Medical Cannabis Excellence in Malta
Malta is a small country with big ambitions to reinvent itself as the medical cannabis capital of Europe. Speaking at the Medical Cannabis World Forum, Parliamentary Secretary Dr Deo Debattista explained how it will get there. In March 2018, Malta officially legalized medical cannabis, in a move which Parliamentary Secretary Dr Deo Debattista tweeted ‘once […]
Canadian Legal-Cannabis Low Grade Quality Fuels the Black Market
Eighty percent of sales remain in illegal hands as questions about quality, labeling dog some legal products Glen Korstrom Anandia Labs president John Coleman believes THC levels should be stated on labels as a range, instead of as a specific number, because it varies within tested cannabis batches Concerns about the quality and safety of […]
CBD Import Industry in UK
Peter McCusker While CBD storms the global health and well-being market, there lies a frustrating paradox at the heart of the UK industry, a complete dependence on imports. In its own domestic UK market the one million – and rising daily – CBD users are solely reliant on imports. Rebekah Shaman, chair of the British […]
United States: FDA Announcement on THC and CBD Based Cannabis Products
Duane Morris With the enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (also known as the 2018 Farm Bill), hemp-derived CBD appeared to be on the table for marketing all across the country. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) press release issued that same day put a hold on the jubilation, stating that […]
Reason for the Government of Sweden for buying Stock from Aurora Cannabis and Canopy Growth
Sweden’s public pension fund has gone to pot. Keith Speights On average, more than 32 million shares of Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). For Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC), the average trading volume is much lower — around 8 million shares. There’s no way to know who’s doing all this […]
700 Medical Cannabis Studies Sorted By Disease
Next time somebody tells you that more ‘studies’ need to be done on cannabis, show them this! Here is a collection of clinical studies, papers and references providing the ultimate resource for medical disorders helped by cannabis. ADD/ ADHD Marijuana and ADD Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of ADD Cannabis as a […]
Five Questions on Therapeutic Cannabis, being authorized in France
To which patients could it be prescribed? In what form? What would be the risks? We take stock of cannabis for medical use. The therapeutic cannabis, which has just obtained a first green light from experts gathered by the National Agency for Drug Safety (ANSM), helps relieve suffering patients, especially for multiple sclerosis. 1. Therapeutic […]
Update: Medical Benefits of Cannabinoids
General remarks The level of knowledge in the different areas of medical use of cannabis and cannabinoids is very heterogeneous. There is strong evidence of its therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of nausea and vomiting related to chemotherapy against cancer, anorexia and cachexia due to HIV / AIDS infection, long-term and especially neuropathic pain, spasticity […]
The 6,000-Year History of Medical Cannabis
High Resolution Graphic Since the early 20th century, the use of cannabis for any purpose fell out of favor by both regulators and Western culture at large. In the United States, a wave of regulations made access to cannabis more difficult starting from the late 1900s, ultimately culminating in the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, […]