Tyson is not the first former sportsman to make the move into marijuana market either. In 2016, disgraced cyclist and former Tour de France winner Floyd Landis announced that he had set up ‘Floyd’s of Leadville’, a company that will sell cannabis infused products in Colorado.
While it isn’t yet covered as a prescription drug, that may change With 29 states and the District of Columbia now allowing the use of medical marijuana, it’s conceivable that the drug could be covered under an employee health plan or workers’ compensation plan. In Canada, which has legalized medical marijuana, some large employers have…
Apopka City Council members, who banned medical marijuana dispensaries in September, have had a change of heart and now plan to allow them. City commissioners last week discussed the prohibition and then voted unanimously to revisit the city ban on state-approved shops that dispense physician-prescribed, medical cannabis to qualified patients. The second thoughts were driven…
The new bill sets out the proposed rules and regulations An act to amend the Drug Dependence (Treatment not Imprisonment) Act of 2015 will be discussed in Parliament today, and could determine the future of medical cannabis in Malta. The bill, which will be undergoing its second reading in a plenary session in Parliament this…
The Labour-led Government will act on making medical cannabis more accessible next week. But instead of supporting an existing Bill in the House, the Government will introduce its own legislation. Labour campaigned on making medicinal cannabis available for people with terminal illness or in chronic pain, promising to introduce the legislation within its first 100…
Despite the new law, patients in Luxembourg will continue to have zero access to pharmacy-grade herbal cannabis. On Wednesday, the Cabinet of the Duchy of Luxembourg agreed to a reform of the Narcotics Act to allow the use of medical cannabis at an undetermined future date. Despite the new law, patients in Luxembourg will continue…
Yet after just three months of treatment with medical cannabis, Emma is seizure-free and living a more fulfilling and independent life, according to her mother. Two years ago, Felicia Duncan’s young daughter, Emma, was having almost 70 seizures a week. The 8-year-old’s epilepsy was so severe, her family was afraid to let her walk on…
“This is truly an observational study,” Zuppa said. “We’re not giving them anything. We’re just gathering data to educate ourselves.” Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is pairing with an Australian biopharmaceutical company in what some advocates say could be the first major effort in the United States to study the effects of medical marijuana on children with…
From 11 years of age and fighting a rare condition Chico really is now showing how cannabis can have a truly positive effect.
At that age I really doubt I could have fought a life threatening disease like cancer and yet here I was about to interview the 13 year old cancer suffering son of one of my music hero’s Paul Ryder of the Happy Mondays.