A partnership of two Canadian businesses has announced plans to build a million-square-foot greenhouse for growing medical cannabis in Australia. PUF Ventures has entered a partnership with MYM Nutraceuticals to build the production facility, called the Northern Rivers Project, in northern New South Wales. The developers aim to make the town of Casino the medical…
Several Pikesville residents — mainly senior citizens who live nearby — filled one side of the hearing room on Tuesday to weigh in on the Temescal dispensary. Pikesville residents gathered Tuesday in a Towson hearing room, waiting patiently on benches to voice their fears about and opposition to a proposed medical cannabis dispensary in their…
Researchers have unearthed receptors in the brain and body, that respond to THC, the psychoactive ingredient of cannabis Any medicine, touted for everything from autism to asthma, sounds like snake oil. But there is biological plausibility for these claims. Researchers have unearthed receptors in the brain and body, that respond to THC, the psychoactive ingredient…
Jamaica’s medical marijuana (ganja) industry is finally poised to take root following the granting of two licences: to Epican Medicinals to legally cultivate the herb and Everyting Oily Labs Limited to process the raw material supplied by Epican into oil. The signing of a tripartite agreement, which will see Everyting Oily buying ganja only from…
Researchers said medical marijuana is effective in treating some conditions in children, but they urge caution on using the drug in young patients. Should kids and adolescents ever use medical marijuana? Administering the drug to younger patients remains somewhat contentious, but it also appears effective in treating a limited number of symptoms. According to a new…
City Council unanimously passed six month delay for permits MASON, Ohio — Mason City Council said it needs more time before voting on an ordinance that would change city zoning rules on medical marijuana. Monday, City Council unanimously passed a 180 day moratorium on granting any permit for retail dispensaries, cultivators or processors of medical…
A recent study from Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, highlights the need for further education among resident physicians in the use of medical cannabis. It found 38% of resident physicians thought medical marijuana was a prescribed substance, while 78% did not know into what category medical cannabis fell within the Controlled…
Australia’s ruling government has refused to back a Senate-passed bill which would improve access to imported medical marijuana for those with terminal illnesses. The bill, which was created by Australia’s Green Party, passed in the Senate last Thursday with cross-party support. For the bill to become law, however, it would need to pass the House…
Hebrew University’s Raphael Mechoulam and asthma expert Francesca Levi-Schaffer to undertake research with funding from UK-Israel startup CIITECH CIITECH, a UK-Israel cannabis biotech startup that seeks to develop and commercialize therapeutic cannabis products, said it would fund a research project together with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to find ways to use cannabis for the…
Deryn Blackwell was sent to a hospice shortly after his 14th birthday to live out his final few days – now, he’s a happy and healthy 17-year-old Deryn Blackwell, from Norfolk, was sent to a hospice shortly after his 14th birthday to live out his final few days. He was frail and in extraordinary pain…