Items tagged with medical cannabis

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Minister signs bill banning recreational use of weed [08.01.2024] Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew has signed proposed legislation regarding cannabis in Thailand, emphasising that it cannot be used for recreat ...
Cannabis loopholes to be closed [20.11.2023] The Public Health Ministry in Thailand has completed the first draft of the Cannabis-Hemp Act and said it will not reclassify cannabis as a narcotic, ...
Weed is now legal in Thailand. How long will the high times last? [10.11.2023] Thailand’s military government is carrying out an experiment: What happens when a country in Asia, a region where drug laws tend to be harsh, essenti ...
Hill touts legalised ganja sale to tourists [21.10.2023] Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce of Jamaica, Senator Aubyn Hill, has suggested the legalised sale of marijuana to visitors as a way for ...
Himachal eyes pot of gold under grass [01.10.2023] For almost 40 years now, cannabis cultivation has been a crime in India. But that has never stopped farmers in parts of Himachal’s Kullu, Chamba, Sir ...
The predatory perils of cannabis legalization in Jamaica [26.09.2023] Jamaica revised its ganja laws to build a legal medicinal cannabis industry with the hopes of exporting to the world. Many assumed that Jamaica, and ...
Marijuana rescheduling falls short of expectations on Biden [08.09.2023] The Biden administration’s recommendation last week for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reschedule cannabis marked one of its most signi ...
Morocco has high hopes after planting its first legal cannabis crop [07.08.2023] Farmers have planted the first legal cannabis crop in Morocco, long a top producer of black-market hashish. For now, it’s shaping up to be a modest e ...
‘Outlaws’: Morocco’s Rif provides refuge for cannabis farmers [28.07.2023] For centuries, the mountains of the Rif have been a centre of cannabis farming. Morocco is to this day the biggest producer of cannabis resin in the ...
Germany unveils draft bill to legalize cannabis [10.07.2023] Germany's government is taking steps toward the legalization of cannabis by publishing the draft bill for the first pillar of a two-pillar model desi ...
Legal but locked out [14.06.2023] As Jamaica continues to promote medicinal cannabis to attract investors and spur the industry's development, entrepreneurs face significant hurdles d ...
Is legal cannabis available in Cape Town? [19.02.2023] While cannabis is being legalised in many countries around the world, South Africa still finds itself in a state of legislative limbo, with more and ...
Oxford study to trial cannabis-based medicine as treatment for psychosis [16.02.2023] Oxford scientists are to launch a major global trial to investigate whether cannabis-based medicine can treat people with psychosis or psychotic symp ...
Self-medication far outstrips use of prescription marijuana [23.01.2023] Most of the 130,000 people in the Netherlands who use cannabis as a medicine to help with depression or pain, for example, buy the plant from a coffe ...
Illegal weed delivery start-up Dispenseroo sees meteoric growth in the UK [05.01.2023] An illegal cannabis delivery start-up in the UK is generating millions of pounds in revenue less than a year after it was created, according to its f ...
Poland: Cannabis for everyone? [23.11.2022] The distribution and use of cannabis for medical purposes became legal in Poland in 2017. By 2021, doctors across Poland were writing roughly 3,000 m ...
Anutin calls for patience as debate over hemp bill drags on [17.11.2022] A new announcement categorising flowers or buds of the cannabis plant as "controlled herbs" is a temporary measure to curb the proliferation of recre ...
Czech Republic on the way to legalizing cannabis [02.11.2022] Tourists in Prague may get the impression that the Czech capital is also the cannabis capital of Europe. From stickers to posters, the iconic leaf of ...
Albanian government presents second law draft for cannabis legalisation [07.10.2022] The second draft of a law on cultivating and processing cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes has been put forward by the Albanian governmen ...
Morocco grants first authorizations for legal cannabis industry [05.10.2022] The Cannabis Activities Regulatory Agency (ANRAC), a brand new organization to regulate the legal cultivation of cannabis, issued ten permits for pro ...
Au Maroc, les cultivateurs de chanvre placent leurs espoirs dans le cannabis thérapeutique [05.10.2022] Au pied du mont Tidghine, plus haut sommet du massif du Rif, dans le nord du Maroc, le village d’Azila est couvert de plantations de cannabis, prêt à ...
Cannabis funding needed [17.08.2022] The recommendation follows the completion of a market study of the cannabis industry in Jamaica, which revealed that funding is one of the major impe ...
Most Texans support legalizing pot for recreational or medical use, new poll finds [15.08.2022] Since 2012, 19 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam have legalized marijuana for recreational use — something 55% of Texans have said they either suppo ...
Inside the process to legalize recreational cannabis In Germany [27.06.2022] When the German government announced in late 2021 its plan to legalize recreational cannabis sales in Germany, experts and cannabis enthusiasts put g ...
What about the UN? Coming down off that high [12.06.2022] Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to delist the cannabis plant from the government's Category 5 narcotics list, following the publicati ...
Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use [09.06.2022] People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nati ...
Morocco’s cannabis regulation agency Is “open for business” [03.06.2022] Following its first meeting yesterday, Morocco’s cannabis watchdog agency is now officially operational. The agency is set to oversee the cultivation ...
Cannabis policy changes in Africa are welcome. But small producers are the losers [30.05.2022] Many African states that persecuted citizens for cannabis related offences for years are now promoting legal cannabis production. Over the past five ...
Africa eyes the global cannabis market [06.04.2022] Benjamin Cadet stands among his plants in a white polo shirt bearing his company logo. He dons surgeon's gloves and handles the flowers carefully. Th ...
In Malta, confusion over cannabis law after doctor arrested for drug dealing [24.03.2022] Malta has been rocked by the arrest of a local doctor, Andrew Agius, for distributing cannabis mere months after the island became the first in Europ ...
Morocco ratifies decree to start legal cannabis industry [04.03.2022] Morocco has ratified the legislative changes required to start the country’s promising domestic legal cannabis industry for medical and export purpos ...
Budding market: Lucrative cannabis industry looks to leverage ex-politicians’ sway [02.02.2022] Not too long ago, Ehud Olmert was trying to lead Israel to a historic peace agreement. These days, the former Israeli prime minister is pushing a dif ...
French political left light up an enormous parliamentary doobie [16.01.2022] French MPs discussed a bill this week to legalise the consumption of cannabis. Proposed by the hard-left France Unbowed party (LFI), it is not expect ...
No complete ban on cannabis, medical use allowed: Centre to Delhi High Court [10.01.2022] The use of cannabis is not completely banned in India as its medical and scientific use is allowed under the law, the Centre has told the Delhi High ...
Ministry pushes full cannabis legalisation [11.12.2021] The Ministry of Public Health will next year push for legalisation of all cannabis parts, lifting the last remaining hurdle preventing full use and c ...
Switzerland to legalise recreational and medical cannabis usage [19.10.2021] Switzerland will draw up a draft law for the legalisation of cannabis usage, after a parliamentary commission ruled the drug should no longer be bann ...
Sanjay Gupta explains his marijuana reversal and discusses ‘very biased’ U.S. research with Joe Rogan [14.10.2021] CNN’s chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta wasn’t always on board with medical marijuana, but things changed when he looked for the science, he s ...
Fact or fable: Will cannabis be Africa’s economic saviour? [18.07.2021] In recent years several African governments have changed their stance and implemented policies that legalise cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and ...
Is the Czech Republic on the cusp of a cannabis boom? [17.07.2021] Czech legislation of marijuana is “more benevolent” than most other countries in Europe. Possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana and growing f ...
Morocco moves to legalise some cannabis cultivation [10.07.2021] Few countries produce more cannabis than Morocco, where locals mix it with tobacco and call it kif, meaning “supreme happiness”. The pleasure extends ...
MPs accuse Cannabis Licensing Authority of ignoring small farmers [08.07.2021] The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) and the State have been accused of having no real interest in ensuring that small farmers get their fair share ...
Morocco's House of Councilors passes cannabis legalization bill [08.06.2021] After several amendments, Morocco's House of Councilors has approved the hotly-debated bill on the limited legalization of cannabis for medical purpo ...
Cannabis divides opinions in Morocco ahead of general elections [05.06.2021] As Morocco's 2021 round of elections approaches, the cannabis question is once again on the table. The Moroccan government approved the bill to legal ...
Légalisation thérapeutique du cannabis : la Chambre des représentants dit “oui” [26.05.2021] La Chambre des représentants a adopté le 26 mai au soir le projet de loi relatif à l’usage thérapeutique et industriel du cannabis par une majorité c ...
Morocco’s House of Representatives adopts bill on legal use of cannabis [26.05.2021] Morocco’s House of Representatives adopted today Bill 13.21 on the legal use of cannabis for medical purposes. The bill received a majority of votes ...
Eyeing lucrative profits, Morocco is seeking to legalise cannabis. The main obstacle? Islamist opposition [13.05.2021] The stakes for legalising cannabis in Morocco are rising. On 11 March, the Moroccan government approved Cannabis Legalization Framework, Bill 13-21, ...
Morocco : Cannabis revenues may exceed those of agricultural products [05.05.2021] Before the Committee of Interior, Local Authorities, Housing and City Policy, a summary of feasibility studies related to the legalization of cannabi ...
Medical cannabis: Morocco to target European market [05.05.2021] Morocco’s Ministry of Interior developed a study, showing the country’s interest to prioritize the European market in terms of the supply of medical ...
Maroc : Plaidoyer pour une amnistie des cultivateurs et l’usage récréatif du cannabis [28.04.2021] A la vielle de la promulgation de la loi sur les usages légaux, la Coordination des zones d'origine du cannabis, qui se compose d'agriculteurs et de ...
Should the EU help legalize cannabis farms in Morocco? [28.04.2021] Should draft legislation clear the final hurdles in the next few weeks, Morocco could become the second Arab country to legalize cannabis. Lebanon wa ...

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