Australian company Zelda Therapeutics Ltd (ASX: ZLD) has announced it has completed patient recruitment for its insomnia trial.Zelda received approval to conduct a clinical trial of its cannabis medicines with chronic insomnia patients in Australia in December last year.With recruitment now completed, the next phase will see  patients undergoing...

Washington State University scientists have delved into how stress, anxiety and depression are affected by smoking cannabis, using a unique approach.Instead of being carried out in a laboratory environment, participants consumed cannabis in their own homes and self-reported the effects of different strains and varying concentrations of  tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)...

A study published early last month indicates more than two-thirds of  physicians in New York City and surrounding areas feel medical marijuana (MMJ) should be an option available to patients.71% of a total of 164 respondents held this view, even though most were not registered to certify patients for...

The first significant industrial hemp crops in South Australia will be grown in spring through to early summer this year following the State Government’s approval of the first cultivation licences.Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Tim Whetstone has big hopes for the crop, stating it could have a...

Alaska's Governor Bill Walker signed industrial hemp legislation into law last week - with a hemp pen.As of last Friday, the plant with myriad uses was considered an agricultural crop in the state as the Act took effect immediately.As we recently mentioned in the leadup to this historic event,...

At last Friday's COAG Health Council meeting, all Australian states and territories supported faster access to unregistered medical cannabis products.Ministers agreed to the development of a single national online application pathway that covers both the Commonwealth and state and territory application and approval for such products, avoiding duplication...

A bill for the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 has been introduced and, if passed, would get the U.S. federal government well out of the way of the nation's hemp farming sector.$600 million of industrial hemp products are sold in the USA each year - but much of the...

Australian company MGC Pharmaceuticals (ASX: MXC) has been given the green light and a chunk of land to grow medicinal cannabis in Malta.Malta Enterprise Corporation (the nation’s economic development agency) has awarded MGC with 4,000m2 of land to construct a fully licensed medical cannabis production and cultivation facility. Under...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting feedback on availability for medical use of cannabis and derivatives of the plant, which are to be passed on to the World Health Organisation (WHO).The substances in question are cannabis plant and resin; extracts and tinctures of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),...

An industrial hemp bill in the U.S. state of Maryland has survived its third reading, raising hopes that 2018 might be the year industrial hemp finally gets a better look-in in the state.Senate Bill 1201 passed the House 135-0 after earlier being passed by the Senate 47-0.Championed by Senator...