A US federal appeals court has banned the Department of Justice from spending funds to prosecute medical marijuana cases in instances where no state laws have been broken.The DOJ is now in a position where it must demonstrate ten pending cases have broken medical marijuana laws in the relevant...
The State Government of Victoria in Australia has announced a medical cannabis cultivation trial is in its second phase and an Independent Medical Advisory Committee is active.In April this year, Victoria became the first Australian state to legalise access to medicinal cannabis; albeit access is only available for...
An Australian researcher leading a program studying medical uses of marijuana may have just set the proverbial cat among the pigeons.Jennifer Martin, a GP and Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Newcastle, says the marijuana miracle cure is exaggerated and warns of the danger of evangelising any...
There's a lot of marijuana growing wild in Kazakhstan - but instead of destroying it, authorities are considering using it to make paper.Please note: no Borat jokes have been used in penning this article.According to the BBC, Kazakhstan's Chuy Valley is home to what's believed to be the largest...
Canadian patients authorised to use medical cannabis will be celebrating - they'll soon have the option of cultivating their own plants (in small quantities).Announced late this week, the new Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) will replace the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) from the 24th...
There are many disappointed medicinal cannabis supporters in the USA today after the nation's Drug Enforcement Administration refused to reschedule marijuana.Hopes were building that the DEA would reclassify marijuana from Schedule One to Schedule Two after an unnamed source in the DEA indicated in June it would occur this...
The removal of signatures supporting a medical cannabis initiative in Missouri means the issue may not appear on the November ballot.An initiative spearheaded by New Approach Missouri would empower state-licensed physicians in Missouri to determine who will benefit from medical cannabis. It would also allow for limited and regulated patient...
In June, we wrote that Cayman Islands Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin gave a big green light to medical cannabis and that the issue was being pursued with a sense of urgency.The Cayman News Service reports progress has been delayed, with patients waiting more than nine months for the promised...
The CEO of a large medical cannabis company in the USA states he was denied insurance because of his association with the industry.In December last year we reported participants in the USA's burgeoning medicinal marijuana sector were having problems with gaining access to basic financial services. At that point,...
After a long wait, Minnesota patients with intractable pain are now able to access medical cannabis; bringing much needed relief.The adding of intractable pain has been a hard fought battle, one that looked to be lost at one point. In November last year, an eight-member panel appointed by Minnesota's...
