In collaboration with the University of Sydney, Australia's MGC Pharmaceuticals has published a new white paper on medical cannabis.The paper, Medical Cannabis: Epilepsy, Cancer and Multiple Sclerosis, examines currently existing evidence supporting the use of medical cannabis in treating those diseases.The researchers found strong clinical evidence supporting its use...
The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act has been expanded to incorporate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a qualifying condition.Governor Chris Christie signed Assembly Bill No. 457 into law last week.PTSD has becoming a growing problem in the USA, particularly since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and...
Among its myriad uses, industrial hemp can be utilised to soak up oil spills - and not just small accidents you have in the kitchen.The issue of the potential damage of oil spills hit the headlines in Australia recently after BP published a report on the worst-case effects of...
Hemp Awareness Week starts in New Zealand tomorrow, an event focused on raising the public's awareness of the potential of this wonder crop." Hemp could go a long way toward solving some of New Zealand’s environmental problems, such as: soil degradation, weed control, pollution from unsound industrial and agricultural...
A new study has found fewer drivers killed in car crashes tested positive for opioids in U.S states with medical marijuana laws.Conducted at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the study reviewed 1999-2013 Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from 18 U.S. states that tested at least 80% of...
The Texas Hemp Industries Association (TXHIA) has responded to recent pharmacy raids in Austin; saying the hemp products seized were lawful for sale.In what may have been a case of mistaken identity, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) raided four branches of People's Pharmacy and confiscated a number...
Michigan's medicinal cannabis industry will be further regulated rafter the Michigan House green-lighted several related bills that have taken 11 months to pass.House Bill No. 4209 contains a swathe of changes; including laws on licensing and regulating marijuana growers, taxes and protections from prosecution for related offenses by persons...
The UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform has published a report following its inquiry into medicinal cannabis - and the news is good. The report is the result of a 7 month investigation, which also involved an independent review of global evidence surrounding the use of medical marijuana.Research...
This weekend will see medicinal marijuana supporters gather outside police stations across the land of the long white cloud to support legalising of cannabis for medical purposes.One of the coordinators of the "Stop The Arrests" rallies is Rose Renton; who lost her son last year after he lost a...
Among the homes on display during Australia's Sustainable House Day event was an old cottage in Victoria being retrofitted with hemp building materials.Bunjil Farm is a rural retreat set in the foothills of the Macedon Ranges, which is around an hour's drive from the city of Melbourne and not...
