Items tagged with medical cannabis
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| 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 ... |
| Cannabis producers could be chasing global market worth $194 billion in seven years: BMO report [01.11.2018] | The potential of the global cannabis industry is so vast that it could eventually make the sky-high valuations of some Canadian licensed producers lo ... |
| Please allow small farmers to benefit from ganja industry, says senator [30.10.2018] | Senator Kerensia Morrison is calling on the Government to ensure that small farmers and the little man are not left out of the emerging ganja/cannabi ... |
| Majority of British public support legalisation of cannabis, survey reveals [29.10.2018] | The British public strongly supports the legalisation of cannabis, according to a new poll. Fifty-nine per cent of people surveyed strongly support o ... |
| What the Dutch can teach the world about cannabis [26.10.2018] | On October 17, Canada became the first large economy to legalise recreational weed. (Uruguay blazed the trail in 2013.) From November 1, doctors can ... |
| Canada's legalization of marijuana could hurt farmers in poorer countries [17.10.2018] | For decades poor farmers in countries like Jamaica and Morocco have risked the wrath of governments to grow cannabis as a cash crop. But as Canada be ... |
| How the biggest pot stocks plan to win in what is about to become a 'brutal' industry [15.10.2018] | The cannabis hype is about to come face-to-face with reality. After Canada legalizes recreational marijuana on Oct. 17, it will only take a quarter o ... |
| UK doctors will be able to prescribe cannabis medicine next month [11.10.2018] | Doctors in England, Wales and Scotland will be able to prescribe cannabis-derived medicine in less than a month, the home secretary has announced. Sa ... |
| IDPC response to the INCB Annual Report for 2017 [08.10.2018] | In the approach to the 2019 Ministerial Segment and its review of international drug control, the INCB’s Annual Report for 2017 is arguably of specia ... |
| Govt pressed for new law on marijuana and kratom [01.10.2018] | Academics and medical practitioners are pushing for swift legislative reform to legalise the medical use of marijuana and kratom, saying current laws ... |
| Study to investigate self-medicating cannabis users [19.09.2018] | A new Danish study aims to shine a light on the patterns of medicinal cannabis consumption among users who chose to go outide the official channels. ... |
| St Vincent parliament to debate marijuana legislation [03.09.2018] | The St Vincent and the Grenadines parliament will meet for the first reading of three pieces of legislation as the government continues its efforts t ... |
| Lebanese cannabis farmers hope legalisation may bring amnesty [27.08.2018] | The contrast between the vibrant green of a cannabis field and the arid land nearby in Lebanon's Bekaa valley has for years raised a dilemma for the ... |
| Ganja: Discovering the future [22.08.2018] | Despite cannabis being an integral part of the Jamaican identity, just five years ago local laws did not reflect the realities of its use in the coun ... |
| Climate change is turning the Middle East's breadbasket into a cannabis farm [09.08.2018] | Heeding the recommendation of international consulting group McKinsey, which was part of a broader development plan, Lebanon's parliament is preparin ... |
| Lebanon's cannabis heartland, Bekaa, hopes for legalization [27.07.2018] | The Bekaa Valley in Lebanon is notorious as one of the world's major cannabis-growing regions, producing some of the finest hashish. The country is t ... |
| Legalising recreational ganja still off the table in SVG [26.07.2018] | The Ralph Gonsalves government will amend the laws of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to decriminalise marijuana use for medicinal and religious purpo ... |
| Weeks: we need to talk about cannabis [25.07.2018] | More changes to the law on cannabis could be in the works, the Minister of Social Development and Sport in Bermuda has signalled. Michael Weeks said ... |
| National cannabis bill would not allow any smoking [25.07.2018] | National's medicinal cannabis bill would allow doctors to prescribe anyone medicinal cannabis – but not to smoke. It goes further than the Government ... |
| Medical cannabis users could still be criminalised in UK despite government accepting its benefits [24.07.2018] | Cannabis is high on the agenda at the moment. Not only have California and Canada passed new laws to legalise marijuana, but in the UK, two recent hi ... |
| New poll shows big jump in support for cannabis reform, especially for medicinal use [24.07.2018] | Public support for cannabis law reform has soared in the past year especially for medicinal use of cannabis, a poll commissioned by the New Zealand D ... |
| Most in US think cannabis has health benefits, despite lack of data – study [23.07.2018] | Americans believe marijuana is helpful in treating a variety of health problems despite a lack of available evidence. A survey published in the Annal ... |
| Cannabis store and cafe opens in Kingston [18.07.2018] | Jamaica has opened its first seed-to-sale cannabis retail store located in Market place on Constant Spring Road. The ribbon-cutting ceremony signifie ... |
| Lebanon to consider legalizing cannabis growing: official [18.07.2018] | Lebanon’s parliament is considering legalizing the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said, in an attempt t ... |
| Partnership critical for ganja industry success - SRC head [06.07.2018] | Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Dr Cliff Riley has underscored the importance of working partnerships that acknowledge an ... |
| Canada’s cannabis firms plot world domination [05.07.2018] | It is rare to see the words “Canada” and “world domination” in the same sentence. The country’s cannabis producers want to change that. With an eye o ... |
| High hopes: Who will benefit from NZ's legal cannabis industry? [05.07.2018] | In New Zealand, it’s Māori communities who have been hit by racial bias in drug policing. Even when accounting for rates of use, at every stage of th ... |
| Swiss government supports legalising medical cannabis [04.07.2018] | The Federal Council has recommended the approval of the sale of cannabis for medical purposes. It also wants to legalise pilot tests to establish how ... |
| Sajid Javid looks into easing rules on medical cannabis prescription [03.07.2018] | The home secretary, Sajid Javid, is considering whether cannabis could be made easier to prescribe for medical use, Downing Street has said. It comes ... |
| Cannabis for medical use legalised in Luxembourg [29.06.2018] | Cannabis for medical use has been made legal in Luxembourg. The government unanimously passed the draft law to decriminalise the use of cannabis for ... |
| Tobacco giant Imperial Brands invests in medical cannabis [28.06.2018] | Tobacco firm Imperial Brands is investing in UK biotech company Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies (OCT). The move comes as campaigning to allow marijua ... |
| Hunt wants swift review of cannabis oil law after Billy Caldwell case [18.06.2018] | The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has said he backs the use of medicinal cannabis oil and called for a swift legal review after an emergency licence ... |
| After law change, Greek medicinal users hope to enter cannabis business [18.06.2018] | Greece legalised cannabis for medical use last year, and in March this year it lifted a ban on growing and producing it, in the hope of drawing forei ... |
| Reform of drug laws begins as bill passes first reading [17.06.2018] | The National Legislative Assembly passed by a landslide vote the three narcotics control policy bills, which are an effort by authorities to reform o ... |
| Portugal's parliament legalises cannabis-based medicines [15.06.2018] | Portugal’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalise marijuana-based medicines, after rejecting earlier proposals to allow patients to gr ... |
| MPs condemn UK cannabis laws after epileptic boy's medication seized [12.06.2018] | MPs have criticised the UK’s cannabis laws and called for urgent reform after a boy had his first epileptic seizure in 300 days because the governmen ... |
| 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" ... |
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