Cannabis Hemp News

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois will begin issuing licenses to grow and distribute medical marijuana 18 months after a law was signed legalizing it, Governor Bruce Rauner's general counsel said in a statement on Monday. Former Democratic Governor Pat Quinn, who supported medical marijuana, left office in January without issuing licenses for growth and distribution, leaving it to ... View the full article

Feb. 2, 2015, 12:15 a.m. The NSW government's clinical trial of medicinal cannabis is inappropriate for patients suffering extreme pain, and the drug should be legally approved for patients diagnosed by doctors, a paper in a top medical journal argues. View the full article

Feb. 1, 2015, 1:54 a.m. A company that has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange hopes to capitalise on a growing worldwide demand for medicinal cannabis. View the full article

NBA legend Oscar Robertson is leading a campaign for legal marijuana in Ohio, along with NFL defensive end Frostee Rucker. View the full article

A CROP of six marijuana plants has been pulled from the ground after police searched a Toowoomba home. View the full article

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