Medicinal Cannabis

Personal cannabis use in Australia: is legalisation close?

Finfeed Archived Apr 12, 2019

The legalisation of cannabis for personal use is already a reality in Canada, Uruguay, and in multiple US states, while it has been decriminalised in many more. Australia is falling behind.

Roots’ tech sold to leader in California’s Emerald Triangle cannabis industry

Finfeed Archived Mar 22, 2019

Roots Sustainable Agricultural Technologies’ (ASX: ROO) makes first US sale of its RZTO heating and cooling technology for use on outdoor cannabis crops.

CropLogic snares Oregon industrial hemp growers licence

Finfeed Archived Mar 18, 2019

CropLogic Ltd’s (ASX:CLI) wholly owned Oregonian subsidiary LogicalCropping LLC has been issued a registered industrial hemp growers licence by the Oregon Department of Agriculture, a development that has seen its shares soar in morning trading.

YPB combats counterfeits for Namaste’s cannabis products

Finfeed Archived Feb 21, 2019

Product authenticity and consumer engagement solutions provider YPB Group Ltd (ASX:YPB) has today announced that Namaste Technologies Inc. (TSXV: N), an e-commerce leader in the cannabis market, has agreed to broaden the use of YPB’s product markers to all products on Namaste’s e-commerce platforms.

Hemp demand sees Elixinol fly high with outstanding revenue growth

Finfeed Archived Feb 19, 2019

Shares in Elixinol Global Ltd (ASX:EXL; OTCQX:ELLXF) have surged in February after the company announced outstanding year-on-year revenue growth for both the December quarter and calendar year 2018.

Garden State hoping to bloom into Australia’s medical cannabis capital

Finfeed Archived Feb 01, 2019

Victoria has high hopes to blossom into the medical cannabis heartland of Australia. Last year, Victoria released Australia’s first-ever medicinal cannabis industry development plan, mapping out a framework for government support of the fast-growing industry. The strategy aims to have the state supplying half of Australia’s pot by 2028, along with the creation of 500 local jobs.

Europe set for new highs as world’s largest weed market

Finfeed Archived Jan 25, 2019

Home to more than 740 million people — a population more than double that of the US and Canada combined — Europe is set to become the world’s largest legal weed market over the next five years. According to its findings, Europe’s cannabis market is estimated to be worth up to €123 billion by 2028.

These Israeli tech stocks are winning the market-disruption game, part 1

Finfeed Archived Jan 23, 2019

There are now some 17 Israel-born companies on the ASX, most of which are small caps, playing in a diverse range of tech-heavy markets, from telecommunications and digital media through to innovations in agriculture and legalised weed. We have scoped out 10 you should keep an eye on, and are starting with the following five.

CropLogic advances on Oregon plans as US legalises hemp

Finfeed Archived Jan 21, 2019

In December last year, US President Donald Trump raised some eyebrows when he signed the 2018 Farm Bill — a bill including the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, which sees hemp officially removed from the Controlled Substances Act. In short, this means that hemp can now be regulated as an agricultural crop, representing a major win for hemp growers and hemp CBD companies like ag-tech play CropLogic (ASX:CLI).

Weed was ablaze in 2018; 2019 could burn even brighter

Finfeed Archived Jan 10, 2019

2018 was a blazing year for pot, with both the legalisation and legitimisation of the drug gathering lightning-fast speed.

BPH sharpens up brain monitoring & medical marijuana efforts

Finfeed Archived Jan 09, 2019

ASX junior, BPH Energy (ASX:BPH), has released a positive update on its progress across its diversified medtech and biotech operations.

New Zealand relaxes medical weed laws, mulls over recreational use

Finfeed Archived Dec 20, 2018

After relaxing medical cannabis legislation, New Zealand is set to hold a binding referendum on personal weed use at the 2020 general election.

From Brain Monitoring to Medical Marijuana: How Tiny BPH is Looking to Capture Fast Growing Markets

Next Investors Archived Dec 11, 2018

BPH Energy (ASX:BPH) is not your average speculative junior. While the company has exposure to the oil and gas sector, it is BPH’s investments in the medtech and biotech sectors that the company is currently more focussed on.

When cannabis met Crohn's: a love story

Finfeed Archived Dec 07, 2018

In the first study of its kind, a group of researchers in Israel led by Dr Timna Naftali found that cannabis oil significantly relieved the symptoms of Crohn's disease and improved the quality of life of patients, even though — contrary to previous medical thinking — it had no impact on gut inflammation.

RotoGro buzzes on new strategic Affinity

Finfeed Archived Dec 07, 2018

ASX ag-tech pot-stock, RotoGro International (ASX:RGI), was up over 10% on the back of some big news on Monday — fellow pot-stock Affinity Energy and Health (ASX:AEB) has elected to use RotoGro’s patented technology in its in-the-works Malta facility.

Parliament lights up as Canberra gets baked

Finfeed Archived Nov 30, 2018

It’s looking like the legalisation of pot for personal use in the ACT may soon be very real possibility. The bill would make it no longer a criminal offence for an adult in the ACT to possess 50 grams of weed or four cannabis plants.

Could cannabis be key to combat the opioid crisis?

Finfeed Archived Nov 23, 2018

With cannabis now showing positive effects on an ever-expanding litany of ailments from epilepsy to cancer, there’s growing research showing that there are specific constituents in cannabis which may have a profound impact on controlling the addictive effects of opioids, and possibly serving as a treatment for opioid dependence and withdrawal.

Blowing smoke: 5 pervasive pot myths debunked

Finfeed Archived Nov 16, 2018

There’s a glut of misinformation out there about weed. In fact, misconceptions have trailed the cannabis plant across the history of prohibition, underpinning policy itself and anti-marijuana propaganda. Here, we dispel some of the most common myths about pot to clear the haze.

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