A new study examining those using cannabis as a substitute for opioid-based pain medication indicates medical cannabis comes out on top; providing relief with fewer unwanted side effects.A HelloMD survey was carried out in in collaboration with University of California Berkeley of 2897 medical cannabis patients, all of whom...
It looks like a high-tech medical cannabis inhaler system we wrote about earlier this year will be heading to Australian shores.A joint venture between Canada's Resolve Digital Health Inc. and Australia's LeafCann Group will enable LeafCann to introduce the Breeze Inhaler system to the Australian market. The two companies...
A recent survey indicates overwhelming support for a medical cannabis ballot measure in the conservative U.S. state of Utah.The survey of 402 Utahns carried out by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3) indicates 73 percent of Utahns are in favour of a proposed statewide ballot measure that would...
South Australia's Police Minister has said some South Australians using cannabis medicines won't be able to get behind the wheel without risking their driver's licence.Just to be clear, Police Minister Peter Malinauskas's comments appear to be in relation to THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), a psychoactive compound in cannabis; rather than...
The Feds' reach into the U.S. state of Montana has left an industrial hemp farmer without water to quench the thirst of her crop.Great Falls Tribune reports the farmer, operating legally under Montana's Industrial Hemp Pilot Program, has been denied access to irrigation water as that water is controlled...
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...
