Malta to legalise cannabis for personal use in European first
Malta will this week become the first European country to legalise the cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use
Malta will this week become the first European country to legalise the cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use
A Massachusetts company says it set a record for baking the world’s largest cannabis-infused brownie, which measures three-foot by three-foot and is filled with 20,000 milligrams of THC.
Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has called for a radical overhaul of the UK’s drug policy that would end prohibition and said most people use drugs in a way that is not “hugely problematic.”
The consumption of nicotine dates back hundreds of years, as early as 2000 years ago, when it was associated with cultural or religious ceremonies.
Interest in the medicinal use of cannabis and cannabinoids is mounting worldwide. Fueled by enthusiastic media coverage, patients perceive cannabinoids as a natural remedy for many symptoms.
Growing numbers of patients, consuming cannabinoids admitted to surgery, create a challenge to anesthesia providers.
Medical cannabis, or cannabinoid-based products, continues to grow in popularity globally, driving the evolution of regulatory access frameworks; cancer patients and caregivers often rely on guidance from their physicians regarding cannabinoid-based treatments.
Recently, many countries have enacted new cannabis policies, including decriminalization of cannabis possession as well as legalization of medical and recreational cannabis. In this context, patients and their physicians have had an increasing number of conversations about the risks and benefits of cannabis.
Minnesota’s medical cannabis program is unique, in that it routinely collects patient-reported scores on symptoms. This article focuses on changes in symptom severity reported by patients with cancer during their first 4 months of program participation.
The use of cannabis for medical purposes has been recently legalised in many countries including the Czech Republic.