City of Saint John to host international forum on cannabis
Saint John will host World Cannabis Congress in June, bringing together business leaders from around the world to discuss the opportunities from the legalization of cannabis.
‘This is the only thing that helps’: Writer Kirsten reveals how cannabis oil eases her agony
Research suggests CBD may reduce chronic inflammation and pain, and users have also reported a reduction in anxiety, mood symptoms and insomnia.
Studies have also suggested benefits in the treatment of Alzheimer’s, arthritis, cancer and epilepsy, with research ongoing.
California’s New Cannabis Laws Squeeze Out Compassionate Care Programs
Under California’s legalization legislation, however, cannabis businesses are required to pay taxes on all products, including donations and samples. There’s no way to dodge it: the law has implemented a track-and-trace system designed to follow all flower and cannabis products through the supply chain from cultivation to sale.
New York lawmakers want to fight opioid crisis with medical marijuana
“Far from being a gateway drug, marijuana is potentially an exit drug for people using opioids,” said Melissa Moore, deputy state director of the Drug Policy Alliance, which supports the bill.
Green Party’s medicinal marijuana bill gains Grey Power support, vote likely this week
The Government’s bill instead creates a legal defence for possession and use of cannabis if someone is in the last year of their life, without out and out legalising it. It would remain an offence to provide marijuana to a terminally ill person.
Dennis Peron, father of medical marijuana in California, dies at 72
Born in New York, he was drafted in the late 1960s to serve in Vietnam, where he first encountered cannabis, according to media reports his brother posted on Facebook.
Kansans hold out for medical cannabis
CBD oil is technically illegal in Kansas on the state level, but Gordon says shops in and around Lenexa in the Kansas City area, where her family lives, still sell it.
The use of Cannabis for the four legged critters
Phyto Animal Health, a subsidiary of Medical Marijuana Inc., which already produces cannabidiol (CBD) oils used to treat epilepsy in human children, is now marketing products for pets and livestock.
How Greece is growing medical marijuana to tackle high unemployment
Greece is taking advantage of its warm climate to cultivate pot and create more than 2,000 jobs
Malta will soon become cannabis medicine producer
The proposed law will permit the industrial production of cannabis products for medical use, opening up a new economic sector.