Items tagged with india and medical cannabis
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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 ... |
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 ... |
Why is Asia divided on a green light for medical marijuana? [17.12.2020] | The issue of cannabis legalisation around the world was once again thrust into the spotlight following a vote by the United Nations’ Commission on Na ... |
‘Legalise cannabis’: Tripura BJP leader writes to PM Modi [11.03.2020] | As the Tripura government continues its crackdown on cannabis, a state BJP leader has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking legalisation o ... |
Why this patient has marijuana in his pav bhaji [07.03.2020] | Across the world, CBD is growing in popularity as a medicinal treatment for pain, anxiety and inflammation though the scientific world is still divid ... |
Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on use of cannabis [07.11.2019] | The Delhi High Court has sought Centre's response over a plea filed by Great Legalisation Movement India Trust (GLMIT) challenging certain provisions ... |
Fair(er) Trade Options for the Cannabis Market [21.03.2019] | Policy changes over the past five years or so have dramatically reshaped the global cannabis market. Not only has there been an unprecedented boom in ... |
Drug policy in India: Key developments since the UNGASS 2016 [20.02.2019] | This paper outlines the key drug policy developments in India since the UNGASS Outcome Document was adopted in 2016, which highlights health and huma ... |
Time to ease up on marijuana? [25.11.2018] | With several States in the United States, and Canada this year, permitting the use of the marijuana for medical as well as recreational use, there is ... |
Human clinical trials of cannabis as medicine [24.11.2018] | Government scientists are preparing for India’s first human clinical trials to test cannabis-based compounds on select diseases in line with what the ... |
Green gold rush: Thailand, Malaysia race to legalise medical marijuana [12.11.2018] | Asia has the toughest penalties against drug use and trafficking but the legal landscape is shifting in several countries where cannabis once deemed ... |
Hemp without the high: Legal side still smoky, but cannabis startups eye areas from fabric to medicine [20.02.2018] | In April 2017, when the Central government and the Ministry of Health and Welfare issued the first-ever research licence to grow cannabis to the Coun ... |
Check benefits of cannabis, Prime Minister’s office tells health ministry [17.02.2018] | As demands for the legalisation of cannabis or hemp gather momentum, the Prime Minister’s Office asked the ministry of health and family welfare (MoH ... |
Youngsters try to weed out taboo [22.01.2018] | Should marijuana be legalised? Medical experts may be divided in their opinion on the subject, but many youngsters are citing examples from abroad to ... |
Mumbaiites fight to legalise marijuana [27.12.2017] | The Bangalore-based founder of the Great Legalisation Movement (GLM), Viki Vaurora, wrote to the Prime Minister asking him to legalise hemp — leaves ... |
Sri Lanka to export cannabis from first plantation [13.09.2017] | Sri Lanka is to launch its first official cannabis plantation to supply the traditional medicine market and export to the United States, the health m ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition [10.03.2014] | The cannabis plant has been used for spiritual, medicinal and recreational purposes since the early days of civilization. In this report the Transnat ... |
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