The South Australian Government wants to quadruple penalties for marijuana possession, a move that could seriously impact users of medical cannabis. South Australia decriminalised possession of small amounts of marijuana decades ago. However, Attorney General Vickie Chapman says the government is seeking to bring cannabis penalties into line with other...

In another major leap forward for industrial hemp in the USA,  the country's Senate has passed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill), which includes the Hemp Farming Act of 2018. The Act, introduced in April, legalises hemp as an agricultural commodity and removes  it from the federal list...

Medical cannabis supporters in the U.S. state of Oklahoma are celebrating after voters passed State Question 788, legalising the broad licensed use, sale, and cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. 56 percent of voters supported State Question 788, while 43 percent opposed it. As a result, medical cannabis will be made...

Melbourne Airport in Victoria, Australia, looks set to be the site of a major medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility. Yesterday, Cann Group Limited (ASX: CAN) announcing the signing of a heads of agreement* with Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne) Pty Ltd (APAM) that has secured a 5 hectare site at...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a UK company's cannabis-based medicine for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. It's not only the first cannabis-derived medicine to be approved by the FDA, but also the first approval for a drug designed to treat Dravet...

Activity at Australian medical cannabis company AusCann Group Holding Ltd. (ASX:AC8) has been continuing to ramp up - and Canada again features heavily in recent developments. Yesterday, the company reported it had appointed Canadian Luke Pigeau as Master Grower. Mr. Pigeau, who has more than a decade of cultivation experience...

A recent poll of just over 2,000 UK adults has indicated strong support remains for legalising medical cannabis. Carried out by Atomik Research, the poll found seventy-six per cent believed medicinal cannabis should be legalised, with only 13% opposing the idea and 11% saying they didn’t know. Support was strongest in...

Pallets may not be an exciting topic to most of us, but they are a critical product in the freight industry - and industrial hemp could play an important role in their production. According to a Deakin University report quoting Freedonia Group research, it's estimated that there are 140 million...

The attention drawn to the case of young epilepsy sufferer Billy Caldwell has forced the UK Government's hand - it has announced a review on medical cannabis. Last week we mentioned Billy Caldwell was experiencing up to 100 seizures a day until he started being administered a specific blend of...

Canada's MediPharm Labs Inc. has announced subsidiary MediPharm Labs Australia Pty. Ltd has commenced construction of its cannabis oil extraction facility in South Gippsland, Victoria. The site is near Wonthaggi, where Medipharm has acquired a plot of industrial land. The extraction facility will initially be approximately 1,000 square metres. According to...