MediPharm Labs has announced the export of its first shipment of cannabis oil products manufactured in Australia to Germany. The products - capsules containing cannabis oil - were produced at its facility in Wonthaggi, Victoria. Cannabis flower from cultivators across Australia are brought into the facility, where they are processed...

Early last week, Governor Jared Polis released the Colorado Hemp Advancement and Management Plan report. Colorado's Department of Agriculture formed a statewide partnership dubbed the Colorado Hemp Advancement and Management Plan (CHAMP) in June 2019. The many stakeholders involved put together economic advancement principles for the entire hemp supply chain...

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has published a lexicon to support the standardization of terminology used in the hemp industry. As new industries develop, so does associated language and jargon. Sometimes words and terms used have different meaning when applied in other sectors, which can lead to confusion and...

Researchers believe they may have identified the chemical primarily responsible for complaints regarding the smell of some marijuana and hemp cultivation operations. We recently mentioned complaints in connection with the smell of hemp farms - some of them anyway - are far from being uncommon. But it turns out what...

An Australian medical cannabis company has launched its hemp based CBD teas - but you won't be able to buy them in Australia. Just over a year ago we mentioned Australia’s Creso Pharma Limited (ASX:CPH) announced its hemp teas should be available in international markets in the third quarter of...

Legislation reintroduced to the U.S. Senate this week seeks to increase the maximum allowable level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in hemp. While the 2018 Farm Bill legalised hemp in the USA at a federal level, it imposed a maximum level of 0.3% THC. In addition to greatly increasing the risk of...

A survey by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy indicates many in Texas using medical cannabis sourced illicitly are experiencing benefits. Texas has a medical cannabis program - of sorts. It's among the most restrictive in the USA and currently there are only a few thousand Texans registered. The...

Australia's Cann Group (ASX:CAN) has entered into an agreement aiming to accelerate registration of a Schedule 3, over-the-counter cannabidiol (CBD) medicine in Australia. While it has been legal to buy certain low-dose CBD medicines without a prescription in Australia as Schedule 3 (Pharmacist Only) since February this year, these products...

The French Government's medical cannabis trial saw its first patient prescribed a medicine at the Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital last Friday. Launched by France's Minister for Solidarity and Health Olivier Véran, the trial aims to collect the first French data on the efficacy and safety of cannabis for therapeutic purposes, as...

Western Australia's Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development says crops associated with its latest round of industrial hemp trials are in the ground. The trials, now in their second year, will examine the potential for growing hemp in the state for grain production. This year, the research has been...