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…
The newly-elected prime minister of New Zealand has said she wants a national discussion on legalizing cannabis. Jacinda Ardern told reporters Friday that she will work with her Cabinet and take advice before deciding on any referendum date. “During the campaign I’ve always been very vocal about the fact that I do not believe people…
Medical marijuana (MM) has become increasingly legal at the state level and accessible to children with serious illness. Pediatric patients with cancer may be particularly receptive to MM, given purported benefits in managing cancer-related symptoms.
The competition will take place Saturday, November 18th, at The Mateel Community Center in Humboldt County, and will feature, for the first time ever, a multi-camera feed live-streaming broadcast of cannabis competition judging. Humboldt County, California – October 10, 2017 – The Ganjier, the cannabis industry’s widely respected platform for advice and information on specializations…
Sleep problems are highly prevalent and frequent in medical cannabis patients and are closely tied to pain. Sleep-related cannabis withdrawal symptoms are relatively common but their clinical relevance is unknown. The association between frequency of cannabis use to help sleep with higher odds of sleep problems will need to be clarified by longitudinal studies.
A new report into cannabis in the UK has raised concerns about the potency of the drug. The study was conducted at Manchester Metropolitan University. Researchers there say it suggests most of the cannabis bought on the streets is high in the plant’s most dangerous substance. Only 50 samples of cannabis were tested, all from…
An entrepreneur has opened Johannesburg’s first cannabis coffee shop. In an ordinary building in an ordinary Joburg suburb is an extraordinary business. It’s a coffee shop, but not of the caffeine variety. This is the city’s first cannabis coffee shop trading in the open … almost. Owner Frank L doesn’t give his full name for…
Emerald Health Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV:EMH) (OTCQX:EMHTF), through Emerald Health Botanicals Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary and a Licensed Producer under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations, has submitted license applications to Health Canada for approval of two new growing sites. Emerald is preparing for the large-scale production of cannabis in anticipation of legalization…