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Czech Republic Issue First Cannabis Import Licence, Still no Medical Cannabis Available

Posted on 25/11/2013 by Web Team |

The Czech Republic this week awarded its first license for the wholesale import of cannabis but it may do little to help the country’s foundering medical marijuana initiative get off…

GW Pharmaceuticals Announces Successful Closing of Mutual Recognition Procedure for Sativex in France

Posted on 28/10/2013 by Web Team |

London, UK; 21 October 2013: GW Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: GWPH, AIM: GWP, “GW” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary…

KILLER PILLS: MYTH OR MURDER?

Posted on 05/07/2013 by Web Team |

This is not just another drug scare story. ‘Ecstasy’ pills containing PMA are killing clubbers in the UK. Find out how to make sure you’re not next, and why the…

Smoking Cannabis Eases Tremors in Parkinson’s Disease

Posted on 22/06/2013 by Web Team |

SYDNEY — Smoking cannabis appeared to reduce tremor and pain and improve sleep among Parkinson’s disease patients, researchers from Israel reported here. Overall, patients’ scores on the standard Unified Parkinson’s…

Hunger strikes and protests forcing medical marijuana reform in Israel

Posted on 30/05/2013 by Web Team |

Facing increasing opposition from doctors and patients who support and depend on the use of medical marijuana, Israel’s Minister of Health, Yael German, has seen her Facebook page dominated by…

Doctors prescribing marijuana in Israel to double

Posted on 30/05/2013 by Web Team |

Likud MK says number of physicians who prescribe medical marijuana will rise from 9 to 20 by end of year. The number of physicians allowed to prescribe medical marijuana will…

The Latest Cannabis Discoveries That the Government Don’t Want You to Know About

Posted on 28/05/2013 by Web Team |

May 22, 2013 Despite issuing a highly publicized memorandum in 2009 stating, “Science and the scientific process must inform and guide decisions of my Administration,” it remains clear that federal…

New South Wales committee approves some cannabis for medicinal use

Posted on 21/05/2013 by Web Team |

A NSW parliamentary committee has taken the bold step of recommending cannabis be available in leaf form to ease the suffering of the terminally ill. Patients with cancer, full-blown AIDS…

Cannabis linked to prevention of diabetes

Posted on 15/05/2013 by Web Team |

Smoking cannabis may prevent the development of diabetes, one of the most rapidly rising chronic disorders in the world. If the link is proved, it could lead to the development…

Study: Inhaled Cannabis Reduces Crohn’s Symptoms

Posted on 15/05/2013 by Web Team |

Inhaling cannabis reduces symptoms of Crohn’s disease compared to placebo in patients non-responsive to traditional therapies, according to clinical trial data published online ahead of print in the journal Clinical…

Medicinal cannabis now on sale in Czech pharmacies

Posted on 04/04/2013 by Web Team |

As reported earlier this year, the Czech government legalized medicinal cannabis on February 15th 2013 for patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other serious conditions. The bill came…

GW, Almirall may pull cannabis drug Sativex in German price row

Posted on 23/03/2013 by Web Team |

(Reuters) – GW Pharmaceuticals and Almirall may stop selling the cannabis drug Sativex in Germany after health authorities refused to agree a price that the companies view as acceptable. GW…

Cannabis could provide relief for Parkinson’s pain

Posted on 17/02/2013 by Web Team |

As many as eight out of every 10 of those with Parkinson’s disease suffer from inexplicable pains that until now have been left untreated because they were thought to be…

Czech parliament green-lights medical marijuana

Posted on 31/01/2013 by Web Team |

PRAGUE – Czech lawmakers on Wednesday green-lighted marijuana as a legal medicine for use by patients suffering from serious illnesses. The bill, which must now be signed by the president…

Israeli Green Leaf Party threatens to expose ‘pot-smoking politicians’

Posted on 15/01/2013 by Web Team |

Ale Yarok claims it has information proving cannabis use by 18 Knesset candidates currently opposing legalization of marijuana; ‘We will expose hypocrisy,’ party says Will the Ale Yarok party ‘out’…

Israel Tests Marijuana Medical Use as Lebanon Continues to Destruct Cannabis Crops

Posted on 04/01/2013 by Web Team |

As Lebanon continues to overlook the potential to turn its cannabis cultivation problem into a profitable project that can improve the living conditions of farmers in the Bekaa region, many…

Some Take Cannabis Illicitly, Israelis Take it Seriously

Posted on 17/12/2012 by Web Team |

KIBBUTZ NA’AN, Israel , Dec 15 2012 (IPS) – With his shaky hands, eighty-year-old Moshe Roth can barely pour the green powder into his pipe. Seated in a wheelchair, he…

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Study Confirms Cannabis Science’s Approach to Development of CS-TATI-1 to Inhibit Kaposi Sarcoma

Posted on 14/11/2012 by Web Team |

Cannabidiol Inhibits Growth and Induces Programmed Cell Death in Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus-Infected Endothelium COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Cannabis Science, Inc., (CBIS) announces Harvard Medical School releases…