Items tagged with medical cannabis
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| Rare Jamaican cannabis strains are seeding a medical marijuana takeover in Canada [12.06.2018] | With the support of the Jamaican government and the farmer’s collective they partner with on the island nation, the Jamaican Medical Cannabis Collect ... |
| Huit Français sur dix favorables au cannabis thérapeutique [11.06.2018] | Pour ou contre ? Le sujet est complexe, mais les Français sont unanimes : selon une étude IFOP pour Terra Nova et Echo citoyen publiée lundi 11 juin, ... |
| Jamaica poised to become major location for medical cannabis investment — Shaw [27.05.2018] | Audley Shaw's trip to Canada has paved the way for Jamaica to play a leading role in the rapidly growing medical cannabis industry, according to the ... |
| Doctors in Commons rally to overturn ban on medicinal cannabis [24.05.2018] | Doctors in the House of Commons are to lead a campaign to change the law banning the medicinal use of cannabis, as a new all-party parliamentary grou ... |
| Big opportunities in Europe's cannabis market come with big risks [16.05.2018] | Interest is running very high among cannabis entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the prospect of an expanded European cannabis market. Europe is h ... |
| Colombia sees billion-dollar bonanza from legacy of marijuana trade [03.05.2018] | Farmers who want to be part of Colombia's medical marijuana project are required to destroy their illegal crops. Colombia has already issued 33 licen ... |
| Liz Warren has high hopes for pot bill [29.04.2018] | U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has had “encouraging” conversations with Republican leadership over a bill she and Republican Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner a ... |
| Zimbabwe legalizes marijuana for medicinal, scientific uses [28.04.2018] | Zimbabwe has legalized the production of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, making it the rare African country to turn the drug into a ... |
| Medicinal cannabis policies and practices around the world [24.04.2018] | Although cannabis remains a prohibited substance worldwide, in recent decades a series of political, legislative and judicial processes in various pa ... |
| In Lebanon, one farmer-turned-candidate is running on a pro-cannabis platform [23.04.2018] | In Lebanon, on the roads of Baalbek-Hermel leading to his village of Deir al-Ahmar, Shawki Fakhri is contesting the upcoming local elections under a ... |
| Opioids prescribed less in states where medical marijuana legal, studies find [02.04.2018] | In one study, researchers at the University of Georgia, Athens, used data from Medicare Part D, a government-run prescription drug program for people ... |
| Malta has officially legalised medical cannabis [27.03.2018] | Malta has officially legalised medical cannabis and has applied to import 15 kilos of cannabis for medical purposes. The amendments to the Drug Depen ... |
| Britain’s stringent rules on medical cannabis harm patients [17.03.2018] | In 2016 Britain harvested 95 tonnes of legally grown cannabis, twice as much as a year earlier, and more than any other country. The International Na ... |
| 5 facts about cannabis laws in Germany [10.03.2018] | Germany's drug laws have evolved over the past 30 years, with punishments becoming more severe, and, paradoxically, the definition of "drug offender" ... |
| Colombia looks to become the world’s supplier of legal pot [10.03.2018] | Tens of thousands of Colombians died in the U.S.-backed war on drugs. But after an official about-face on marijuana, Colombia is looking to exchange ... |
| From ‘skyrocketing’ demand to scepticism: one year of medical marijuana in Germany [08.03.2018] | Since medical marijuana was legalized in Germany in March last year, an increasing number of patients are being prescribed the drug. But the healthca ... |
| UK revealed to be world's biggest producer of medical cannabis [06.03.2018] | The UK is the world's largest producer and exporter of legal cannabis for medical and scientific use, according to a report from the UN's Internation ... |
| New studies show that legal cannabis access reduces opioid abuse [04.03.2018] | Scientific data is growing nearly by the day in support of the notion that legalized cannabis can mitigate opioid use and abuse. For instance, among ... |
| House approves production of pharmaceutical cannabis [01.03.2018] | Parliament approved legislation allowing the manufacture of cannabis for medicinal purposes in Greece. The new legislation sets out the rules governi ... |
| Jamaica missing out on growing ganja industry — Golding [01.03.2018] | Opposition Spokesperson on Finance Mark Golding today told the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament that the cannabis sector needs full governmen ... |
| It’s about ‘harm-reduction’, not ‘recreational cannabis’ [25.02.2018] | Malta is poised to become a centre for the production of medical marijuana – while also relaxing its cannabis legislation further – after decades of ... |
| Cannabis group discusses medical marijuana sector [22.02.2018] | More than 25 persons representing cannabis growers and consumers from several communities throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines met at Victoria P ... |
| Denmark’s high hopes to become Europe’s biggest medical cannabis producer [22.02.2018] | Denmark will soon become one of the largest medical cannabis producers in Europe. Since December 2017, the Laegemiddelstyrelsen medicines agency has ... |
| Hong Kong drug firm’s shares rise after it brings in Chinese hemp producer to explore medical uses of cannabis [22.02.2018] | Shares in Hong Kong pharmaceutical company Meilleure Health International Industry Group soared by as much as 35 per cent on Thursday after it issued ... |
| Hemp without the high: Legal side still smoky, but cannabis startups eye areas from fabric to medicine [20.02.2018] | In April 2017, when the Central government and the Ministry of Health and Welfare issued the first-ever research licence to grow cannabis to the Coun ... |
| Check benefits of cannabis, Prime Minister’s office tells health ministry [17.02.2018] | As demands for the legalisation of cannabis or hemp gather momentum, the Prime Minister’s Office asked the ministry of health and family welfare (MoH ... |
| Drugs policy in Germany is a mess [01.02.2018] | Nationwide legalisation of medicinal cannabis in Germany came into force in March 2017. But almost a year on, patients struggle to obtain the weed th ... |
| Canadian cannabis companies set their sights on South America [31.01.2018] | Much has been made of the marijuana M&A spree afoot in Canada. Just this year alone, licensed producer Aurora Cannabis Inc. agreed to acquire CanniMe ... |
| Chloe Swarbrick's medicinal cannabis bill fails at first reading [31.01.2018] | Green MP Chloe Swarbrick's medicinal cannabis bill has failed at its first reading. The bill lost 47 votes to 73, with both every National and NZ Fir ... |
| Canadian weed companies are staking their claim in Europe [30.01.2018] | Some of Canada’s biggest cannabis companies are expanding their presence in Europe through a series of strategic acquisitions, designed to secure a f ... |
| Could Sessions’ marijuana policy shift benefit the cannabis industry in 2018? [24.01.2018] | Uncertainty interjected into the cannabis industry earlier this month by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions could create new opportunities for the s ... |
| Vermont becomes first state to legalize marijuana through legislature [23.01.2018] | Vermont, the "Green Mountain State," has become the first state to legalize marijuana by passing a law in the legislature rather than by use of a bal ... |
| Youngsters try to weed out taboo [22.01.2018] | Should marijuana be legalised? Medical experts may be divided in their opinion on the subject, but many youngsters are citing examples from abroad to ... |
| Thailand eyes moves to allow medical marijuana plantations [21.01.2018] | Is Thailand now ready to legalise marijuana plantations for medical use? In recent days both legislators and state officials have been in the news af ... |
| The public really, really, really opposes current federal marijuana law [18.01.2018] | The overwhelming majority of Americans are opposed to current federal marijuana law. That’s the big takeaway from a new poll conducted by Mason-Dixon ... |
| Greece set to allow medical cannabis use [14.01.2018] | Greece's parliament is expected to approve the medical use of cannabis in the coming weeks, a deputy minister said Sunday, adding that the change wou ... |
| Portuguese doctors back marijuana medicine as bill enters parliament [11.01.2018] | Portugal's influential Doctors' Association called for the legalisation of marijuana-based medicines, the same day parliament started to debate a dra ... |
| Medical marijuana in ‘high’ demand with over 13,000 applications: report [10.01.2018] | More and more people in Germany are applying for prescription cannabis and receiving reimbursements from their health insurance company. Ten months a ... |
| Cannabis chaos — Sessions has no exit strategy for his war on drugs [07.01.2018] | One of the great social and political experiments of this decade, marijuana legalization, faces its greatest existential threat: Jeff Sessions. Twent ... |
| Marijuana legalization 2018: Which states might consider cannabis laws this year? [02.01.2018] | The legal marijuana market could blaze across the United States in 2018. At least 12 states are poised to consider marijuana legalization this year, ... |
| Canadian pot growers eye global expansion [28.12.2017] | Canadian medical marijuana is setting the stage to go global. The country’s emerging legal producers have a chance to seize opportunities in other co ... |
| Mumbaiites fight to legalise marijuana [27.12.2017] | The Bangalore-based founder of the Great Legalisation Movement (GLM), Viki Vaurora, wrote to the Prime Minister asking him to legalise hemp — leaves ... |
| Legal pot: Mexico to sell space cakes, cannabis drinks and marijuana lipsticks [21.12.2017] | Mexico is set to legalize the sale of marijuana-based products early next year, despite the country’s struggles with the illicit drug trade. Mexico’s ... |
| Government's cannabis plans include legal defence for terminal patients who use [20.12.2017] | The Government will not be legalising the medicinal use of cannabis in New Zealand, but it will allow terminal patients caught growing cannabis to us ... |
| Canadian cannabis firm licensed to produce in Denmark [19.12.2017] | Canadian medical marijuana producer Canopy Growth said its joint venture Spectrum Cannabis has been licensed to grow pot in Denmark for sale througho ... |
| Law on marijuana should be eased [17.12.2017] | In a long overdue move, the government this past week decided to relax the narcotics law and allow hemp to be grown as a cash crop in six provinces i ... |
| Jeff Sessions isn’t giving up on weed. He’s doubling down [16.12.2017] | When president-elect Donald Trump announced Senator Jeff Sessions would be his attorney general, advocates for marijuana law reform were suddenly sei ... |
| World Health Organization: Initial review of CBD doesn’t warrant scheduling [13.12.2017] | CBD, for now, should not be subject to international drug scheduling, a World Health Organization committee determined in an initial review of the ca ... |
| Medical cannabis cultivation: could Germany be the next Canada or Netherlands? [14.11.2017] | Despite the implementation of the legalization of medical marijuana in Germany in March, patients have been met with high prices, supply shortages an ... |
| Greece hopes its economy can get high from medical weed [14.11.2017] | Investors in medical cannabis projects are focusing on Greece, where a warm, sunny climate and potentially favorable future legislation could help th ... |
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