Kanabo: Proposed Reverse Take-Over of Medicinal Cannabis Company

Spinnaker Opportunities plc (“Spinnaker” or the “Company”) Proposed Reverse Take-Over of Medicinal Cannabis Company Suspension of Listing Further to the announcements in the last quarter of 2018, discussing a refocusing of the Company’s acquisition strategy towards the cannabis processing industry, and the appointment of Peterhouse Capital as financial adviser and joint broker, Spinnaker Opportunities plc […]

Cannabis – Medical Cannabis Brief

Israeli Medical Cannabis Innovations: With a deep well of agro-technological prowess and entrepreneurial spirit to draw from, Israel has rapidly become a global medical cannabis industry leader. Each of the country’s Ministry of Health approved cannabis farms and production facilities have developed proprietary medical products, contributing to the global ecosystem and offering relief to patients. […]

Marijuana smoking linked with higher sperm concentrations

Boston, MA – Men who have smoked marijuana at some point in their life had significantly higher concentrations of sperm when compared with men who have never smoked marijuana, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, conducted in the Fertility Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital, also found […]

Has Cancer Moonshot 2020 Fully Explored the Cannabis Option

As the Cancer Moonshot 2020 initiative enters into its final year, many in oncology are examining its successes and shortcomings to better understand how to approach cancer treatments in the new decade. Cancer Moonshot 2020, a program that was announced by Congress in January 2016, was designed to accelerate cancer research, encourage greater collaboration between […]

Israel gives green light to medical cannabis exports

“I have supported the export of medical cannabis from Israel all along, and I welcome the government’s approval today,” says Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. By Eytan Halon https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-gives-green-light-to-medical-cannabis-exports-578815 An employee tends to a medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel January 24, 2019. The government approved exports of Israeli-grown […]

Component of Marijuana Reduces Seizures in Some Children With Epilepsy

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrated, using a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, that a component of marijuana called cannabidiol resulted in greater reduction in the number of convulsive seizures than placebo among children with Dravet syndrome—a rare form of epilepsy […]