In the Australian state of New South Wales,  a $6 million statewide advisory service aimed at supporting doctors will (hopefully) help some patients gain access to medical cannabis more rapidly. Announced by Minister for Health Brad Hazzard yesterday,  the NSW Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Service will start in January 2018 -...

The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy says it has received hundreds of applications for medical cannabis dispensaries - but less than 20% will receive the coveted permit. The Board finished accepting applications for dispensary licenses on Friday last week and said it received 370 applications - but only 60...

It's expected that the U.S. state of Maryland's medical cannabis program will be fully implemented within a "few weeks" - but medicines may be thin on the ground. It's been a long road to get to this point. The program was signed into law in 2014, then in late 2015,...

Australia's MGC Pharmaceuticals has announced a definitive supply agreement that will see its first epilepsy medicine in the hands of Australian patients. The company has inked a deal with Australian pharmaceutical distributor HL Pharma to bring MGC's cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol based CannEpil to the land down under. While MGC is an...

Headlines of stories claiming the world's first reported "cannabis overdose death" have jumped to conclusions. As with any substance, cannabis isn't without potential health issues; but the number of confirmed overdose deaths that have been attributed to marijuana are very low - in fact, zero. However, the internet was buzzing a...

Canada's Aurora Cannabis has announced it has submitted a proposal to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. Already a giant of medical cannabis, the company is looking to get even bigger. The acquisition would see it become a global leader in the cannabis...

There's been some recent developments in a project that would see the southern hemisphere's largest indoor medical cannabis cultivation and processing operation established in Australia. Originally announced in late September, the town of Casino in New South Wales could become the site of a huge medical cannabis greenhouse operation and...

The cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has proven to be effective in treating migraine-type pain in rats - adding to evidence that the compound may be beneficial in treating human patients. Researchers from Washington State University injected allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), which been shown to mimic migraine-like pain in rodents, into a group...

Among five bills related to veterans signed into law by New York governor Andrew Cuomo on the weekend was one enabling access to medical cannabis for the treatment of PTSD. Approximately 19,000 patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in New York could benefit from the use of medical marijuana; including military...

It was a big day for hemp supporters in Australia yesterday, with a ban on the sale of hemp seed foods finally officially lifted. Australia was the last country in the world to have a ban on all forms of hemp seed foods, including oil. After years of efforts in addressing...