When researchers asked Australian young adults whether governments should mandate a warning on cannabis packages, many of them agreed that such warnings are necessary. A percentage of youth in Australia consider cannabis as harmful and some of their recommended warnings matched with that of the health experts.

Similarly, some of the suggested warnings were not typically recommended by experts. However, the need for warnings on cannabis packages was evident. Medical marijuana legalisation and cannabis legalisation for leisure use are growing in the US and numerous health experts and marijuana users agree on the fact that package warnings stating the health risks are absolutely necessary.

UPDATED: The State Government has denied a medical marijuana entrepreneur's claims that Investment Attraction South Australia staff advised him to set up business in a different state.

Australian Cannabis Corporation co-founder Ben Fitzsimons posted to Facebook yesterday complaining that the State Government had “told us twice to go do business interstate”.

But a State Government spokesperson told InDaily after the publication of this article that Investment Attraction South Australia has been “working with Australian Cannabis Corporation in our stat and at no time have told them they should look interstate”.

Cancer patients will have the chance to join a world-first medical marijuana trial at Orange Health Service.

Currently, half of cancer patients treated with chemotherapy suffer significant nausea and more than a third experience vomiting.

Marijuana, or cannabis will be compared to anti-nausea medications.

Oncologist Rob Zielinski said the trial involved a new cannabis compound and would be administered through a tablet.

To be eligible, patients have to suffer nausea from chemotherapy.

“The actual (chemotherapy) drugs we choose to use have varying degrees, or severity of nausea,” Dr Zielinski said.

“Certain drugs cause nausea 100 per cent of the time.”

The country with the biggest weed habit? That might surprise you.

A new report claims the UK government should legalise marijuana because it's “the only solution to crime and addiction problems”.

The strongly-worded study - titled The Tide Effect: How the World is Changing its Mind on Cannabis - was produced by the nonpartisan Adam Smith Institute and has the backing of several cross-party MPs including former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg.

Australia’s largest medicinal cannabis grower, which is backed by finance sector identities Barry Lambert and Chris Cuffe, has decided to stop production here and move to the US where it says the legal framework is much more favourable.

Ecofibre recently completed a $12 million capital raising with cash from Mr Lambert and Mr Cuffe. But it will close a business that has grown cannabis on 340 acres in the Hunter Valley in NSW – used for medical experiments on rats at the University of Sydney during the past year – and move to Kentucky in the US.

Lauren Hew knows she'll be fighting cancer until it wins. 

The 32-year-old mother of two was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in 2014. After a year-and-a-half in remission the cancer came back.

Her two children, Ava,4, and Ashton, 3, know little of the intense waves of nausea and violent vomiting episodes their mother suffers during and after her chemotherapy cycles. 

Cannabis isn’t the most addictive substance on earth—some argue whether it’s technically addictive at all—but it’s nevertheless true that people sometimes have difficulty reducing or stopping their consumption. Some studies suggest that a small portion of people are prone to what researchers call “cannabis use disorder,” which can interfere with daily life. Now, psychologists seeking to treat the disorder are exploring a new weapon in the fight: virtual reality.

A new report claims the UK government should legalise marijuana because it's “the only solution to crime and addiction problems”.

The strongly-worded study - titled The Tide Effect: How the World is Changing its Mind on Cannabis - was produced by the nonpartisan Adam Smith Institute and has the backing of several cross-party MPs including former deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg.

Shares in biotech Zelda Therapeutics soared after announced promising results using medical cannabis oil to fight breast cancer.

A short time ago, the shares were up 40% to $0.032.

The initial proof of concept study into the anti-cancer effects of the company’s medical cannabis formulation was conducted by researchers at Complutense University of Madrid. 

“Future studies will examine the potential to significantly increase the anti-cancer effect of traditional chemotherapy drugs and is an exciting opportunity that can not only improve a patient’s quality of life but also potentially extend life expectancy,” says company chairman Harry Karelis. 

New laws have been introduced by the South Australian Greens to legalise growing industrial hemp.

SA is the only state where industrial hemp, which can be used to make clothing, building products and even moisturiser, has not yet been legalised.

Greens MLC Tammy Franks said it was better for the environment than other crops such as cotton.

She said it had been outlawed in South Australia because of a stigma attached to other varieties of cannabis, which contained high levels of the psychoactive drug THC.

"It's the old mythology. It's the fear and the scare campaigns of a previous century," Ms Franks said.