Items tagged with medical cannabis
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| Istiqlal party and PAM advocate the legalization of marijuana [30.12.2015] | Ilyas El Omari, President of the Regional Council of Tangier-Tetouan and Al Hoceima, revealed that a group of researchers are working on a study abou ... |
| Colombian president signs decree to legalise medical marijuana [21.12.2015] | Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree legalizing the growing and sale of marijuana for medical purposes, a dramatic shift in a ... |
| Justin Trudeau and the cannabis factory [18.12.2015] | Many consumers obtain their marijuana through storefront "dispensaries", which have sprung up across Canada, encouraged by liberalisation in the Unit ... |
| 'Grandma's magic remedy:' Mexico's medical marijuana secret [13.12.2015] | When her legs ache, this Mexican grandmother rubs them with marijuana-infused alcohol. She is well aware the homemade remedy defies the country's can ... |
| Chile president: Marijuana no longer on ‘hard drug’ list [03.12.2015] | Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed a decree that removes marijuana from the country’s list of hard drugs. The decree also authorizes the ... |
| Two months after Oregon legalization, pot saturation sends profits up in smoke [20.11.2015] | Along North-east Sandy Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, there’s a stretch known as the “Green Mile”. Here, medical marijuana dispensaries are budding. ... |
| Colombia to legalize commercial sale of medical marijuana [11.11.2015] | Colombia's government plans to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, officials said in a surprise shi ... |
| Germany mulls state cannabis body for pain relief [31.10.2015] | A so-called cannabis agency has been proposed in draft legislation put forward by the federal health ministry, the "Welt am Sonntag" newspaper report ... |
| Government awards third ganja research licence [26.10.2015] | Canadian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), which has operations in Jamaica, is the first private entity t ... |
| Cannabis research 'being stifled' by US government, says think tank [19.10.2015] | In a new report, Ending the U.S. government’s war on medical marijuana research, researchers at the Brookings Institution call on the federal governm ... |
| Ganja ready for the big times [17.09.2015] | Going by the announcement by Canada-based Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), Jamaica stands to benefit from a US$100-million deal to develop medical ... |
| Region should explore billion-dollar ganja industry, Caricom heads told [30.08.2015] | The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is considered to have some 'competitive' advantage in the cultivation of the marijuana plant for medicinal purposes ... |
| ‘Medical cannabis could be worth more to Israel than natural gas’ [15.08.2015] | If Israel grew pot instead of peppers, said Dr. Tamir Gadot, CEO of pro-medical cannabis agricultural association Breath of Life, the economy would b ... |
| In ‘revolutionary’ shift, cannabis to be sold in pharmacies [26.07.2015] | Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman announced that pharmacies in Israel will be stocked with medical marijuana to ease the often arduous bureaucrat ... |
| Chile takes step toward cannabis decriminalisation [08.07.2015] | Chile has taken a step forward in decriminalising the use of cannabis after the lower house of congress approved by a wide margin a bill that seeks t ... |
| It's official: Marijuana is medicine [30.06.2015] | The nation's top medical organization released a major series of papers on medical cannabis last week in the Journal of the American Medical Associat ... |
| Studies find medical marijuana unproven to help many illnesses [22.06.2015] | Medical marijuana has not been proven to work for many illnesses that state laws have approved it for, according to the first comprehensive analysis ... |
| Cannabis: The comeback of a banned medicine [22.06.2015] | "When pure and administered carefully, is one of the most valuable medicines we possess,” wrote British physician John Russell Reynolds in 1890, prai ... |
| Ganja is our 'life blood' – western farmers [01.06.2015] | With Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell stating that Jamaica plans to become a world leader in exploiting the economic ... |
| Lib Dem leadership candidate Norman Lamb calls for cannabis legalisation [31.05.2015] | The Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Norman Lamb has called for the UK to legalise, regulate and tax the sale of cannabis. The former care minis ... |
| Jamaica hoping to be world leader in medical marijuana [15.05.2015] | The Government intends to make Jamaica a world leader on the medical uses of marijuana. Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Pa ... |
| Puerto Rico governor signs order to legalize medical pot [02.05.2015] | Puerto Rico's governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed an executive order to authorize the use of medical marijuana in the U.S. territory in an unexp ... |
| The path to legalizing marijuana in Chile [19.04.2015] | Chile’s Congressional Health Committee approved a bill that would modify the country’s current drug law, known as Law 20,000. The bill would allow up ... |
| Chile opens debate on marijuana bill [07.04.2015] | Chile's congressional health committee approved a bill that would legalize the cultivation of marijuana for private recreational or medicinal use, se ... |
| Canadian company to tap into Jamaica for medicinal cannabis supply [04.04.2015] | A Canadian company is seeking to tap into the Jamaican market for the supply of dried marijuana to the medicinal marijuana industry in Canada. Market ... |
| Critical updates needed in state marijuana laws [25.03.2015] | Washington's experiment with legal recreational marijuana is "teetering on the brink" of a market failure. That is the candid assessment of Hayden Wo ... |
| Farmers encouraged to make use of ganja opportunities [18.03.2015] | Small ganja farmers across the island are being encouraged to make use of the opportunities that will be available in the medicinal ganja industry. S ... |
| In Germany, it's a painstaking path to medical marijuana [05.03.2015] | Only few Germans are allowed to smoke marijuana to relieve pain. But that all could change. The federal government wants to prevent citizens from bei ... |
| UN special envoy: ‘The current international control system for drugs has failed’ [03.03.2015] | Marijuana will become an unavoidable policy issue for health watchdogs in coming years. Growing scientific evidence about the medical benefits and a ... |
| Lowe wants public sector cooperation on ganja [28.02.2015] | Executive Chairman of Medicanja, Dr Henry Lowe, is urging a spirit of cooperation between government ministries and agencies involved in the developm ... |
| Why Canada is no longer a leader in global drug policy [26.02.2015] | Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s statement about the failures of Canada's drug policy is mostly on point. It’s just the last bit he gets wrong: “I thi ... |
| Marijuana activists push legalization of medical cannabis in Costa Rica [25.02.2015] | Pien Metaal, who follows Latin American drug law reform ... told The Tico Times ... that legalizing medical marijuana in Costa Rica “would clearly se ... |
| Ganja law gets green light [24.02.2015] | The much anticipated amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act, often referred to as the ganja law, has been passed in the House of Representatives of Jam ... |
| Senate passes ganja law [06.02.2015] | The Senate debated for nearly five hours about the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act, 2015, which was later passed with five amendments. The legislatio ... |
| 'High time' for medical marijuana in Germany [03.02.2015] | Federal Drugs Commissioner Marlene Mortler said that seriously ill patients should have access to cannabis through their health insurance provider. " ... |
| Ganja interests wary of internal business rivalry [31.01.2015] | Despite strong ministerial and legislative signals, segments of the marijuana lobby are unsure that sufficient protections will be afforded to the pe ... |
| Israeli medical marijuana creates buzz but no high — will it go global? [31.01.2015] | Israel has become a world leader in science on the medical uses of marijuana, and its producers could become major exporters of medical cannabis. But ... |
| Jamaica poised to relax cannabis laws [22.01.2015] | The cabinet has approved a bill that would decriminalise possession of small amounts of cannabis and pave the way for a legal medical marijuana indus ... |
| Canadian lawyers scent profit as medical marijuana industry prepares to go legit [06.01.2015] | Since 2001, Canada has allowed patients to grow their own marijuana or designate a grower to do so on their behalf, but a policy change established t ... |
| Medical marijuana finds crossbench backers in Australian parliament [05.01.2015] | The campaign to legalise marijuana for medical purposes in Australia is gathering strength with a group of crossbench senators and MPs pushing for th ... |
| Austrian health agency exports cannabis [04.01.2015] | Austria’s health agency AGES has revealed that the medical grade cannabis was sold to pharmaceutical companies which used it to make cannabinoid pain ... |
| Medical marijuana a challenge for legal pot states [02.01.2015] | A year into the experiments with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestling not with the federal interference ma ... |
| Is Obama finally ready to dial back the war on drugs? [31.12.2014] | As Obama embarks on the third year of his second term, here are some of the ways in which Obama has begun to deliver on his promises of a more ration ... |
| The year in drug policy: Movement at a crossroads [26.12.2014] | The 43-year-old war on drugs had never seen such a barrage of opposition as it did in 2014, with successful marijuana legalization initiatives in sev ... |
| Norman Baker reveals drugs proposals Theresa May stripped from report [25.12.2014] | Under pressure from the Lib Dems, the Home Office commissioned a report looking at the international evidence on the impact of legislation on drug us ... |
| Lebanon agriculture minister urges cannabis cultivation for export [18.12.2014] | Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb called for the legalization of cannabis farming in Lebanon to benefit from the revenue of its export. “We are con ... |
| Victoria to legalise medicinal marijuana [18.12.2014] | A bill to legalise medical marijuana could be put to Victoria's parliament before the end of next year, with the Labor government determined to refor ... |
| KanaVape: Cannabis e-cigarette to go on sale in the UK [16.12.2014] | The vaping trend seemingly knows no bounds as the first “cannabis” e-cigarette goes on sale in the UK. The KanaVape, which contains hemp, has been le ... |
| Pot luck [18.11.2014] | Smoking, growing, buying, selling or merely possessing cannabis is a criminal offence, according to America's federal government. Ask the states, how ... |
| China’s marijuana surprise [11.11.2014] | An economic stir is happening in China, but it’s in an industry you might not expect. With more than half of the 600 relevant patents filed with the ... |
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