House Panel Backs Expansion Of Medical Marijuana Oils
Advocates for medical marijuana have tried and failed in Virginia year after year. A few years ago, they persuaded lawmakers to allow it for epilepsy.
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Canada’s Aurora Cannabis to buy rival to create world’s most valuable weed firm
“The action is where the medical cannabis export markets are, which are much larger than Canada,” said Chris Damas, editor of the BCMI Cannabis Report. “CanniMed has patents, they have relationships with different universities, research and clinical trials, and export relations with other countries, and Aurora wants to add to their own relationships in Europe.”
Pharmaceutical cannabis could reduce sudden falls for people with treatment-resistant epilepsy
The trial reduced the frequency of seizures in patients with the illness, just 10% of whom had previously been found to respond to conventional drug treatments, though the authors say that efficacy and safety of the new treatment ‘now needs to be confirmed’.
Queensland trial evaluating benefits of medical cannabis for cancer patients
The Federal Government will invest the money in world-leading medical researchers to target devastating and rare conditions like acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in infants, aplastic anaemia, multiple sclerosis and Huntington’s disease.
We want branches across the country’ – Teesside Cannabis Club welcomes crime commissioner
Mr Jones joins Jeremy Kyle and Durham’s Police, Crime and Victims Commissioner Ron Hogg as the latest in a line of public figures who have asked club members to share their experiences as they consider the debate around marijuana use, which is now legal in a number of countries.
Synthetic medical marijuana could fuel Singapore’s future economy and create jobs
Amid the harsh sentences meted out to those who abuse cannabis, scientists at the National Research Foundation (NRF) are working to access the medicinal potential of the chemical compounds found in cannabis – cannabinoids – without negative side effects.
States Ask Congress to Allow Cannabis Access to Banks
Legal marijuana is a multi-billion industry, with nearly every transaction done in cash.
7 States Most Likely to Legalize Marijuana Next (After Vermont)
One down – Seven to go – who will be next Last month (December 2017), I made a list of the eight states most likely to legalize marijuana in 2018. The number one state on that list was Vermont, which just so happened to officially legalize recreational cannabis yesterday. So now that Vermont’s out of the way,…
Veterans Pushing for Right to Use Medical Marijuana
“The only thing that’s really helped me with all these symptoms is cannabis [marijuana],” Pereyda said. “The pain, anger, mood swings, appetite, my sleep, all have been addressed by this one plant. I got my life back.”
Legislation would create legal defense for medical marijuana users possessing limited quantities
“At the very least, people who are using marijuana to treat chronic illness and make their lives possible shouldn’t live under the constant threat of being arrested,” he said recently.
