Shares in medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience are expected to commence trading on New Zealand Stock Exchange in a week from now. The latest contender seeking a slice of the medical cannabis profits pie is working towards EU GMP-Certification to develop extracts as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), along with other...

Colorado's Governor and Commissioner of Agriculture have again weighed in on the USDA's Interim Final Rule related to establishing the nation's Domestic Hemp Production Program. The Interim Final Rule has been a controversial document. There was an initial sixty day public comment period between October 31, 2019 and December 30,...

Australian cannabis company, Creso Pharma (ASX: CPH)  has had some issues over the past year following the failed A$122M acquisition by TSX listed cannabis company PhamaCielo. However, there may some light at the end of the tunnel as CPH is largely debt free, has substantially reduced operating costs, and...

Problematic cannabis cultivation on Navajo Nation lands has led to a new resolution to clarify the Nation's stance. The Navajo Nation is an American Indian territory covering more than 17.5 million acres of north-eastern Arizona, south-eastern Utah and north-western New Mexico. The Navajo Nation doesn't allow for hemp or marijuana to...

Issuing of the first commercial licence for growing industrial hemp in Australia's Northern Territory was announced on Friday - and it's been a long time coming. The successful licensee is Michael Jakobi: “I applied for a commercial hemp licence because I wanted an alternative to growing hay and because I thought...

A new study has found cannabis use is becoming more common among older adults in the USA - and it's being used mostly for medical purposes. University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers surveyed 568 patients 65 years and older and found 15% had used cannabis in the past...

Australian medicinal cannabinoid company Incannex Healthcare Limited (ASX: IHL) has reported a record quarter for both patient acquisition and sales. The company says cash receipts for the September 2020 quarter were $695K, and it was the first quarter where cannabinoid products were the sole contributor to its revenues. Its products made...

An extension of the USA's hemp pilot program through September of 2021 was welcomed by many industry participants. After passage of the 2018 Farm Bill that saw hemp no longer a Controlled Substance, states had a deadline of October 31, 2020 to submit final plans to the USDA for approval...

Four would-be marijuana thieves in the USA proved not to be the sharpest tools in the shed. To put it bluntly, they were about as dumb as they come. Clackamas County is situated in the U.S. state of Oregon. Agriculture, timber and manufacturing are among the principle activities in the...

A Melbourne security firm is looking to establish a medicinal cannabis cultivation operation outside of Bendigo, in central Victoria. This project has been in the pipeline for some time, with the cover letter for the application dated December 2019. At that point, applicant JLSL Risk Mitigation understandably wanted the "utmost...