While cannabis science in the U.S. remains heavily politicized and mired in red tape, our international ally, Israel, is racing ahead. On Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m., The California Israel Chamber of Commerce, American Friends of Hebrew University, and financial advisors WGD Partners host a V.I.P. cocktail reception and discussion with Dr. Yossi Tam, Director of Cannabinoid Research at…
Biochemist Jahan Marcu has found “a very rewarding career” working to assure the safety of medicines.
If you thought cannabis legalization in the Netherlands was a free and easy nonevent, you best think again.
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.
DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III says the Comprehensive Drugs Act allows medical labs to cultivate marijuana for ‘medical experiences and research purposes’ MANILA, Philippines – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said he approves of the use of medical marijuana for research purposes only. The new Department of Health (DOH) chief was asked for his stand…
Marijuana is slowly gaining public and legal acceptance, but there’s still a lot to be learned about the plant. With that in mind, researchers from the University of California Davis have started a project to map the cannabis genome. Hemp and marijuana are two different species, but they’re both strains of the cannabis (Cannabis sativa) plant. The main…
Researchers said medical marijuana is effective in treating some conditions in children, but they urge caution on using the drug in young patients. Should kids and adolescents ever use medical marijuana? Administering the drug to younger patients remains somewhat contentious, but it also appears effective in treating a limited number of symptoms. According to a new…
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…
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…
University of Guelph researchers have published what is believed to be the first scientific paper in North America on improving medicinal cannabis plant production, helping move the industry into the realm of high-tech laboratories and evidence-based practices. “Growing marijuana has been illegal for so many years that there has been hardly any scientific research up…