It seems a huge majority of Americans don't want to see states becoming another brick in President's Trump's wall - not the Mexican one, but that which potentially relates to cannabis.As we recently mentioned, USA Attorney General Jeff Sessions seems keen on being able to prosecute some cannabis cases,...
Yesterday marked the launch of what has been called Australia's first medical cannabis industry peak body.Medical Cannabis Council Inc; which was registered with ASIC last month, aims to unite the supply chain and create a unified voice for Australia's nascent cannabis sector.The nation already has 12 companies listed on...
Pennsylvania's first medical marijuana permits have been issued to 12 companies by the state's Department of Health in what was a hotly contested application process.The state's Office of Medical Marijuana received 177 applications for growers/processors. The successful companies are:Prime Wellness of Pennsylvania, LLC
Franklin Labs, LLC
Pennsylvania Medical...
Australia's Medlab Clinical Limited has announced it has received the green light to commence human trials of two of its cannabis based medicines.Developed at the company's facility in Sydney, the two medicines are NanaBis and NanaBidial.NanaBis is combines two cannabinoids, cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). NanaBis will be...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced a bill on the weekend that would treat industrial hemp more like other agricultural crops grown and processed in the state.The Act would amend agriculture and markets law in New York concerning inspection and sale of industrial hemp seeds, help support the industry...
The bipartisan CARERS Act was reintroduced in the USA last week; seeking to end the federal prohibition of medical cannabis.While dozens of U.S. states have medical marijuana laws (30 currently), at a federal level cannabis is still considered illegal, with the conflict causing a multitude of headaches for states,...
A medical cannabis farm in California is taking security very seriously, recently enlisting the services of an Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) to patrol its facility.Inverse reports Canndescent is using a Sharp Intellos vehicle for perimeter security and routine patrols - and at least four other farms have also...
Thanks to the continued efforts of the Australian Greens, seriously and terminally ill patients will now find accessing medical cannabis products they have been prescribed a quicker process.In May, it looked as though the Government was going to be successful in maintaining its removal of unregistered cannabis products from...
It's been revealed US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has written to a number of lawmakers, seeking to end protection of legal state medical cannabis programs.In early May, SEC. 537 of the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill was signed into law by President Trump. It extended legislation preventing the...
Much has been happening with regard to cannabis regulation in the U.S. state of Colorado in the last few weeks - here's a summary of some of what's been going on.In late May, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 117 into law, which confirms industrial hemp as a...
