6-year-old receives Texas’ first legal delivery of medical cannabis oil
“For Texans suffering from intractable epilepsy, the wait for medical cannabis is finally over,”
US group to cultivate medical cannabis in Romania
PHI Group, an US investment fund that specializes in natural resources and agriculture, plans to cultivate medical cannabis and other medicinal herbs in Romania’s Transylvania region
Cannabis Science Expands Cancer Portfolio to Include Leukemia Treatment Research
“We’re sitting on the edge of tremendous innovation that will transform the landscape for providers, for patients, and for those companies bringing these products to market
Utah could let terminally ill patients try medical marijuana — and grow the weed for them
“Chemo just isn’t a lot of fun,” Rep. Daw told the committee. “You know, some patient may just say, ‘I don’t want to do chemo.’ They may do something else.”
USE CANNABIS, NOT CODEINE, FOR PAIN: LEYONHJELM
“With prescription-only rules for codeine coming into effect today, it has now become a matter of urgency that seriously ill patients obtain access to an effective and safe alternative,” Senator Leyonhjelm says.
Tokyo Smoke goes public as cannabis companies eye retail
In six months, buying a gram of weed won’t be that much more difficult, for adults in some provinces at least, than picking up your morning cappuccino. What company becomes the Starbucks of the industry, however, remains to be seen
Indiana House votes to allow Hoosier farmers to grow cannabis plants with low THC
The provision could see some push back in the Senate, or from individuals like Attorney General Curtis Hill, who has been outspoken against marijuana legalization.
Greens medicinal cannabis Bill fails at first reading
I’m gutted that cynical politics won tonight, not the voices of the vulnerable and the sick who are presently being criminalised because of archaic law demonstrably unfit for purpose,” she wrote
Opinion: Doctors’ views gone to pot on medicinal cannabis
Its progress has been amazing since Federal restrictions on the use of cannabis in medicine began to be loosened in 2016. About 320 patients have been given legal access to it since then.
But one thing that has been very slow to change is the negative attitude of the doctors’ trade union, the Australian Medical Association.
Colombia’s medical cannabis industry poised for ‘bellwether year’
Since 2016, Colombian doctors have been allowed to prescribe high-THC extracts for any medical condition, but MMJ is expected to become widely available this year.