Category: Medical Cannabis News

Israel’s Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman announced Thursday last that medical cannabis will be available by prescription rather than with Health Ministry permission for certain medical conditions.

Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) is reviewing a Senate bill focused on fighting the opioid epidemic that would allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana in many of the same situations where they could prescribe opioids. Reports CO 9 News.com

On May 6, 2019, New York State law makers proposed two bills, A7467 and S5657 (both are the same), that would overhaul New York’s medical cannabis program. Making It Less Costly and More Accessible to Qualified Patients Writes the Law Offices of Craig Delsack, LLC.

Opioids in Britain kill five people every day and experts have warned that the country is in the grip of an epidemic. MPs, senior doctors, and drug specialists cautioned that the UK might be heading towards a US-level opioid crisis.

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology conducted a wide-ranging review of 26 published studies across Australia, the United States, Canada and Ireland.

The study, published in the March 2019 issue of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research by Mary Ann Liebert Inc., was conducted by researchers at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. It’s the first controlled study observing the effects of synthetic cannabinoids in humans.

The Louisiana House Agriculture Committee rejected the rules Wednesday.

HB 1365 still has to pass the senate

“[The House Veterans Affairs Committee] can make strong proposals for us to move forward with recommendations of filling out forms and such but, in the end, we need to go back to the [Drug Enforcement Agency] and [Justice Department] for their opinion,” said Larry Mole, chief consultant for population health at the VA.

The short form of Cannabidiol is known as CBD and is one among the 500 natural ingredients found in Cannabis or Marijuana Plant. THC is one of the other elements that are responsible for giving the high. Besides, there are many other cannabinoids beneficial for treating health issues.

An Alabama Senate committee approved a bill to legalize medical marijuana on Wednesday, the second major victory for cannabis reform supporters in the state within the span of a week. Reports Marijuana Moment

West Australian Jim Plamondon who also works as a marketing vice-president for the Thailand-based cannabis advocacy group Thai Cannabis Corporation said he successfully brought Thai-prescribed cannabis products into WA to treat his chronic pain on April 8.

In a carefully crafted article ABC news details how Gov Brian Kemp has made things easier for cannabis patients. Here at CLR we aren’t so forgiving, smells of politics to us.

Florida’s medical cannabis marketplace is set to see a significant boost in the number of businesses that can operate in the state as regulators approved licenses for eight more firms in addition to the 14 existing MMJ operators. Says MJ Biz

Republican Sen. Steve Dickerson of Nashville told a committee Wednesday that he will delay his bill until 2020.Dickerson, a medical doctor, said some of the statements from law enforcement against the bill were inflammatory, misleading and disingenuous. He said he believes Tennessee will soon embrace medical cannabis.

“Based on quantity of medical marijuana sold per dispensary in Washington and in Colorado, we project with 66 percent confidence that between 115 and 132 dispensaries will be needed by the year 2022.”

The Minnesota lawyer reports…..”The about-face came the day before a motion challenging the former policy was scheduled in Carver County District Court.”

Queensland patients will no longer have to obtain state approval to get their hands on medicinal cannabi. s.Qld Health Minister Steven Miles says medicinal cannabis will now be treated in the same way as prescription drugs.

Ganjapreneur write…Legislative leaders had packaged the medical cannabis and recreational bills together hoping to garner more ‘yes’ votes for legalization, but may need to take separate action to benefit medical patients if the adult-use bill continues to flounder.