A new report claims if medical cannabis were legalized across the USA, pharmaceutical expenditure on conditions that respond well to cannabis medicines could have fallen by billions of dollars over a three year period.In a new study, New Frontier Data says its data analysts have determined pharmaceutical expenditures on...
Science, engineering, anthropology, robotics and art - this giant 3D printed and 3D woven interpretation of a weaver bird nest made with hemp fiber and wood waste draws from all of these.Described as an "intertwined physical, sociocultural, and aesthetic exploration", the sculpture is currently on display at University of...
From September 1, some patients in the Australian state of Tasmania will be able to be prescribed unregistered medical cannabis products under the State Government's Controlled Access Scheme.Announced yesterday, $3.75 million from the state budget will go towards supporting comprehensive clinical assessment of patients with severe epilepsy whose symptoms...
Another study has determined medical cannabis is displacing the use of other prescription drugs - and not just in the USA or Canada.Researchers from the Center for Medical Cannabis Education in California, Bastyr University Research Institute and the Center for the Study of Cannabis and Social Policy, both in...
The United In Compassion Australian Medicinal Cannabis Symposium 2017 will feature the nation's first one day course designed by health care practitioners for health care practitioners."Medicinal cannabis is now a reality for Australia but the initial growing pains are frustrating, controversial and ill informed," says United In Compassion (UIC)...
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...
