1. Hikurangi: New Zealand Government amnesty allows illicit cannabis into legal industry An opportunity for illict cannabis growers to enter the legal medical cannabis industry is being offered by a government amnesty and agreements to protect the value for growers. Ruatoria based Hikurangi Cannabis Company has started a roadshow of hui with cannabis growers in the Tairawhiti…

1. Medical Marijuana Inc News: Iowa Medical Cannabis Board Recommends Adding Autism to List of Qualifying Conditions Iowa’s medical cannabis advisory board this month recommended adding autism as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis.  The recommendation now needs final approval from the Board of Medicine to be implemented. After hearing emotional testimony from a mother of a young…

1. cannabis tech: Getting Your Cannabis Grow Off To A Great Start There’s nothing a cannabis cultivator enjoys more than harvesting the dense, fragrant buds at the end of a successful grow. However, getting there takes a touch of finesse, as well as an understanding of basic plant biology. Getting the early parts of the…

1. Cannabis tech: Blockchain For Global Supply Chain Management Of Cannabis The benefits of blockchain technology as applied to the global supply chain are threefold: traceability, efficiency, and compliance. It’s why it makes inherent sense to apply blockchain technology to the many emerging cannabis markets around the globe. Cannabis is a highly controlled and regulated…

1. CBD Testers: Why CBD Can Treat Schizophrenia While THC Can Make You Psychotic What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is the general term given to a group of conditions in which the person loses touch with reality. It usually starts in the late teens to early twenties – before the brain is fully developed. Biochemically, there is…

1. The Canberra Times:  New Labor bill would make using and growing cannabis legal in Canberra It’s the illicit drug one in three have used in their lifetime, but could lighting up a joint soon be legal in Canberra? Labor backbencher Michael Pettersson will introduce a bill that would effectively legalise cannabis for personal use,…

1. The Lancet Blog: Bad batch: synthetic marijuana overdoses on the rise New Haven, Connecticut, faced over 100 overdoses from the drug K2 between Tuesday and Thursday, Aug 14-16, 2018, mostly in and around New Haven Green, a large park in the downtown of the city near Yale University campus. The rash of overdoses overwhelmed New Haven…

1. United in Compassion (UIC): 2019 UIC Symposium UIC is an organisation dedicated to the ethical marketing and distribution of medical cannabis. The organisation originated through the efforts of a single family (the Haslam family) seeking to find a treatment solution for one of their members, Dan Haslam, who was a cancer patient experiencing strong…

1. MedicalMarijuana Inc News: American Osteopathic Association Voices Support for Marijuana Reclassification The organization considers rescheduling marijuana to Schedule II crucial for cannabis research efforts. The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) believes that cannabis should be reclassified under United States federal law. In a new resolution approved by the AOA House of Delegates, the representative member organization…

1. Cannabis Tech: Cannabis Aquaponics – Green Relief Is The First Of Its Kind In North America Big things are happening in the rolling landscape surrounding the industrial city of Hamilton, Ontario. In a 30,000ft subterranean bunker, partially hidden from view thanks to its living grass roof, Green Relief is growing medical marijuana using aquaponics. As…