Australia's Neurotech International Limited (ASX: NTI) has announced what it says are successful outcomes of its medical cannabis formulation on key behavioural issues impacting kids with autism. NTI's clinical study utilised NTI164 in the treatment for paediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The NTI164 strain contains a high level of cannabidiolic...

Australia's Cannatrek says it will be able to accelerate construction of its medical cannabis facility near Shepparton in Victoria after securing debt funding. Cannatrek secured planning permission for the facility in 2019 and the following year the project was awarded Major Project Status from the Federal Government. Construction was...

A petition signature goal to get medical marijuana on the November ballot in Nebraska has been reached, but another challenge has re-emerged. It's a been a long and bumpy road to this point - here's the situation to date. Currently, Nebraska doesn't have a medical marijuana program. That could have changed...

The UK's Food Standards Agency last week published its final list of CBD products that can be marketed in England and Wales. The FSA’s task is to safeguard public health and protect the interests of consumers in relation to food. And cannabidiol (CBD) has been increasingly appearing in foods and...

Australia's ECS Botanics Holdings Ltd (ASX: ECS) announced on Monday it had successfully shipped its first consignment of dried medical cannabis flower to New Zealand's largest cannabis distributor. The first shipment to Nubu of ECS Botanics strains follows a four-year supply agreement inked with the firm back in August last...

Under a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, researchers at Texas A&M University are working to 3D print buildings using hempcrete. Hempcrete has been used for thousands of years for construction purposes - and not a lot has changed in the mix during that time. The versatile building...

A bill signed into law at pretty much the last possible moment has ensured North Carolina's hemp industry can continue. Hemp has been recognised as a legal agricultural crop at a federal level in the USA since the signing of the 2018 Farm Bill. But in North Carolina it continued...

New Zealand's Greenfern Industries (GFI) says it has inked a two-year agreement involving purchase of the company's Taranaki-grown medicinal cannabis. The buyer and the destination aren't named, but Managing director Dan Casey the deal could be worth in excess of NZD $1.6 million over the life of the contract depending...

A comprehensive review of the UK legal cannabinoid industry includes some interesting insights gained from an accompanying survey. In February this year, the Centre of Medicinal Cannabis and the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry commissioned Oxford University’s Professor Christopher Hodges to oversee a comprehensive review of the nation's cannabinoid industry. The...

A University of South Australia study of Medlab Clinical's Nanabis formulation and delivery system has returned favourable bioavailability results. NanaBis contains 1:1 ratios of CBD and THC in a sub-micron spray applied to the inside of the cheek using Medlab's NanoCelle system. Medlab says the tiny size of the particles...