The inaugural Hemp, Health & Innovation Expo will be held on May 14th and 15th 2016 at Rose Hill Gardens in Sydney.The expo will feature clothing, bedding, beauty and health products made with industrial hemp; also medicinal hemp products, building materials such as hempcrete, hydroponic equipment and supplies.The event...
New South Wales Greens MP John Kaye, an advocate of medicinal cannabis, passed away on Monday night after battling cancer.According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr. Kaye was on the brink of tabling a private member's bill to the NSW Parliament to legalise cannabis for medicinal use as a...
60 applied, but only 8 licenses were available in Hawaii's Medical Marijuana Dispensary program - and those who made the cut on Friday still have a way to go.Hawaii's Department of Health will now begin working with the selected licensees on what will be a very intensives process.“There are...
Prescription opioid abuse in the USA has become an epidemic - but the prevalence of abuse appears to be much lower in states where medical marijuana is legal.According to a report published by Castlight Health, hundreds of millions of opioid medication prescriptions are written up each year and nearly...
Australian Stock Exchange listed MGC Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday it had inked an agreement to acquire Czech-based medical cannabis company, Panax Pharma.The acquisition is valuable to MGC as Panax holds a medical cannabis license and access to 1,000m2 of indoor growing space in the Vukoz Research Institute in Průhonice.This will...
Two recently released market studies look at the potential for industrial hemp sourced food and pharmaceutical products in the European Union.The reports are from Germany's nova-Institute, which collaborated with another German company, HempConsult. They state industrial hemp cultivation in the EU grew from just 8,000 hectares in 2011 to...
A non-profit research group in the USA has been awarded a USD $2.156 million grant to carry out the first clinical trial of whole plant marijuana for PTSD treatment.The trial, funded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), has also been given a federal blessing by...
Tasmania's government has announced a medical cannabis program that makes the initiatives of other Australian states look rather weak by comparison.By 2017, all specialist medical practitioners will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis to patients in the state.Unlike other programs being set up in Australia, which have very narrow...
The Northern Territory government has planted what's believed to be its first crop of industrial hemp.According to an ABC report, the crop was planted at Katherine Research Station, the headquarters for the Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries in the Katherine region.Located 4 km east of Katherine on the...
Marijuana use has been linked with lower short-term risks of death and shock among patients admitted for acute MI (myocardial infarction - heart attack) according to University of Colorado Denver research.It needs to make really clear from the outset that it's not being suggested that people should start using...
