United In Compassion's 2019 Medical Cannabis Symposium will again help raise awareness and educate on issues surrounding the medicinal use of cannabis in Australia. United In Compassion (UIC) advocates for equitable access to safe, effective and affordable full spectrum herbal medicinal cannabis as well as dried plant material. Heading the organisation...

Many Canadians may be unable able to enter the US due to their association with medical cannabis or recreational marijuana if US feds heavily enforce an old policy. Canada has had a medical cannabis program in place since 2001 and on October 17 this year, adult use will be legalised. There's...

Medical cannabis companies and patients in Canada can breathe a little easier after the country's health agency said its program would continue post-recreational legalisation - but its ongoing permanence isn't guaranteed. Last month we reported the Canadian Medical Association has suggested the country’s medical cannabis system be phased out...

Australian company Medlab Clinical Ltd (ASX:MDC) has been granted a licence to export cannabis products by the nation's Office of Drug Control. The licence relates to Medlab's NanaBis, a whole plant extract of 1:1 CBD and THC,  and NanaBidial, a whole plant extract of CBD and THC, but primarily consisting...

With the USA's cannabis sector booming, more people are seeking a career in the industry - so what do various jobs pay? Vangst has put together some numbers in its Cannabis Industry Salary Guide 2018. Here's the averages in US dollars for various selected positions. Director of Cultivation Focuses on the production...

Singer/actress and more recently medical cannabis advocate Olivia Newton-John has utilised an Australian national TV program to again call for easy access to medicinal cannabis for all Australian patients with cancer. Ms. Newton-John has been using medical cannabis to help manage her cancer - her third bout since 1992. “My husband...

Industrial hemp finally reappearing in more fields across the U.S. State of Utah is another step closer. While Utah research and educational institutions have been able to cultivate industrial hemp for research purposes in the state for some time due to provisions under the 2014 federal Farm Bill, new rules...

146 applications were received for the operation of new medical marijuana dispensaries in the U.S state of New Jersey. Many applicants will be disappointed. Currently, there are just six dispensaries operating in New Jersey and given the broadening of the state's medical cannabis program under Governor Phil Murphy, demand for...

Medical cannabis isn't just a life and death issue for some patients, it can be for suppliers in some parts of the world too - but for entirely different reasons. Last week, Muhammad Lukman Bin Mohamad was reportedly sentenced to death by hanging by a Malaysian judge for possession of...

Zelda Therapeutics Limited (ASX:ZLD) has kicked off a partnership with a German medicinal cannabis company, providing an attractive market entry pathway for Zelda. The arrangement will see HAPA Medical granted first dibs on distributing and/or manufacturing Zelda’s medical cannabis products that have successfully completed clinical trials for the rapidly growing...