Items tagged with cannabinoids
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The top cannabis research studies of 2020 [07.01.2021] | While the world seemed to arrest, the cannabis industry’s pulse grew stronger. Cannabis research, though temporarily stymied as universities scramble ... |
Swiss cannabis market - a delicate balancing act [01.12.2020] | Producing and selling hemp inflorescences (clusters of flowers on a stem) with a low THC content has been legal in Switzerland since 2017. However, t ... |
Upcoming UN vote may be watershed moment for global medical cannabis – if only symbolic [28.11.2020] | During its reconvened 63rd session Dec. 2-4, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) could – with a simple majority vote in a virtual meeting based ... |
EU top court rules that CBD is not a narcotic drug [19.11.2020] | The European Union's highest court ruled today that cannabidiol (CBD) isn't a narcotic drug. The decision by the Court of Justice of the European Uni ... |
Individual imports of cannabis continue to grow in Brazil [05.08.2020] | The cumulative number of authorizations for individual patients in Brazil to import nonregistered medical cannabis products reached 18,650 at the end ... |
Some WHO cannabis recommendations draw strong opposition at recent UN meeting [30.07.2020] | Two of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) cannabis scheduling recommendations might face an uphill battle getting adopted later this year by the U ... |
Cannabis can both help and hinder memory [22.07.2020] | Even the word “dope”, describing people that use cannabis, suggests they have less than optimal brain functioning. The idea that cannabis impairs mem ... |
UNM study: Cannabis is effective in treating depression, improving mental health [02.07.2020] | According to a research study published by the University Of New Mexico and Releaf App in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, cannabis flower m ... |
Not all WHO cannabis recommendations would loosen international control, UN drug agency says [26.06.2020] | An analysis by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) concludes that most of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) cannabis scheduling reco ... |
United Nations body to meet again this month to discuss WHO cannabis recommendations [16.06.2020] | According to an email the CND Secretariat sent to permanent missions in Vienna, the “first topical meeting of the intersessional considerations of th ... |
Coronavirus: The tide is coming for medicinal cannabis [08.05.2020] | Preliminary research is emerging out of Canada that certain strains of the psychoactive drug cannabis may also increase resistance to the coronavirus ... |
Brazil's health regulatory agency approves sale of first marijuana-based product [23.04.2020] | Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) approved the registration of the first cannabis-based product in the country. Cannabidiol oil m ... |
Cannabis scientists are chasing the perfect high [01.04.2020] | The cannabis business has arrived at a critical moment. Now that pot has become something like a regular consumer product, customers are increasingly ... |
Single joint linked with temporary psychiatric symptoms, review finds [18.03.2020] | Around the world tens of millions of people use cannabis. It's legal for recreational use in 11 US states and Canada. In these and some other places, ... |
Britain's CBD clampdown, explained [19.02.2020] | An estimated 1.3 million people in the UK regularly use CBD for a variety of health and wellness reasons – but ingestible CBD products occupy a hazy ... |
European Commission proposes unified EU vote on WHO cannabis scheduling recommendations [15.01.2020] | In advance of the March session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the European Commission has proposed that EU member nations vote in fav ... |
Possession of cannabis for personal use [01.01.2020] | The legal status of cannabis for personal use is one of the most controversial policy issues in the European Union. Although cannabis is a classified ... |
Brazilian court decision could encourage other cannabis companies to seek approval for cultivation [06.12.2019] | After Brazil’s health authority shelved a proposal on domestic cannabis cultivation, a court decided in the opposite direction, allowing – for the fi ... |
Regulated marijuana trial must not encourage use, ministers say [30.10.2019] | The Dutch government experiment with regulated marijuana cultivation must not give the impression that the state is encouraging the use of the drug, ... |
Risks of cannabis use for mental health treatment outweigh benefits [28.10.2019] | The use of cannabis medicines to treat people with depression, anxiety, psychosis or other mental health issues cannot be justified because there is ... |
Cannabis extract may work as a treatment for cannabis addiction [13.10.2019] | For people who are addicted to cannabis, one treatment option may be, paradoxically, to take pills containing an extract of cannabis. The first test ... |
Grading cannabis strength ‘will improve mental health of users’ [13.10.2019] | Standard units for grading the potency of cannabis – similar to those already used for alcohol – would result in significant improvements in the ment ... |
Pharmacists can now sell products with cannabidiol [09.08.2019] | Pharmacists in Belgium can now make and sell products containing cannabidiol (CBD), one of the active ingredients in the cannabis plant. The Federal ... |
Italy court cracks down on cannabis shops in win for Salvini [30.05.2019] | Italy’s Supreme court banned the sale of many widely sold cannabis derivatives, in a win for Deputy Prime Minister and far-right League leader Matteo ... |
Study finds CBD effective in treating heroin addiction [21.05.2019] | Cannabidiol, the non-psychoactive ingredient in hemp and marijuana, could treat opioid addiction, a new study says. Given to patients with heroin add ... |
High finance: Mr Nice 'cannabis lifestyle' shop opens in London [16.05.2019] | Howard Marks made his name in the illicit drugs trade but the late drugs baron is making a posthumous comeback to cash in on a booming legal trade in ... |
First three stores closed in 'war on cannabis' [09.05.2019] | Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said that his drive to close all of Italy's 'cannabis shops' has started with the closure of thre ... |
China cashes in on the cannabis boom [06.05.2019] | China has made your iPhone, your Nikes. Now, it wants to grow your cannabis. Two of China’s 34 regions are quietly leading a boom in cultivating cann ... |
CBD in cannabis could reduce psychosis risk from high strength skunk, study shows [24.04.2019] | Cannabidiol (CBD), a chemical derived from the cannabis plant, can counteract the effects of high strength "skunk" strains and may help to reduce the ... |
Brussels’ weed wave hits new high [26.03.2019] | For cannabis entrepreneurs in Brussels, business is blooming. Fom Ly runs the Cannabis Social Club Brussels, distributing flowers and oils around the ... |
The WHO’s First-Ever Critical Review of Cannabis [15.03.2019] | The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD or Expert Committee) released in January 2019 the outcomes of the fir ... |
Scientists brew cannabis using hacked beer yeast [27.02.2019] | The yeast that has been used for millennia to brew alcoholic drinks has now been engineered to produce cannabinoids — chemicals with medicinal and mi ... |
Le cannabis légal permet de panacher sa conso [28.01.2019] | De nouvelles variétés de cannabis contenant très peu de THC et beaucoup de CBD ont été développées en Amérique du Nord. Elles ont été adoptées par de ... |
Cannabis strength doubles across Europe in 11 years [30.12.2018] | Cannabis potency has doubled across Europe in the past decade, according to the first study to track changes in the drug across the continent. The st ... |
Global cannabis industry eyes China for production and investment [02.11.2018] | The global cannabis industry is targeting China for production and investment, while the country’s investors are warming up to the idea of placing th ... |
Brain scans show how cannabis extract may help people with psychosis [29.08.2018] | Brain scans have revealed for the first time how a substance found in cannabis plants may help people with psychotic disorders by dampening down abno ... |
New study suggests schizophrenia might actually lead to cannabis use [28.08.2018] | The notion that weed and schizophrenia are somehow related is by now a “water is wet” kind of non-statement. Scientists have been telling us for year ... |
Paris: Cannabis 'coffee shops' raided and closed by police [28.06.2018] | Police raided the two "coffee shops" and took three people in for questioning. The cafes were immediately closed and it's not clear if they will reop ... |
French government ‘to close’ newly opened Paris cannabis coffee shops [20.06.2018] | Along with the UK, France has among the strictest laws on Cannabis in western Europe, but despite this, huge queues have formed over the past few wee ... |
How mapping marijuana DNA could change the future of pot [12.06.2018] | Scientists are currently in the midst of exploring uncharted territory: The cannabis genome. Unlike with other plants, researchers don't have a long ... |
What's the story behind the new cannabis-selling 'coffee shops' in Paris? [11.06.2018] | Two shops selling cannabis or more specifically "cannabidiol" based products (CBD) opened in central Paris and just outside the capital. Cofyshop, th ... |
Cannabis products sold in Lidl Switzerland [19.04.2018] | Hemp containing active ingredient cannabidiol (CBD) can now be bought in Swiss branches of German discount supermarket chain Lidl. Start-up company T ... |
If cannabis is getting stronger, why aren't cases of schizophrenia rising? [23.03.2018] | Most people who smoke pot enjoy it, but a smaller proportion experience psychotic-like symptoms, such as feeling suspicious or paranoid. The question ... |
High-strength cannabis now dominates illegal market, study finds [27.02.2018] | Almost all cannabis seized by police now comprises high-strength varieties, with outdoor-grown herbal strains and hashish barely found, according to ... |
Why states should limit the potency of marijuana [07.02.2018] | Marijuana legalization states have taken no steps to limit the potency of marijuana, which has increased sharply in recent years. A new study suggest ... |
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 ... |
Cannabis ingredient holds promise as antipsychotic medicine [15.12.2017] | An ingredient in cannabis called cannabidiol or CBD has shown promise in a clinical trial as a potential new treatment for psychosis, scientists said ... |
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 ... |
Les prix du cannabis légal s'effondrent [28.11.2017] | La Suisse connaît un raz-de-marée vert, celui du cannabis légal ou cannabidiol (CBD), dont le taux de l'agent psychotrope THC est inférieur à 1%. Alo ... |
The Swiss cannabis farm aiming to supply 'legal weed' across Europe [24.11.2017] | In fields across Switzerland the harvest time for cannabis is coming to an end, and workers are distributing the crop to shops in France and Switzerl ... |
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