Items tagged with medical cannabis
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| 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 ... |
| Denmark approves medical cannabis trial [07.11.2016] | The Danish government announced that as of 2018, doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis to certain patients. The government said that a ... |
| Medicinal cannabis crops now legal in Australia [29.10.2016] | Budding cannabis producers can now apply for a licence to legally grow the crop in Australia, for medicinal use only. The Narcotic Drugs Amendment Ac ... |
| A lot has happened and a lot has not happened [20.10.2016] | At the recently concluded 6th Latin American and 1st Caribbean Conference on Drug Policy, held in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, I started a disc ... |
| Medical marijuana and the green rush are changing Chile [17.10.2016] | In Santiago alone, there are more than 500 grow shops. This explosive expansion that has occurred since 2010 has exceeded all projections. The mariju ... |
| Dane faces 10 years for selling cannabis to cancer patients [04.10.2016] | A Danish activist who openly provides cannabis to cancer patients and other Danes with serious medical ailments was arrested and faces up to ten year ... |
| Germany allows MS patient to grow cannabis in unprecedented case [02.10.2016] | A court in Germany has allowed a patient to cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes. Germany's Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfA ... |
| Cannabis in Latin America and the Caribbean [15.09.2016] | Cannabis (or marihuana) is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive substances in the world. According to the United Nations World Drug Report, 1 ... |
| Tilburg to allow medical marijuana users to grow drug at home [14.09.2016] | Tilburg Mayor Peter Noordanus decided to allow patients using medical marijuana to grow it themselves at their homes in the city, he wrote in a lette ... |
| In Israel, booming medical marijuana looks to conquer new highs [11.09.2016] | Israel is a well-known as a pioneer in medical cannabis. This summer, the government approved a plan initiated by Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to r ... |
| Could medical cannabis break the painkiller epidemic? [01.09.2016] | The U.S. “is in the midst of an unprecedented opioid epidemic,” according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Prescription opioid overdos ... |
| Denmark takes small step towards medicinal cannabis [23.08.2016] | The Region of Southern Denmark agreed to move forward on a plan that could see the region become the first in the nation to prescribe cannabis for me ... |
| Did the DEA just kick open the door for the pharmaceuticalization of pot? [11.08.2016] | While much ink has been spilled over the last few days regarding DEA’s refusal to recognize marijuana as a medicine and its unwillingness to reclassi ... |
| Activists furious over DEA's refusal to recognise medical benefits of marijuana [10.08.2016] | Campaigners have reacted with dismay after the Obama administration refused to stop classifying marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use - e ... |
| Health Canada to allow safety testing of medical marijuana [10.08.2016] | Health Canada is easing its prohibitions against safety testing of medical marijuana, which will allow registered growers and patients to have the pr ... |
| DEA rejects attempt to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana [09.08.2016] | The Obama administration has denied a bid by two Democratic governors to reconsider how it treats marijuana under federal drug control laws, keeping ... |
| Colombia’s new, legal drug barons focus on medical marijuana [03.08.2016] | Last year, President Juan Manuel Santos spearheaded an overhaul of Colombia’s 30-year-old drug laws, which formally legalized medical marijuana for d ... |
| Legalize pot, but bring in quality controls [30.07.2016] | The take-home message from a Globe and Mail investigation that tested pot purchased in dispensaries for chemicals, is a lack of quality controls on m ... |
| Restrictions on pot-safety testing put public at risk, scientists warn [27.07.2016] | Health Canada’s restrictive approach to marijuana safety testing is putting the public at risk, a growing chorus of scientists and activists warns – ... |
| Danes want legal cannabis, but govt vows crackdown [27.06.2016] | Amidst a new debate on cannabis, spurred by a massive police action at Christiania, a majority of Danes are in favour of legalization. Berlingske new ... |
| Smoke clears on cannabis licensing regime [14.06.2016] | Over a year ago Jamaica brought about reform to the legal landscape with regards to ganja through the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act the (DDA). Afte ... |
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