BRITAIN, November 11, 2019, (INDEPENDENT) Approximately 1.4m British people are using “street cannabis” to treat medically-diagnosed chronic health conditions, a poll has found.
Previous research estimated between 50,000 and 1.1m people in the UK regularly use cannabis bought illegally as a form of medicinal treatment.
However, according to a new study of the “largest ever polling sample”,...
U.S, February 13, 2020 (CANNABISBUSINESSTIMES) A bill to legalize medical cannabis in Alabama has been introduced in the state legislature following a study commission’s discussions on the best approach to a legislative proposal.
Alabama Sen. Tim Melson (R-Florence) is sponsoring Senate Bill 165, titled...
COBOURG, September 4, 2019 (NORTHUMBERLANDNEWS.COM)- Clients with a prescription for medicinal cannabis who want locally-grown strains can now order them online or over the phone.
Grown indoors with a hydroponic system, Cobourg’s FV Pharma Inc. (FV Pharma) began selling dried cannabis on Aug. 19 and the company says it hopes to receive...
AUSTRALIA, January 21, 2020 (HEMPGAZETTE) There’s a lot of activity on the Australian cannabusiness scene, but what is happening at the patient end of things? Statistics from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) indicate significant growth in approvals, but it wouldn’t even be touching the sides of potential...
U.S,December 6, 2019 (MERRYJANE) This April, New Mexico passed a law to expand its medical marijuana program, which, among other things, prevents employers from firing workers who use medical cannabis. But while most employers in the state are bound by this new law, the state government itself continues to exclude...
U.S, January 13, 2020 (ANALYTICALCANNABIS) The end of 2019 saw the 'vaping crisis' in North America. As of January 7 this year, over 50 people have died and thousands were left inflicted with lung injuries linked to tobacco and cannabis vaping products containing vitamin E acetate.
U.S, October 30, 2019 (CANNABISTECH) The chemical reaction that removes a carboxyl group, releases carbon dioxide, and activates the potential of cannabinoids.
UNDERSTANDING DECARBOXYLATION
The raw cannabis plant consists of cannabinoids in their acidic form. When one states that cannabinoids are in their “acidic form,” they are referring to the chemical...
U.S, February 12, 2020 (HEMPGAZETTE) While the U.S. state of Kentucky may be all-in on hemp, medical marijuana is another story. But there’s certainly plenty of call for it.
Medical marijuana is yet to be legalised in the state, although this hasn’t been...
U.K, December 03, 2019 (ANALYICALCANNABIS) The first national charity to support medical cannabis patients in the UK is to be launched next year by the team behind Sapphire Medical Clinics, the first British medical cannabis clinic to be approved by the Care Quality Commission.
AUSTRALIA, December 6, 2019 (HEMPGAZETTE) Australia’s THC Global (ASX:THC) announced on Wednesday the first medicinal cannabis had been processed at its Southport, Queensland facility.
The company has wasted little time in getting things moving at the site after being granted a Medicinal Cannabis Manufacture Permit for the facility last month....