The Impact of Cannabis on Anxiety
What is the impact of cannabis on anxiety, and how can it help alleviate the symptoms? With cannabis becoming legal in many states across America, people are beginning to use…
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Irish worker awarded €9k after being sacked for ‘supporting medicinal cannabis’
A FORMER EMPLOYEE of a regional airport has been awarded over €9,000 in the Labour Court over a case of unfair dismissal The worker had been fired from his role…
Cbd Awareness Day Belfast
The Fibromyalgia Support N.I. group are hosting a CBD awarness day at The Vine Center on the Crumlin Road, Belfast on the 6th of March from 11am – 13.00pm. Guest…
Cannabis Connecting the Troubled
Clark French, the founder of the United Patients Alliance, traveled to Belfast for the first ever held Medical Cannabis Summit in Northern Ireland. A landmark occasion!
Colombias Growing Medical Cannabis Industry
In this three part report ‘Colombia Gold’ the Cannabis News Network reports on the growing medicinal cannabis industry in Colombia
First licence granted to treat pain with cannabis
A licence for medicinal cannabis has been granted for the treatment of chronic pain for the first time in Ireland. The move has been described by the medical profession as…
Cannabis effective at killing leukaemia cells, research confirms
New research has confirmed that cannabinoids – the active chemicals in cannabis – are effective in killing leukaemia cells, particularly when used in combination with chemotherapy treatments. Researchers also found…
UK Researchers to Study the Effects of CBD on Brain Tumors in Children
A non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis called cannabidiol (CBD) is to be tested for its effects on paediatric brain cancer cells by experts at Nottingham’s world-leading Children’s Brain Tumour Research…
Updates from Vera Twomeys Campaign for Ava
Follow Vera Twomeys campaign for access to life saving cannabis for her daughter Ava who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet Syndrome Help fund Avas cannabis…
Derry mother fundraising for seriously ill son to get cannabis treatment in US
A Derry mother whose 10-year-old son suffers from a rare life-limiting disease has appealed for donations to help get him to America to avail of cannabis treatment that is illegal…
Chileans grow own medical marijuana as weed ban loosens
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chileans are increasingly growing their own cannabis for medical purposes as the conservative South American nation begins loosening legal prohibitions on the formerly illegal plant. In 2015,…
Expert calls for government to stop ‘lying’ about cannabis
The New Zealand government should stop “lying” to its people over medicinal cannabis, a visiting doctor says United States physician Dr David Bearman, who specialises in medicinal cannabis effects and…
Cannabis reverses ageing processes in the brain
Memory performance decreases with increasing age. Cannabis can reverse these ageing processes in the brain. This was shown in mice by scientists at the University of Bonn with their colleagues…
Billy Caldwell Prescribed Cannabis Oil
The Tyrone GP who wrote a groundbreaking prescription for medicinal cannabis this week said he did so because his patient’s welfare outweighed all other issues. Dr Brendan O’Hare of Castlederg…
Hebrew University Launches Cannabis Research Center
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has announced the launch of a Multidisciplinary Center on Cannabinoid Research The new Center will serve as one of the world’s leading institutes for conducting…
The Future Of Medicinal Cannabis
Rob Hunt a partner at Tuatara Capital tralks about the future of “medicinal cannabis” Tuatara Capital, L.P. was founded in 2014 as a specialized alternative investment manager to focus on…
I Secretly Gave My Son Cannabis to Save His Life
At the age of 10, Deryn Blackwell was diagnosed with leukaemia and two years later developed a rare form of cancer called Langerhans cell sarcoma. After four unsuccessful bone marrow…
Irish Mother Vera Twomey Radio Interview
In this radio interview Vera Twomey gives the latest news from her campaign to access cannabis for daughter Ava Barry in Ireland
GrassRoots The Cannabis Revolution
GrassRoots: The Cannabis Revolution is a feature-length documentary exploring the medicinal use of cannabis, the patients involved & the campaign to change UK law Clark French is 30 year’s old…
Campaigners to Walk 150 Miles to Hospital Appointment
A mum fighting for legal access to medicinal cannabis in Northern Ireland will walk 150 miles to a hospital appointment with her son Charlotte Caldwell’s son Billy suffers from intractable…
