Ohio is a step closer towards a new hemp industry after Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 57 into law, opening the way for the state's farmers to start growing the crop next year.Senate Bill 57 decriminalizes hemp, makes it a legal crop for Ohio farmers to cultivate/process and...
Early this month, Australia's Office of Drug Control updated guidelines for importing hemp products - what requires special permission and what doesn't.Changes to Australia's Food Standard in late 2017 saw certain hemp seed products being permitted for human consumption - and this triggered a spike in interest in hemp...
Australia's Cann Group (ASX:CAN) says it now holds all medical cannabis cultivation, production and manufacturing licences necessary under the country's Narcotics Drugs ActLast week the company announced the Federal Department of Health’s Office of Drug Control (ODC) had approved manufacturing licences for Cann Group's existing Northern and Southern medicinal...
The first seeds of Southern University's future medical cannabis crop have been planted, while Louisiana State University's product is approaching prime time.Louisiana State University and Southern University are the only institutions in the state permitted to grow medical cannabis. Both have teamed up with commercial partners in their cannabis...
The UK’s only organic hemp farming co-operative, Hempen, began destroying its hemp crop in Oxfordshire earlier this week as a result of having its licence cancelled.Hempen Co-operative was founded as a not-for-profit organisation in 2015. It produces hemp seed oil, hemp tea, moisturising oils and CBD products from its...
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking has heard the challenges the nation's cannabis industry has faced in accessing mainstream financial services.Under the Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is currently considered a Schedule 1 drug. Dealing with proceeds is subject to federal anti-money laundering laws; even in states where marijuana is...
A newly introduced bipartisan bill seeks to enable marijuana businesses in the USA to gain - and retain - insurance coverage.While legal marijuana (medical and recreational) has gained a good foothold in the USA, the industry still contends with a number of issues concerning services most businesses take for...
Yesterday marked the beginning of National Pain Week in Australia and the results of the National Pain Survey 2019 released, in which cannabis was in the spotlight.Close to 1,300 pain sufferers from across the country took part in the survey run by Chronic Pain Australia - and it seems...
A recent survey by the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Medical Cannabis indicates more than three-quarters of patients using medical cannabis for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have experienced significant benefits.The survey of 751 PTSD patients found 76% of those who responded indicated a benefit rating of 6 or...
Beginning in September, an MBA program will be available at Pennsylvania's University of the Sciences with a focus on the cannabis industry.The University says the course is the first of its kind in the U.S. to offer education in the business of cannabis, hemp, and dispensary operations. The coursework...
