New laws in the UK will see medicinal cannabis being able to be prescribed to patients from November 1 - so in just 16 days from now. The announcement was made by the UK Home Office last week. While the types of conditions that can be treated by medical cannabis will...

A tricky situation has perhaps become a little less so for Canadian cannabis industry workers wanting to enter the USA. Last month we mentioned growing concerns  that Canadians associated with the country's legal cannabis industry may be unable able to cross into the U.S. because of their work. It's become a...

MGC Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: MXC) has been authorised to make its CannEpil product available for supply in Australia under the Authorised Prescriber Scheme. CannEpil is a primarily cannabidiol (CBD) based medication for the treatment of people with refractory epilepsy. These types of epilepsy are also referred to as uncontrolled, intractable,...

In the U.S. territory of Guam, Governor Eddie Baza Calvo signed Bill 302-34 into law earlier this week, enabling the home cultivation of medicinal cannabis. Guam is an island in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. It's a long way away from mainland USA, with the shortest distance by air...

A study is to get under way in Ontario, Canada examining the use of cannabis in the long-term care of senior citizens. As in Australia, Canada has an ageing population. According to Statistics Canada, the proportion of seniors grew from 8% in 1960 to 14% in 2009. Seniors are expected...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) last week released fresh statistics on how the state's medical cannabis program was faring. According to IDPH, applications for 46,018 qualifying patients have been approved since the program kicked off in September 2014. It's a large number, but not so big when you...

A U.S. company has set its sights on boldly going with industrial hemp where no-one has gone before - space. Space Tango says it has created a new subsidiary focused on hemp research that will send industrial hemp plants to the International Space Station. Why? “When plants are ‘stressed,’ they pull from...

13 per cent of Australian women surveyed suffering endometriosis and using self-care strategies had turned to cannabis in the previous six months to help manage their symptoms. Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows outside it in other parts of the body. It...

California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1409 (SB 1409) into law this week, enabling the state's farmers to grow industrial hemp. SB 1409 was championed by Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita. “This is a big win for our local farmers! Industrial hemp uses less water than other crops and needs...

Times, they are a'changin' at Australian medical cannabis company AusCann (ASX:AC8) - it's been a busy past week for the company. On Monday, AusCann announced  its joint venture with Fundación Daya,  DayaCann, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understand (MoU) with Khiron Life Sciences Corp. While Canadian Venture Exchange listed (CVE:...