cannabis

Some time ago a colleague requested assistance in working on a governance structure for a non-profit medical cannabis dispensary. I was somewhat aware of medical cannabis and its impact following the referendum in Massachusetts and other states to legalize medical cannabis. A former...

This will come as a surprise to those who didn't know rodents enjoyed gambling. But scientists in Canada report in the journal Behavioural Pharmacology that they have discovered stoned rats make better choices than their sober cousins in simulated gaming situations. Cannabis: a helping hand at...

Mettrum Health Corp. ("Mettrum" or the "Company") (TSXV:MT), a vertically integrated licensed producer (LP) of cannabis products, this week launched the Mettrum Registry Research Program (MRRP) to systematically gather data on up to six thousand Canadian patients who have been prescribed medical...

I really hate being "Debbie Downer" here, but this latest news on the fate of our Illinois Medical Marijuana Pilot Program (MCPP) seems to be the final "nail in the coffin." This just in from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), the agency that oversees the program. No more new...

Public opinion was evenly split at a Tuesday hearing on a local bill that would allow medical marijuana to be grown in Frederick County's agricultural districts. The legislation, sponsored by M.C. Keegan-Ayer, vice president of the Frederick County Council, has seen staunch resistance in the...

Israel's fast-growing cannabis industry has high hopes for a new market – exports of medical marijuana to America. The country is already a leading supplier of pharmaceuticals to the U.S. Now its government, scientists and companies are working together to turn the once illicit drug into a...

Cannabis could be sold in plain packaging over the counter in specialist, licensed shops to over-18s only, according to an expert panel set up by the Liberal Democrats to examine what a regulated cannabis market in Britain should look like. The panel suggests cannabis be sold in three...

With the Supreme Court of Canada having decided in the Allard case that medical cannabis patients will continue to have the right to grow their own medicine, it is time to have an honest conversation about the plan to legalize cannabis as a whole. The Cannabis Growers of Canada represent...

LAST month's federal law change making it legal for Australian patients and doctors to access medicinal cannabis has changed nothing for Jeremy Bester and his family. Mr Bester's mother Lyn Cleaver and her partner Malcolm Amundsen already provide him with spoonfuls of home-grown cannabinoid...

Legalising the sale of cannabis in the UK could raise £1bn a year in taxes and minimise the health risks to those who use it, a report by the Liberal Democrats has claimed. The party has described current drug laws as "outdated and harmful" - as they generate billions of pounds in funding for...

Nicolas Trainerbees is a Frenchman who was able to figure out how bees could make cannabis honey and dubbed it CannaHoney. The attempt at infusing cannabis and honey is not a new concept, and people have been trying to do so using various methods. However, none were successful before Nicolas...

Cannabis is beginning to look a lot like a commodity crop. After spending decades in darkened basements and secreted away on small parcels of land, marijuana growers are commercializing once-illegal plant varieties: industrial hemp, recreational marijuana and medical cannabis. As more...

O.penVAPE, the world's largest cannabis brand, in partnership with TGIG, a Nevada medical cannabis enterprise with a state-of-the-art production and cultivation facility, has begun producing and distributing O.penVAPE's best-selling CO2 extracted cannabis oils. Denver-based O.penVAPE licenses...

Over the few decades, marijuana has become one of the most controversial substances in the U.S. In most cases, people's opinions on it are very black and white, with some believing that it has no place in this country, and others believing that it should be just as available as alcohol. There is...

Medical marijuana is always controversial and this year in Georgia is no different, especially now that a medical marijuana bill that started off as a life preserver for sick and disabled children has been stripped of a key component that parents say is necessary for their kid's survival...

Police have been accused of inflating the value of cannabis plants seized during annual helicopter raids, and of taking 'medicine' away from sick people. NSW Police issued a media release this week saying that $20 million worth of cannabis plants had been seized during the 2015/16 'Cannabis...

The Lift Cannabis Expo is coming to Toronto May 28 - 29 and the timing couldn't be any better for Canadians looking to learn about and experience this massive new industry. In the past six months alone the federal government pledged to legalize cannabis for adult use, Shoppers Drug Mart, London...

In response to the Obama administration's unwillingness to take action on reforming marijuana laws, the D.C. Cannabis Campaign (DCMJ) is planning to light up outside the White House on April 2. The event, Reschedule 420, will feature mass consumption of cannabis, which remains illegal on...

Legal marijuana is becoming more and more entrenched in the United States each year, and 2016 looks to be no exception. In fact, some observers say it could be a "tipping point" for an ever-growing industry already worth billions of dollars. By the end of the year, nearly a dozen states...

Friday night, cannabis supporters held a meeting in Missoula to discuss their next step before they have to abide by the recent Montana Supreme Court ruling of medical marijuana law. At the private meeting, more than a dozen cannabis providers and even some patients from across western...