants they were attempting to rip off were in fact industrial hemp. As industrial hemp increasingly appears in fields across the USA, so too are instances of theft; even though...

Canada's MediPharm Labs Inc. has been granted approval from Health Canada to boost its annual dried cannabis production capacity by 50%. This will enable it to move from processing up to 100,000KG of dried cannabis over three extraction lines to up to 150,000KG over five. With the company's two new extraction lines...

It appears not all cannabis is equal when it comes to treating glaucoma - the compound cannabidiol may be problematic. Glaucoma refers to a group of eye diseases where vision is impaired as a result of damage to the optic nerve due to a buildup of intraocular eye pressure (IOP)....

U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) late last week and marked the occasion in a .. errr.. Trumpish way. Still, it was good news for the hemp sector. Just prior to the event, President Trump announced his looming signature,...

Last week, NZ Yarn Ltd announced its new strategic shareholder and business partner - Hemp New Zealand Ltd. NZ Yarn Ltd manufactures wool spun yarns for the carpet industry worldwide. As for Hemp New Zealand Ltd, well, we're not sure about its activities up to this point. However, the firm has been around...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has issued another 23 cannabis dispensary permits, which will bring the number of dispensaries in the state up to at least 79. Pennsylvania's program was signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf in April 2016, and it was the 24th U.S state to legalise medical...

The New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) yesterday announced six companies that can apply for permits to open new medical marijuana dispensaries. There are just six dispensaries currently operating in New Jersey and demand is outstripping supply, particularly since the broadening of the state’s medical cannabis program under Governor Phil...