Tasmanian Alkaloids, one of the world's largest manufacturers of medicinal opiates, has teamed up with an emerging Australian cannabis company.AusCann and Tasmanian Alkaloids have entered into a long-term exclusive strategic partnership relating to the cultivation, manufacturing and distribution of cannabis products.As well as servicing the local market, the partnership...

Researchers from the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) in Canada believe the use of cannabis could reduce crack cocaine consumption among those dependent on the drug.Crack cocaine is a free base form of cocaine. Smoking or injecting it triggers a short but intense high and is highly addictive....

Jamaica's government says it remains  committed to supporting activities leading to the development of a medical marijuana industry in the island nation.Growing cannabis was banned in Jamaica many years ago (with the exception of Rastafarians), but in 2015, its legislature voted to amend the laws.Last year, Jamaica’s Finance and...

Seven more hospitals will join a trial in the Australian state of New South Wales examining the potential of medicinal cannabis in addressing nausea experienced by chemotherapy patients.The trial sees participating patients administered medicine in capsule form that contains 2.5mg of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and 2.5mg of cannabidiol (CBD), developed...

Australian Greens leader Dr Richard Di Natale says the door has been slammed on terminally ill patients battling to acquire cannabis medicines urgently.Australia's Special Access Scheme Category A enables quicker access to medicines than Category B, but the Federal Government removed unregistered cannabis products from Category A. A disallowance...

Cannabis oils will soon be made available to physician- selected Cayman Islands residents via an initiative of CTMH – Doctors Hospital and Cayman Pharmacy Group.A series of  continuing education events were conducted in-house during the month of April to prepare for the program.During an initial phase, medicines containing THC...

A bill expanding the use of cannabis oil in the U.S state of Georgia was signed into law yesterday by Governor Nathan Deal.The announcement is expected to generate a significant increase in registered patients. At the time of the bill's signing, just 1,738 patients and 354 doctors were registered...

Researchers say low doses of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) have restored cognitive function in old mice; leading them to believe cannabis could reverse some of the brain ageing processes in humans.In trials carried out by University of Bonn researchers and colleagues at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the cognitive abilities of...

After disappearing from the state for many decades due to it being outlawed, industrial hemp will soon be planted again in Washington state.The first legal planting of industrial hemp in Washington state in around  90 years will occur late this month after rules become effective in WA's Industrial Hemp...

Just when U.S. states thought their medical cannabis programs were safe, comments from President Donald Trump have some a little nervous again about what the near future may hold.Last week we mentioned SEC. 537 of the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which funds the operation of the U.S....