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…
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…
Medical cannabis was found to improve symptoms of Parkinson Disease in the initial stages of treatment and did not cause major adverse effects in this pilot, 2-center, retrospective survey. The extent of use and the reported effects lend support to further development of safer and more effective drugs derived from Cannabis sativa.
Failure to support the proposal will allow flawed aspects of the original referendum to take effect, says Falmouth Rep. Teresa Pierce. Last November, Maine citizens narrowly passed a referendum to legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana. Once that referendum was passed, the Legislature was tasked with the critical, and considerable, responsibility of implementing the…
The ideal methods of pain relief for wound patients are modalities that are topical, lack systemic side effects, noninvasive, self-administered, and display rapid onset of analgesia. Extracts derived from the cannabis plant have been applied to wounds for thousands of years. The discovery of the human endocannabinoid system and its dominant presence throughout the integumentary system provides a valid and logical scientific platform to consider the use of topical cannabinoids for wounds
When Colorado legalized recreational cannabis, edibles became the most desired consumer product on the market. The opening of California’s recreational cannabis market is right around the corner and many investors are looking for ways to capitalize on this opportunity. While we expected edibles to be a significant portion of the legal cannabis market, we underestimated…
All-new, cutting-edge technology will cut the time required to dry cannabis by 90 percent A letter of intent has already been signed between Kaamos Inc. and Protein Solutions Group (PSG) to purchase an exclusive license that allows Kaamos Inc. to sell PSG’s proprietary Protein Dried™ technology to Canadian licensed producers. The Protein Dried product is basically…
Medical cannabis treatment provided significant symptom improvement of vocal blocking tics as well as of co-morbid conditions and were well tolerated. Thus, cannabis-based medicine appears to be effective in treatment-resistant TS patients with vocal blocking tics.
Researchers have long argued that it is difficult to access cannabis from the Mississippi farm, which has maintained a monopoly on the legal supply of marijuana since 1968, and that the product is often of low quality. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is no fan of legalizing marijuana, but he indicated on Wednesday that he…
The Peruvian Congress has approved a bill that authorises the medicinal and therapeutic use of cannabis and its derivatives in the country The proposal received 67 votes against five as three abstained in a full legislative on Thursday, allowing the bill to be enacted by the executive without going through the second voting session as…