Australia

Australian Woman and Accomplices Plead Guilty to Using Drone to Traffic Drugs into Prison Yard. An Australian woman and her two accomplices pleaded guilty in court to using a drone in an attempt to traffic multiple different drugs and a USB stick filled with pornography into a Queensland prison yard

Margaret River Hemp Company Sweeps iHempWA Awards 2023, Winning Hemp Business of the Year and Lifetime Contribution. It was a night of triumph for Margaret River Hemp Company at the inaugural iHempWA Awards 2023 as it was named Hemp Business of the Year and founder Georgina Wilkinson took home the

Medical Cannabis Improves Quality of Life for Australian Patients with Chronic Health Issues, Study Finds. Australian patients with chronic health issues prescribed medical cannabis showed significant improvements in overall health-related quality of life and fatigue in the first three months of use

Medical cannabis use in patients with chronic health issues linked to improvements in health-related quality of life. Australian patients with chronic health issues prescribed medical cannabis showed significant improvements in overall health-related quality of life and fatigue in the first three

Two men charged over their role in growing cannabis plants on a property at Isis have each been sentenced to three years in jail. Duy Khanh Bui, 30, and Simon Tran, 51, appeared together in the Bundaberg District Court on Thursday, charged with one count each of producing a dangerous drug, cannabis

Police have seized approximately $60 million worth of cannabis from two properties in rural Queensland. Officers allegedly found 11 greenhouses containing almost 5,000 cannabis plants, along with dried and drying cannabis, at Coonambula, in the North Burnett region, on July 28. Drug production

Australian biotechnology company Ecofibre has secured a deal with global sports brand Under Armour Inc to supply a specialty hemp yarn for use in its range of performance apparel. The memorandum of understanding was done through Ecofibre’s speciality manufacturing division Hemp Black and will allow

National Australia Bank-backed cannabis merchant Cann Group revealed it is running out of cash on Friday as a debt owed to the bank grew $5,3 million to $60,96 million, while its investment in a $115 million Victorian cannabis warehouse facility pressures its solvency. NAB did not respond to a

The medicinal cannabis market is booming, but getting dispensaries open is still a slog. Sydney is one approval away from getting its first cannabis dispensary as medicinal cannabis use booms – but there’s a race to be the first on the market. Medicinal cannabis is legal Australia-wide for anyone

THE potential to grow industrial hemp in the tropics is showing promise, with the second year of field trials flourishing at Kununurra. A recent field day at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s Frank Wise Horticulture Research Institute showcased the progress of an

MPs across Australia have launched a coordinated push to legalise the personal use of cannabis. The Legalise Cannabis Party in Australia has launched a ‘modest and responsible’ bill for personal use in three states. This article was originally published by Cannabiz and is reprinted here with

Prescribing THC and CBD products for psychiatric conditions is rising fast, despite limited clinical evidence. New research shows Australian healthcare practitioners are often prescribing medicinal cannabis for psychiatric conditions where the evidence for effectiveness is unclear. But researchers