SCOTLAND’S first home-grown cannabis medicines could be in UK patients’ hands in early 2022 after work started on a new £15m cultivation and production facility in the Borders. With the UK’s one million-plus medical cannabis users currently reliant on imports, home-grown and black market suppliers this marks a significant milestone. Hilltop Leaf says it hopes […]
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Cannabis: A Fuel For UK Economic Growth Says Newly-Launched Industry Group
THE UK can ride the global green wave to boost the domestic economy in the post-Covid, post-Brexit world, says a newly formed coalition of senior cannabis players. New Leaf Opportunities (NLO) is launched today by some of the UK’s leading lights with the aim of highlighting the potential of medical cannabis, and CBD wellness, as […]
Symptoms improved for 70% of patients on cannabis treatment – Health minister
Thailand’s pro-marijuana public health minister boasts that symptoms have improved for at least 70% of the country’s medical cannabis patients. Thailand’s 311 medical cannabis clinics at hospitals have treated more than 14,200 people, most who are diagnosed with terminal cancer, according to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Other patients using the cannabis treatment are patients […]
Big Ideas: Apply For Your Mexico Cannabis License NOW
By Adrián Cisneros Aguilar, Harris Bricken correspondent attorney For the past 15 years, the global “War on Drugs” has shaped Mexico’s national security landscape. The Mexican government’s offensive against illegal drugs has taken two paths: head-on clashes with the cartels and significant updates to its drug policies. A brief timeline of events specifically affecting cannabis in […]
Reasonable Accommodation of Medical Cannabis Use: Let’s Talk About It
In a decision issued in March, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that employers must reasonably accommodate individuals who are legal users of medical cannabis. The case, Wild v. Carriage House Funeral Home, arose out of a car accident. Wild was employed by Carriage House as a licensed funeral home director. While working a funeral, a […]
Building With, Not From, Medical Markets
We interrupt your normal feed of CBD-related content to discuss the future of adult-use cannabis states. Notably, with Illinois’s cannabis legalization signed into law and the market set to open in early 2020, it’s a good time to take stock how consumer behavior will shift in that market, as well as other medical markets that […]
Cannabis & Sports With Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph
It was my good fortune recently to interview Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph. Dr. Bush-Joseph is the team physician for the Chicago White Sox, Associate Team Physician for the Chicago Bulls and he is currently a Professor at Rush University Medical Center as well as the Associate Director of the Rush Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. He graduated from University […]
Did the Trump Administration Really Declare War Against Recreational Marijuana States?
By John Davis Since the Press Conference on Thursday, February 23 there have been many articles insinuating that the Trump Administration has taken a stand against states with recreational (adult use) marijuana laws. I am not sure that is an accurate takeaway. For instance, take this article from CNN with the headline “White House: Feds will step […]
Applications Released for Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Grower/Processor and Dispensary permits
By Tom Santanna On January 17, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) released applications for medical cannabis grower/processor (G/P) and dispensary licenses. Applications will be accepted by mailing a single USB drive, external hard drive, CD-ROM, or DVD with the completed application materials and fees by US mail to the DOH from February 20 to […]
Colorado Pot Shops Reach $1 Billion in Sales During First 10 Months of 2016
In the first 10 months of 2016, Colorado marijuana shops reached a significant milestone they had barely missed in all of 2015: $1 billion in legal, regulated cannabis sales. Recreational and medical cannabis shops in America’s first 420-legal state have sold nearly $1.1 billion of marijuana and related products in 2016, according to the new […]