Items tagged with medical cannabis
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| Few Jamaicans in local ganja industry — Dr Lowe [08.09.2017] | There is a negative buzz surrounding Jamaica's budding legal ganja industry. According to Dr Henry Lowe, owner of Medicanja, “It feels like our objec ... |
| Green gold: how China quietly grew into a cannabis superpower [27.08.2017] | Thanks to government support and a long tradition, China has quietly become a superpower in hemp production and research. This growth has in part bee ... |
| Marijuana on high ground [07.08.2017] | The demand for medical marijuana has been gaining ground in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, home to the world's best-quality "weed". Though illega ... |
| Congress is heading for a confrontation with Sessions over marijuana [03.08.2017] | Sessions is seeking to crack down on marijuana use while lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would do the opposite. Measures hav ... |
| Union minister Maneka Gandhi suggests legalising marijuana for medical purposes [30.07.2017] | Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has suggested legalising marijuana, a psychoactive drug, in India for medical purposes on the line ... |
| Cyprus follows in the footsteps of Greece and approves medical cannabis bill [27.07.2017] | The Cyprus government approved a bill allowing the cultivation and provision of medical cannabis, Health Minister Giorgos Pamborides said. Speaking a ... |
| Senators defy Jeff Sessions and vote to extend medical marijuana protections [27.07.2017] | A congressional committee voted to extend protections of state medical marijuana programs against federal interference, in defiance of a request from ... |
| Greece legalises medicinal cannabis [03.07.2017] | Greece's parliament has announced that cannabis is effectively legal for medicinal purposes. "From now on, the country is turning its page, as Greece ... |
| Mexico legalises medical marijuana [21.06.2017] | Medicinal cannabis has been made legal in Mexico. The President, Enrique Pena Nieto, has officially published a bill allowing its use for health and ... |
| Jeff Sessions personally asked Congress to let him prosecute medical marijuana providers [13.06.2017] | Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014, acco ... |
| U.K. tobacco giant gets medicinal cannabis expertise [13.06.2017] | Imperial Brands Plc gained the services of a leader in the field of medicinal cannabis as the British tobacco manufacturer seeks to further its push ... |
| Could Thailand, which gave world the bong, legalise cannabis for medicinal use? [11.06.2017] | Thaksin Shinawatra considered legalising marijuana, and recently a justice minister aired same idea, amid mounting evidence of its medicinal benefits ... |
| Cannabis may help wean people off crack, study finds [16.05.2017] | Cannabis has been identified as a potential substitute for users of legal or illicit opioids, but a new Vancouver-based study shows the drug may also ... |
| Ganja lobby wrong [15.05.2017] | The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Jamaica has indicated that it has begun taking steps to change the schedule class of marijuana to effect amendments t ... |
| Israel eases restrictions on medical marijuana use and possession [15.05.2017] | Israel's Health Ministry recently released new directives easing restrictions on the possession and use of medical marijuana by authorized users. The ... |
| New medical marijuana prescription approved in Sweden [02.05.2017] | A further person has been granted a licence to use marijuana for medical purposes in Sweden three months after an historic decision from the country' ... |
| Use, production of medical cannabis may be legalized in Greece [23.04.2017] | The Health Ministry in Greece is set to propose changes to legislation covering the use and production of medicinal cannabis. Health Minister Andreas ... |
| Too much ‘dilly dallying’ around ganja issue, says minister [21.04.2017] | As the debate over the legalisation of ganja for medical use heats up, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Dr Andrew Wheatley has thrown down ... |
| World Cannabis Day: ‘Flying leaves’ defy stigma to soar to new heights [21.04.2017] | Ironically, in Asia where cannabis cultivation first began, cannabis laws remain the strictest. China will probably be the last country to relax such ... |
| Six things to know about weed in Germany [20.04.2017] | There's long been talk of fully legalizing cannabis in Germany, especially in the capital of Berlin. But how close is Deutschland actually to making ... |
| Ottawa doctor pioneers use of cannabis to help opioid addicts [16.04.2017] | The patients at Dr. Mark Ujjainwalla’s methadone clinic are trying to beat their addiction to heroin, narcotic painkillers and other opioid drugs, bu ... |
| Push to undo hash ban in Nepal [14.04.2017] | Marijuana use was always culturally accepted in Nepal, and the cannabis indica plant grows wild across the country. Open sale of marijuana in governm ... |
| Medical ganja’s slow journey irks foreign investor [09.04.2017] | A foreign investor is expressing concern that Jamaica’s delay in establishing a medical ganja industry is providing other countries with the advantag ... |
| Argentina gives green light to use of medicinal marijuana [30.03.2017] | The Argentinean Senate has passed a bill making medicinal marijuana legal, in line with other Latin American countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Urug ... |
| Marijuana industry faces challenge in gaining Canadians’ trust, survey finds [29.03.2017] | Marijuana stocks may have leapt higher on the news of Ottawa’s plans to legalize the drug by next year, but the industry is facing an uphill battle i ... |
| Israel seeks piece of projected $50 billion medical marijuana market [27.03.2017] | Israel, a leader in marijuana research and health technology, is attracting international investment as it tries to position itself as a cutting-edge ... |
| Medical marijuana – high time the Dutch got their message straight [24.03.2017] | The Netherlands is a major exporter of medical marijuana, even though it has never been formally approved here as a treatment for Dutch patients. And ... |
| De-schedule dagga to create jobs, says community [23.03.2017] | As the deadline for public comment on the guideline documents for cultivation of cannabis for medical use looms, an Eastern Cape community is calling ... |
| As rebels move out of Colombia drug trade, corporations look to move in [09.03.2017] | Colombia has received billions of dollars in American aid to eradicate the drug trade. But in the coming weeks, the government says, it will begin pr ... |
| Doctors rejoice as Germany kicks off medical marijuana prescriptions [03.03.2017] | Germany’s doctors are embracing the newly legal prescription of medical marijuana, which went into effect at the start of this month. “I predict a ce ... |
| Criminalizing cannabis in Indonesia might do more harm than good [28.02.2017] | Indonesia’s National Narcotics Board (BNN) together with the Health Ministry recently made a swift move to criminalize synthetic cannabinoids called ... |
| Attorney General Sessions wants to know the science on marijuana and opioids [28.02.2017] | Speaking before the National Association of Attorneys General, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressed doubt that marijuana could help mitigate ... |
| Four of five Danes support legalising medical cannabis [27.02.2017] | More than 80 percent of Danes are in favour of legalising the medical use of cannabis, a new survey has found, increasing the chance that a pilot sch ... |
| The Philippine paradox [22.02.2017] | In the constant, daily laboured birth of the global cannabis industry, there is no greater paradox than the Philippines. On one hand, you have incred ... |
| Medicinal cannabis gets the go-ahead [20.02.2017] | The government has given the green light for the manufacture of cannabis for medicinal use – with the IFP hailing it a “major victory” and tribute to ... |
| Peru's Government proposes to legalise medical marijuana [09.02.2017] | Peru's government says it will present to the opposition-dominated legislature a plan to legalise the medical use of marijuana “for the treatment of ... |
| Marijuana, made in Italy [01.02.2017] | The first batches of made-in-Italy pot have just arrived in pharmacies. Its production is just one of the activities of the military's 164-year-old c ... |
| Why Germany just legalized medical marijuana [19.01.2017] | Patients in Germany suffering from serious illness, such as multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, serious appetite loss or nausea from chemotherapy, will ... |
| Report spurs call to study marijuana’s potential in opioid-crisis fight [12.01.2017] | A new U.S. government-funded report showing clear evidence cannabis is an effective remedy for those with chronic pain underscores the need for more ... |
| Ten scientific studies from 2016 showing marijuana is safe and effective [29.12.2016] | While no psychoactive substance is completely harmless, modern science continues to prove that cannabis is one of the safer and more effective therap ... |
| Ship sails 450 kg of cannabis to Tel Aviv to fight drug ban [20.12.2016] | A ship carrying 450 kilograms of cannabis set sail for Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Activists aboard claimed they were protesting the government’s refusal to ... |
| Mexican Senate passes medical marijuana bill [13.12.2016] | Mexico's Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that would allow for the use of medical marijuana, in a further step toward outright legalization in a ... |
| New medical marijuana research could greenlight more uses in treatment [09.12.2016] | Despite its continuing hardline stance against marijuana, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has shown some signs of relenting and this summer open ... |
| Donald Trump adds another marijuana opponent to his Cabinet [28.11.2016] | President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as his pick for Health and Human Services secretary, a position that could offer ... |
| Zurich: Patients should have easier access to cannabis [24.11.2016] | People who need cannabis for medical reasons should be issued with a special identity card to help them obtain the drug more easily, say authorities ... |
| Five things to know about weed in Germany [24.11.2016] | The debate about legalizing cannabis continues in Germany - court cases in recent years have granted permission to use the drug for medical purposes, ... |
| Medical marijuana is legal in California. Except when it’s not [21.11.2016] | California’s multibillion-dollar marijuana industry, by far the nation’s largest, is crawling out from the underbrush after voters opted to legalize ... |
| Donald Trump’s attorney general pick could destroy the recreational pot industry [21.11.2016] | Attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is a fervent foe of marijuana legalization. But if he were confirmed as President-elect Trump’s ... |
| Marijuana reform went 8 for 9 on the ballot this week [10.11.2016] | Marijuana reform won in eight out of the nine states where it was put on the ballot, the strongest signal to date that the public is ready to embrace ... |
| Highs and lows in cannabis policy reform [09.11.2016] | Cannabis is the most widely produced and consumed illicit substance globally. A significant number of states have long engaged in soft defection from ... |
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