Cannabis Hemp News

Kindred farmer Richard Sampson has been cultivating industrial hemp on his farm for three seasons. View the full article

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Advocates for medical marijuana in Illinois are concerned that delays in issuing distribution licenses, exacerbated by a change in governors, is keeping the drug from patients who need it. Former Democratic Governor Pat Quinn, who supported medical marijuana, left office in January without issuing licenses for growth and distribution, leaving it to his ... View the full article

A ute with a loud exhaust put police on the path to seizing almost 30kg of cannabis at Hay on Saturday. View the full article

Jan. 29, 2015, 8:38 p.m. FARMERS will have easier access to producing industrial hemp after the state government announced new deregulation measures to aid in growing the industry in the state. View the full article

Just saw Jan Copland on ABC news talking about medicinal cannabis. 1 in 6 chronic pain sufferers are using it and she is saying it adds another layer of problems to their lives. Saying that it is addictive and that it doesn't work and the people who are using it are generaly younger, with mental health issues and have had "problems" with canna use in the past. Saying that people are reading reports on twitter and elsewhere on the interwebs about the results of canna, going and trying it and just being hooked on a drug with no benefit. How does she sleep at night? Try looking at any clinical trials from around the world, especially Isreal who are really way out infront…

Colorado's marijuana experiment was designed to raise revenue for the state and its schools, but a state law may put some of the tax money directly into residents' pockets, causing quite a headache for ... View the full article

American Indian tribes wrestling with whether to legalize marijuana have scheduled a national conference on the topic next month in Washington state. Organizer Robert Odawi Porter, a tribal law expert ... View the full article

Up to one in six Australian chronic pain sufferers is technically breaking the law, a landmark national study has found. View the full article

Two New Brunswick doctors are speaking about the challenges of prescribing medical marijuana. The medicine has shown promise for helping people suffering from conditions including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's, but because marijuana has been illegal for so long, there are few formal studies that doctors can rely on. Both Dr. Colleen O'Connell and Dr. Doug Smith specialize in physical ... View the full article

OAKLAND, Calif. -- ArcView Market Research released the executive summary to the 3rd edition of the State of Legal Marijuana Markets report finding that the U.S. market for legal cannabis grew 74% in 2014 ... View the full article

The Florida legislature last year passed a law allowing doctors to administer low-THC cannabis to patients with certain medical conditions. The Sarettis are still in limbo, however, because a judge recently invalidated a system for choosing marijuana growers, so no one in the state is currently authorized to cultivate the stuff, ABC News reported. There's some very early, and largely anecdotal ... View the full article

Although a number of states have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational reasons in recent years, a leading group of U.S. pediatricians says it opposes such legalization, over concerns that these laws could be harmful to children. However, the group says that in some cases, some of the chemical compounds contained in marijuana could be used to treat children with debilitating diseases ... View the full article

Jan. 27, 2015, 12:15 a.m. Australians suffering from chronic pain may get more relief from their symptoms using cannabis than they do from some conventional medications, researchers have found. View the full article

Researchers identified more than seven million tweets referring to marijuana, with "pro-pot" messages outnumbering those opposed to the drug by 15 to one. View the full article

Medical cannabis company Tilray is looking to create 275 more jobs in Nanaimo, B.C. and will host an information session through GT Hiring Solutions next Friday for anyone interested in the opportunities. "They are going to be looking for a wide range of jobs from customer service, janitorial, security as well as — to be expected —the horticultural and cultivating jobs," said Barbara Davidson ... View the full article