Doctors refuse to prescribe illegal drug to treat the girl’s seizures A mother has been forced to make cannabis oil at home to treat her nine-year-old daughter’s seizures because the Australian government refuses to legalise it. Katrina Spraggon from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast has been petitioning lawmakers for three years to no avail, even when they…
No bones were broken but I was told there was muscular damage. In 2005 I had a young family and I was working two jobs to support them, but in August 2005 I was at work and had an accident crushing my left leg. No bones were broken but I was told there was muscular…
Back then the whole story of Dutch Passion began with a couple of outdoor strains, amongst them Purple Star and Twilight, bred by breeder Henk van Dalen in the seventies and early eighties. Until today, this seed company is known for carrying a wide range of superb outdoor strains, and Dutch Passion recently further expanded…
Seriously ill patients who are turning to medical cannabis for life-saving treatment are being sold fake, poisonous and intoxicating products manufactured in backyard laboratories across Australia. The unlicensed suppliers are sending cannabis oil that contains dangerous chemicals that could lead to cancer, and then charging people $6000 for up to three months’ supply. The unregulated…
Ben Oakley’s life would be far more challenging without the medicinal cannabis oil he is forced to buy on the black market. The 21-year-old suffers from a one-in-a-million neurological disease called stiff-person syndrome that causes excruciating body spasms that make him feel like he is being tasered and cause him to collapse. Mr Oakley is…
With marijuana legalization set to hit Canada next year, it’s only a matter of time before pot-friendly gyms such as Power Plant begin to pop up across the country. A lot has changed since Ross Rebagliati’s legendary performance at the 1998 Winter Olympics. After winning gold for Canada in the first-ever Olympic snowboarding event, the…
A federal lawsuit claims the ban on bringing medical marijuana across state lines violates an epileptic girl’s constitutional rights Twelve-year-old Alexis Bortell uses a cannabis oil called Haleigh’s Hope to prevent life-threatening epileptic seizures. She takes the oil orally by syringe twice a day, and always keeps a THC spray on hand in case she…
Critical Cheese won third prize in the “Seed bank strains category” of the Secret Cup 2016 in Naples. Dinafem’s Critical Cheese strain is a good example of the fact that so-called old-school genetics nowadays are still omnipresent and highly successful. Because it consists of Critical + and Cheese, two likewise very popular strains, the genetic…
A cancer sufferer who was prosecuted for growing four cannabis plants for medical use today said she was “disappointed” after she was handed a fine rather than an admonishment. Jacqui Ritchie, 49, was appearing at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for sentencing after admitting producing the plants. The offence took place at her home in Stonehaven’s Redcloak…
Cultivation of a different kind is now a reality with Africa’s first license to legally deal in medicinal marijuana issued by Lesotho. All African nations are capable of cultivating medicinal marijuana to exploit a growing international acceptance of cannabis-based medicines. The current global market for marijuana products is US$3 billion and is expected to rise…