Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced scheduling changes relating to cannabis that will be implemented in the November 2016 Poisons Standard.The TGA, part of the Australian Government Department of Health, is the country's regulatory authority for therapeutic goods.In April this year, the TGA published an interim decision to create...
The Government of the Australian state of Queensland has proposed amendments to laws in an effort to facilitate medicinal cannabis production within its borders.According to Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson, changes to the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 - included in the Farm Business Debt Mediation Bill 2016 - will enable...
Israeli researchers are preparing for a pioneering study to gauge the impact of medical cannabis in treating autism.Dr. Adi Eran, from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center, will head the research and is currently seeking permits from the country's health ministry to begin the trial. Dr. Eran has already gained...
NZ politicians take note - yet another poll has indicated growing support for medical cannabis in New Zealand in the lead-up to general elections next year.A poll carried out by research company UMR early in 2016 indicated 72 percent of respondents expressed support for medical marijuana. Six months later,...
It's certainly interesting that cannabinoids have been found to improve low-light vision of tadpoles by sensitizing retinal cells, but why is it important?Researchers from McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute were testing to see test how tadpoles reacted to visual stimuli after exposure to increased levels of cannabinoids; both exogenous...
There's not too many people who would have their photo taken at an airport in New Zealand holding marijuana unless they are customs officers - and Rebecca Reider is certainly not one.We first mentioned Ms. Reider back in March, when she faced court charged with various offences connected to...
Goodbye sunflowers, hello hemp. University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research has begun sowing the crop.The industrial hemp will be grown to further the Center's research in alternative fuels. It's by no means a large project - the plot in which the plants are being grown is...
A study carried out by researchers from Columbia University Medical Center has concluded that men experience greater pain relief than women after smoking marijuana.CUMC researchers examined data from two double-blinded, placebo-controlled studies researching the analgesic effects of cannabis in 42 recreational marijuana smokers.After smoking either an active or placebo...
A mother who is a cannabis medicine caregiver and a medical marijuana company have filed a complaint against the New Mexico Department of Health.The legal action is based on the state's medicinal marijuana program apparently causing "direct and immediate harm".Under New Mexico's program, the maximum number of plants that...
Researchers at the University of Sydney's Lambert Initiative have announced a new study relating to the treatment of children with severe epilepsy with cannabis based medications.The program, PELICAN (Paediatric Epilepsy Lambert Initiative Cannabinoid Analysis) is being carried out in partnership with Epilepsy Action Australia.The study will consist of interviews...
