Cannabis Hemp News

As the campaign for medical marijuana builds in Australia, a US study suggests the controversial treatment could have an effect on the number of fatal overdoses caused by prescription pain medication. View the full article

Actress-turned-TV-host Whoopi Goldberg has penned an open letter advocating for the expansion of medical marijuana laws in New York. View the full article

NT Health Minister Robyn Lambley says she supports legalising marijuana used for medical reasons and indicates the Country Liberals will consider the issue. View the full article

A Chinese satellite has spotted the country's biggest ever marijuana plantation as well as dozens of illegal cross-border paths, state media reported on Monday. "In Jilin and Inner Mongolia, a marijuana field that is the largest on record since the establishment of the country was discovered," the China News Service reported, referring to the Communist Party's takeover in 1949. The nationwide ... View the full article

A Moncton-based medical marijuana company has nearly tripled in value after going public on Monday. ​OrganiGram Inc., one of only 13 companies authorized by Health Canada to grow medical marijuana, is now worth about $100 million, says CEO Denis Arsenault. View the full article

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 21st annual conference of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) will be held Sunday, September 21 – Monday, September 22, 2014, at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, DC. Business leaders and farmers in the hemp industry in North America and from abroad will meet during the two-day event to discuss strategies and plans to legalize ... View the full article

Aug. 27, 2014, 12:25 a.m. A compound found in marijuana could soon be tested on young Australians to prevent and treat psychosis after European research suggested it could treat schizophrenia with fewer side effects than other drugs. View the full article

In states where it is legal to use medical marijuana to manage chronic pain and other conditions, the annual number of deaths from prescription drug overdose is 25% lower than in states where medical marijuana remains illegal, new research suggests. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center suggest that while medical ... View the full article

Pharmaceutical cannabis is effective for treating some forms of pain, reducing nausea and helping people gain weight, but there are barriers to medical use in Australia, the federal government’s principal drug advisory group says. View the full article

Being high trumps all at an awards night - as shown by Sarah Silverman at the Emmys. View the full article

The head of Canada's police chiefs says there have been talks over the past year with a number of members of government about letting police hand out tickets to people caught with small amounts of marijuana. Last year members of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution in favour of the option. Jim Chu, says there have been ongoing discussions for the past year but the ... View the full article

QUEENSLAND MP Warren Entsch has joined the push to legalise medical marijuana in Australia in the hopes it will bring some relief for patients with life-threatening illnesses. View the full article

Qld MP Warren Entsch is drafting a bill for parliament to establish trials of cannabis for medical reasons. View the full article

A man who claimed he was growing cannabis in his Mildura home for medicinal purposes has had his jail term reduced by 10 months. View the full article

In states where medical marijuana is legal, the rates of deaths caused by painkiller overdoses are lower than in states where medical marijuana is illegal, a new study has found. Opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, are often prescribed for people with chronic pain. In line with previous findings, the new results showed that the rates of opioid overdose deaths increased in all ... View the full article