The UK Government has issued an alert relating to medical cannabis flower products affected by mould. The UK Government's website, which provides more details on the affected products, states: "The importer and distributor of the above products (Eaststone Limited) has informed us of reports that two affected batches may be contaminated...

After a big year in 2020, interest in growing and processing hemp in Wisconsin has dropped off considerably. In Wisconsin, hemp growers and processors must register annually. In 2019, Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) received 1,491 grower and 738 processor applications. 4,513 acres were planted and 4,037...

In another signal its stance on medicinal cannabis use may further soften, the NFL and the NFL Players Association are stumping up funding for research into pain management and cannabinoids. The NFL's current drug policy includes a ban on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and some CBD products. The ban on the latter...

ASX-listed Ecofibre (ASX: EOF) has painted a rosier picture for its Ananda Professional brand. Ananda Professional produces a variety of cannabidiol (CBD) products that are available at more than 4,000 independent pharmacies across the USA. After heading towards the $1 million mark in revenue in September last year, things started looking...

Australia's Creso Pharma Limited (ASX:CPH) announced last week the expansion of a distribution agreement that will see its products available in Ecuador. In February this year, Creso Pharma inked an agreement with Pakistan-based Route2 Pharm Pvt Ltd involving distribution of Creso's hemp-derived cannaQIX and cannaDOL in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,...

Charlotte's Web Holdings is teaming up with the University of Colorado-Boulder on investigating supporting improved sleep with two cannabinoids. Many people would be familiar with the cannabinoid CBD (cannabidiol) these days, but it's just one of many cannabinoids in cannabis. Another is CBN - cannabinol, which is found only in...

Colorado has submitted a revised Hemp Management Plan to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it says aligns with the Department's Final Rule. The USDA's interim final rule on hemp was published back in late October 2019, followed by a consultation process Colorado participated in. Colorado decided not to...

Montana's  Department of Agriculture has released a document providing guidelines concerning the use of hemp and cannabidiol in commercial animal feed. In April this year, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill into law that clarified hemp seed food ingredients and hemp-derived products can be used as commercial feed in...

Cann Pharmaceutical Australia wants to develop a multi-million dollar medical cannabis cultivation and production facility in New South Wales' Tamworth Regional Council area. An application for the $7.8 million project was lodged with Council early last month and accepted (not yet approved/denied) a couple of weeks later. Cann Pharmaceutical intends establishing...

Researchers at University of Michigan Medical School surveyed 878 fibromyalgia patients who were using cannabidiol (CBD) to gauge their reasons for doing so. Fibromyalgia, which affects many millions of people around the world, is a chronic condition that includes widespread pain in the muscles and bones among its various symptoms....