Items tagged with medical cannabis
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| 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 ... |
| Don't 'bank' on ganja! - Lawmaker says J'cans might be clinging to false hopes [09.11.2017] | The viability of Jamaica's legal ganja and hemp industry has been called into question, with lawmaker Marisa Dalrymple Philibert suggesting that Jama ... |
| Luxembourg legalises medical marijuana, but it's 'not solution to everything' [09.11.2017] | The Luxembourg Health Ministry led by Lydia Mutsch announced that a government bill legalising cannabis for medical use will soon come into force. Th ... |
| How big tobacco, alcohol and pharma companies could enter the cannabis industry [06.11.2017] | The entrance of Constellation Brands in the cannabis industry has broken the insulation around cannabis companies — it is now incumbent upon the indu ... |
| The green gold rush: Could Africa be on the verge of a weed race? [09.10.2017] | Several African governments are considering tapping a lucrative natural resource. More than 10,000 tons of cannabis are produced on the continent eac ... |
| What a probable Jamaica coalition means for possible cannabis legalisation in Germany [05.10.2017] | With the SPD out of the picture, Merkel will depend on two smaller parties, the Liberal Democrats (FDP) and Green Party (Die Grünen) to form a govern ... |
| Gov't urged to rethink medical ganja policy [02.10.2017] | Two of the Jamaica's leading thinkers have called on the Government to rethink its policy approach towards the development of the medical ganja indus ... |
| Legal dagga process draaaags on [29.09.2017] | Businesses that want to get in on the ground floor of South Africa’s great medical marijuana revolution, or at least the legal one, are bound to find ... |
| Startups seek to cash in on cannabis, but some fear Israel will take a hit [24.09.2017] | With green in their eyes, Israeli entrepreneurs have spotted cannabis soon to be growing opportunity, and at least 700 have applied to the Israeli He ... |
| Sri Lanka to export cannabis from first plantation [13.09.2017] | Sri Lanka is to launch its first official cannabis plantation to supply the traditional medicine market and export to the United States, the health m ... |
| Few Jamaicans in local ganja industry — Dr Lowe [08.09.2017] | There is a negative buzz surrounding Jamaica's budding legal ganja industry. According to Dr Henry Lowe, owner of Medicanja, “It feels like our objec ... |
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