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....

An Elon University poll indicates a vast majority of North Carolina voters support the legalising of medicinal cannabis. 80 percent of the more than 500 people surveyed said they approve of legalisation, with just 17 percent opposed to it. Recent Elon Poll results show Democrats and Independent voters are the most...

In what may bring hope to parents all over the world, a University of Nottingham study will evaluate the potential of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating children with brain tumours. Leading the research project will be Professor Richard Grundy from the University's Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre. “Increasingly families are using CBD,...

Legislation expected to be passed this week in the USA would protect various states' legal medical cannabis programs - for a few more months anyway. The law is an extension of current legislation preventing the Department of Justice from using federal funds to interfere with state schemes. Page 230, SEC. 537...