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(Sonya Yruel/Drug Policy Alliance) NORML | October 28, 2017 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL — Patients with Parkinson’s disease report long-term therapeutic benefits from the daily use of medical cannabis, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Clinical Neuropharmacology. Investigators at Tel Aviv University in Israel conducted a retrospective assessment of the daily use of cannabis in 47 patients with Parkinson’s …
The Cleveland, Ohio City Council has approved new zoning requirements ahead of the state implementing the medical cannabis regime that limits the location of dispensaries, and grow, research and production sites, according to a Cleveland.com report. The measure, approved 15-1, will prevent industry operations in about 95 percent of the city. The regulations prohibit medical cannabis operations within 500 feet …
Paul Armentano | October 30, 2017 Members of the US House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs are demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs facilitate protocols to assess the efficacy of medical cannabis in veterans suffering from chronic pain and post-traumatic stress. Minnesota Democrat Tim Walz, along with nine other Democrat members of the Committee, authored an October 26, 2017 letter to …
Constellation Brands, the U.S. distributor of Corona beer and Svedka vodka, has agreed to take a 9.9 percent stake in Canopy Growth Corp., a Canadian medical cannabis company, for about US$191 million (C$245 million) the company announced in a press release. The announcement comes less than one year after Constellation CEO Rob Sands told Ad Age that the company was …
MJ Freeway, the seed-to-sale firm used in several legal states, suffered an outage last Saturday and Monday, forcing some medical cannabis dispensaries to either suspend operations or record their sales by hand, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report. The company confirmed to the newspaper that they had “observed performance issues” with their Tracker software. “All client sites were taken offline …
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded a $3.2 million grant to the University of Florida to study the effects of medical cannabis for individuals suffering from HIV symptoms, according to a WTLV report. The study will be led by Dr. Robert Cook, a professor of epidemiology and medicine at the UF College of Public Health and health professions …
Arizona’s first drive-thru medical cannabis dispensary open tomorrow in Sun City as a convenience service for the elderly and disabled, according to an AZFamily.com report. The dispensary, All Greens, will utilize the old drive-thru teller window of a remodeled bank to sell to its registered patients. Anthony Harrington, CEO of All Greens, said that the company had developed rules for …
In an interview with the Cannabist, Nevada Department of Taxation head Deonne Contine disclosed the state had sold more than $33 million during its second month of adult-use sales – representing a 24 percent spike from the 27.1 million in sales in July. The revenues equate to $3.35 million in tax revenues derived from the recreational market and a combined …
Canada-based Khiron Life Sciences Corp. and PharmaCielo Ltd. are the first companies to be granted full licenses to produce and process medical cannabis products in Colombia. Both companies are able to cultivate and process products containing unrestricted percentages of THC and CBD. Having received all three requisite licenses to operate in the country, Khiron Colombia SAS, the Canadian firm’s Colombian …
The interest in Michigan’s state-sponsored medical cannabis industry educational sessions has been so great that regulators are moving one class to a larger venue and a sixth session has been added. According to a Detroit Free Press report, nearly 2,000 people have pre-registered for classes so far. The Nov. 8 session has been moved from Oakland Community College in Farmington …
