It appears a trial of cannabis-based medicine to be used with Tourette Syndrome patients in Australia has made a start.Tourette Syndrome, which develops in childhood, is characterised by rapid,
repetitive and involuntary muscle movements and/or vocalisations that may
include words/phrases that are inappropriate. It affects as many as 1 in 200
people,...
A medical cannabis bill introduced in Alabama would see more patients in the
state being able to benefit.HB 243 would create the CARE Act and extend Carly's Law, which expires on July 1 this year, to January 1, 2021. Carly's Law enables research on cannabidiol (CBD) and provides...
A bill that would enable industrial hemp and hemp products to be more widely
produced in the U.S. state of Florida has just cleared another hurdle - but
still has a long way to go.Industrial hemp can already be grown in the state (research was legalized in Florida in
2017), but...
North Dakota's Department of Agriculture has put out a call for applications for the state's 2019 industrial hemp pilot program.In the early 1900’s, industrial hemp was grown extensively in North Dakota but then ceased to due draconian laws that lumped the crop in with marijuana. Industrial hemp cultivation was...
Australian Greens leader Dr. Richard Di Natale has written to ALP leader Bill Shorten about collaborating on improving access to medical cannabis in the country.The letter, also addressed to Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare, Catherine King, states:"The current pathway through which Australian access medicinal cannabis, through the...
The battle to reintroduce industrial hemp cultivation to Idaho has gone on
for nearly twenty years. It could soon draw to a close, and victory.Idaho is one of the last hemp holdout states in the USA. As we reported in
late January, forty-one
states have removed some or many barriers to industrial...
Cann Group Limited (ASX:CAN) announced on Tuesday its intention to purchase a site located within the Mildura region in the Australian state of Victoria with view to constructing a large-scale medical cannabis cultivation and production facility.The company has entered into a Heads Of Agreement (basically an agreement
about...
An ASX-listed company's subsidiary has been granted an industrial hemp licence - but it's not in Australia.CropLogic Limited (ASX:CLI) says its Oregonian subsidiary LogicalCropping LLC has been
provided a registered industrial hemp growers licence by the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
The firm states it is one of the...
Pyxus International, Inc. announced last week the opening of its affiliate
Criticality LLC's industrial hemp extraction and purification facility,
which has been established in Wilson, North Carolina. The 55,000 square foot facility will be used to produce Criticality's line of cannabidiol oil (CBD) products, as well as develop new products in...
The most recently available data from Health Canada reveals some interesting
information on medical cannabis sales in the country.In October last year, the Canadian Government launched a national Cannabis
Tracking System with view to preventing legal cannabis winding up on the illegal market and to keep illegal cannabis out of the...
