Australian news
1 Jan 2019 | EPM Magazine
PCI Pharma to manufacture AsuCann's first medicinal cannabis product for chronic pain
Medical cannabis company AusCann has chosen PCI Pharma to manufacture and release its first product designed to help treat chronic pain
20 Dec 2018 | Nine News
Medical cannabis tested as potential treatment for brain cancer
One of Australia’s top neurosurgeons is at the forefront of a world-first trial testing whether medical cannabis could be used to treat aggressive brain cancer
20 Dec 2018 | Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Courts are becoming sympathetic to the cause of medicinal cannabis
It’s estimated that around 100,000 patients are using cannabis medicines across the country. And even though the federal government legalising medicinal cannabis close to three years ago, most of these patients are forced to access their medicine on the black market
19 Dec 2018 | Drug & Alcohol Research Connections
Cannabis regulation: profit versus public health
NDRI’s panel discussion brought together current expertise from around the world, and highlighted some of the challenges and opportunities to be considered when deliberating the future of cannabis policy in Australia
14 Dec 2018 | Canberra Times
Everything you need to know about legalising cannabis in the ACT
If all goes according to Labor's plan, it could soon be legal to possess or grow cannabis for personal use in Canberra
10 Dec 2018 | ABC News
Parents who gave cannabis oil treatment to son to treat autism have no convictions recorded
Jamie Blake and Stephanie Mackay, who were charged after growing their own cannabis to treat their son for autism, escape conviction despite pleading guilty.
6 Dec 2018 | Australian Financial Review
Pot shot: how a local cannabis importer is embroiled in a US short seller attack
Medicinal cannabis importer Althea Group raised $20 million and listed less than three months ago. Now it is caught up in a short selling attack on Canada's Aphria
6 Dec 2018 | Small Caps
SUDA Pharmaceuticals and Zelda Therapeutics to develop novel medicinal cannabis oral spray
Drug delivery specialist company SUDA Pharmaceuticals has unveiled a deal with Zelda Therapeutics in the form of a fully funded feasibility and option agreement
29 Nov 2018 | The Lead SA
Medicinal cannabis industry sees growth in South Australia
Leaders from the medicinal cannabis industry met in Adelaide, South Australia this week to discuss the future of the drug in Australia
29 Nov 2018 | Busselton Mail
Armidale cannabis farm advertises for 10 staff members
A second medicinal cannabis operation is planting seeds in the New England North West, as an operation setting up in Armidale begins advertising for staff