Reducing opioid dependence is a primary goal of medical cannabis programmes, but there remains a need for rigorous science when making decisions about the interaction between cannabis and opioid use for pain ...
A recent study has shown that CBD can reduce the psychoactive effects of THC – a discovery which could advance the clinical application of medical cannabis ...
Written by Lorraine Mullaney | 21st September 2022
A French hemp trade association believes the consortium approach applied in the initial European novel food application process could again be the solution to the requests for extra data that have stalled assessments ...
The Biden Administration recently released a memorandum requiring research receiving federal funds to be made available to the public without charge. But what effect will this have on cannabis research? ...
More than two dozen officers carried out a surprise raid on a farm in Dithmarschen on 30th August as part of “an investigation into the joint illegal trade of large quantities of narcotics”, according to the...
The 1st April change to permit the export of medical cannabis from Colombia has sparked an immediate boom in shipments from the South American country ...
New legislation has been put forward in Peru to establish a framework for the production and commercialisation of hemp – but what are its chances of passing in a period of political turmoil? ...
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has withdrawn its proposal to effectively ban five psychedelic compounds after receiving significant opposition from the research and advocacy community ...
It’s difficult to get a licence to operate in the cannabis field in the US if you’ve been convicted of selling cannabis before it was legal. Yet such restrictions do little to protect the market...
Patients in Spain will soon be able to access cannabis in pharmacies with a medical prescription as the government is about to introduce new legislation ...
Hemp producers have lost an important challenge on the 0.3% THC threshold for hemp-derived products in the US, potentially making producers liable if they go over the threshold during production, whether or not the end...
There is quite a bit of baggage in how reference is made to the Cannabis sativa plant – as demonstrated by what's behind a new change to the law in the US state of Washington...
Israeli cannabis firm InterCure is collaborating with US brand Cookies to launch Europe’s first flagship Cookies store in Vienna; meanwhile, Panaxia Labs exports to Germany from Malta ...
Companies are facing technical and marketing pros and cons as they increasingly turn to cold-press CBD extraction as a way around novel food market limitations in the UK and Ireland ...
It looks like there will be no easy or quick solutions to addressing the data gaps the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) requires to reach a conclusion on the safety of CBD as an ingestible...
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