Leading German Pharma Company Launches Medical Cannabis Range Into Fast-Growing Domestic Market March 8, 2021 Peter McCusker Germany 0 Comments ONE of Germany’s largest pharmaceutical firms has entered the medical cannabis space with the launch of a two flower products – and six more products to follow. Hesse-based Stada, Germany’s fifth largest pharmaceutical company, announced late last year it had… Read More→
Work Gets Underway On Scotland’s First Medical Cannabis Cultivation and Production Facility January 20, 2021 Peter McCusker United Kingdom 0 Comments 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,… Read More→
Cannabis: A Fuel For UK Economic Growth Says Newly-Launched Industry Group December 7, 2020 Peter McCusker News & Insights 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Symptoms improved for 70% of patients on cannabis treatment – Health minister November 16, 2020 AggregatedNews Thailand 0 Comments 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,… Read More→
Big Ideas: Apply For Your Mexico Cannabis License NOW August 6, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Reasonable Accommodation of Medical Cannabis Use: Let’s Talk About It April 7, 2020 Maxine Neuhauser New Jersey 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Building With, Not From, Medical Markets July 9, 2019 Eric Giandelone Marketing 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Cannabis & Sports With Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph February 26, 2018 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Did the Trump Administration Really Declare War Against Recreational Marijuana States? February 27, 2017 John Davis Policy & Legal 1 Comment 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.… Read More→
Applications Released for Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Grower/Processor and Dispensary permits January 18, 2017 Tom Santanna Pennsylvania 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Colorado Pot Shops Reach $1 Billion in Sales During First 10 Months of 2016 December 13, 2016 AggregatedNews Colorado, Retail 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Arkansas Supreme Court Tosses Medical Marijuana Proposal After Thousands Have Already Voted October 28, 2016 AggregatedNews Arkansas 1 Comment The Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, but voters will still be able to consider a competing plan. In a… Read More→
Pennsylvania Health Department Unveils New Guidelines for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries October 26, 2016 AggregatedNews Pennsylvania 0 Comments Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program expects to solicit applications from aspiring growers, processors and dispensaries in early 2017, health department officials said this week after unveiling draft regulations that will govern the outlets that sell cannabis. Since April 17, when Gov.… Read More→
UK Government Says Marijuana Does Have Medicinal Value October 24, 2016 AggregatedNews Organizations & Associations, Policy & Legal 0 Comments The government’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has found that Cannabidiol (CBD) has a “restoring, correcting or modifying” effect on “physiological functions” when administered to humans, in a potential milestone in the campaign to legalise cannabis and bring… Read More→
Here’s Why the FDA Does Not Believe Marijuana Is Medicine October 19, 2016 AggregatedNews Organizations & Associations, Policy & Legal 2 Comments The November election will be a pivotal moment for the future of U.S. marijuana policy. Voters in five states, including California, will decide whether to legalize weed for recreational use by adults, and citizens in four others will cast ballots on… Read More→