A recent discovery of medical marijuana containing bacterial and fungal pathogens could be a serious wake-up call for the legal cannabis industry. Or is it just a scare campaign?Researchers at UC Davis examined 20 marijuana samples obtained from dispensaries in Northern California. Apparently they found alarming levels of infectious...
Ireland's Health Products Regulatory Authority’s report on medicinal cannabis has been published and the nation's Health Minister has announced a compassionate access programme will proceed.In what the Minister Simon Harris described as a "milestone" in medicinal marijuana policy development for Ireland, the Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific...
The U.S. legal cannabis industry will no doubt be watching the progress of the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act very closely.The Act, introduced last week, seeks to protect parties from some provisions of the Controlled Substances Act in circumstances where they are acting in compliance with state marijuana laws.The...
A trial of marijuana use for managing the symptoms of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military veterans is now fully under way in the USA.In April last year we reported the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) had been awarded a USD $2.156 million grant to execute the...
New Zealand's Associate Health Minister has announced all decision-making for the prescribing of cannabis-based products in the country will be delegated to the Ministry of Health.Up until now, the buck has stopped with Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne. He states he has approved every application that landed on his...
Legislation recently introduced in the US House Of Representative seeks to reschedule marijuana and exclude cannabidiol (CBD) from the definition of marijuana.Also known as the “Compassionate Access Act”, HR 715 was introduced by Congressman Morgan Griffith and Congressman Earl Blumenauer.“There are countless reports of marijuana’s medicinal benefits in treating...
An industrial hemp field day will be held in Forthside, Tasmania on Thursday, 9th of February - and it's expected to generate plenty of interest from potential hemp farmers.The focus of the field day will be the research collaboration between the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture and Ecofibre Industries; which...
Nova Scotia's Human Rights Commission has directed that a Canadian man's medicinal cannabis costs must be covered by his insurer.The man, Gordon (Wayne) Skinner, argued that he faced discrimination in accessing the insurance coverage based on his disability; which was the result of a work-related car accident some years...
A survey carried out by the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) indicates a majority of GP's in the country support legalising cannabis for therapeutic use.58.6% of 565 family GP's who took part in the survey supported the legalisation of cannabis for medical use and more than 60% agreed...
A recent meeting of industry associations, companies, various other groups and the South Australian government appears to have been a success.As we reported a couple of weeks ago, the roundtable meeting was to be focused on discussing the potential for establishing industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis industries in South...
