UK: Parents’ fury at NHS Failure to Prescribe Life-Saving Cannabis for Children
Desperate parents turn to private funding as NHS fails to prescribe medicinal cannabis Siobhan Norton Charlotte Caldwell and her son Billy, sit outside the Home Office (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Reuters) Siobhan Norton 10 hours Sunday May 19th 2019 The newsletter News for free thinkers In brief Parents of seriously ill children struggling to get medicinal cannabis […]
New Zealand Government Set Scheme for Medicinal Cannabis Agency
Dan Satherley https://bhsynergygroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/main.mp4 Watch: Parliament passes medicinal cannabis Bill, promises regulated market and legal defense. More than a million Kiwis are keen to try medicinal cannabis, according to a new survey. With polls suggesting New Zealand will vote to legalise recreational use of the already popular drug, licensed medicinal cannabis developer Helius Therapeutics expects the […]
Can CBD Cannabis Extract Really Do All That?
MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF Then Catherine Jacobson first heard about the promise of cannabis, she was at wits’ end. Her 3-year-old son, Ben, had suffered from epileptic seizures since he was 3 months old, a result of a brain malformation called polymicrogyria. Over the years, Jacobson and her husband, Aaron, have tried giving him at least 16 […]
Canada: Aurora Cannabis stocking up for Edibles Launch Next Fall
Edmonton-based company will build up inventory in time for legalization of edibles and vaping products Canadian Press Aurora Cannabis Inc. is building up inventory in anticipation of the legalization of edibles and vaping products next fall, but insists that won’t interrupt its sales growth and march to profitability. Production is expected to grow to 25,000 […]
Europe Cannabis Market: “There is very little Competition” Aurora CCO Cam Battley
Aurora executives are curious about U.S., hot on Europe and like vaporizers and gummy candies, but not cannabis-infused beverages MAXA CHERNEY As recreational marijuana moves beyond buds, and countries besides Canada mull legalization, cannabis companies have a lot of potential roads to travel as they seek to grow. Aurora Cannabis Inc. ACB, +3.58% ACB, +3.09% , the second-most valuable marijuana […]
US turns to Israeli know-how for Medical Cannabis Research
American businesses and investors looking for advanced information on the plant are turning to the Jewish State, where the government not only allows research, but funds it Maya Mirsky Illustrative: An Israeli agricultural engineer inspects marijuana plants at the BOL (Breath Of Life) Pharma greenhouse in the country’s second-largest medical cannabis plantation, near Kfar Pines […]
First Legal Medical Cannabis sold in Arkansas
A line of people stands in the rain outside Doctors Orders RX on U.S. 270 east of Hot Springs on Saturday. The dispensary became the first medical marijuana dispensary to serve a patient in Arkansas on Friday, albeit to test software. Staton Breidenthal After more than two years of litigation and delays, marijuana was sold […]
ConsumerLab: CBD and Hemp Products Lab Review
Summary: What is it? CBD (cannabidiol) is a compound derived from hemp and marketed as a supplement despite the U.S. FDA’s position that CBD is not a dietary supplement. Does it work? CBD has been shown to reduce the frequency of certain types of seizures, and preliminary evidence suggests it may also help with anxiety, schizophrenia, and […]
CBD: Pain-Relief Cream Put to the Test!
One hundred million Americans live in pain so when The Doctors heard about a cream that promises to reduce pain without a pill, they put it to the test. They enlisted three testers, who join them in the audience, to share if this cream helped with their pain. Alana says she has chronic pain in her […]