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Medicinal Cannabis: The Evidence
The most up-to-date, analysis of the evidence on the safety and efficacy of cannabis as medicine. Focuses on Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, chronic pain, Crohn’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Published April 2015.
How To Regulate Cannabis In Britain
This is the second version of a plan for the regulation of the cannabis supply chain in Britain. This version was published on 18th October 2013
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IRELAND. "A raid by Gardai took place at the home of a single parent suffering from severe epilepsy who had just received a shipment from An Post. The Gardai let the woman off with ‘a warning.’ The shipment in question? Hemp-derived CBD. Another raid saw a graduate student return to his home and witness his parents being restrained at their kitchen table while Gardai searched their house. Again, for hemp products."
Gardai Raids New Level Of Absurdity Says HFI | The Extract
HFI release statement on the recent police raids on the homes of Irish consumers of hemp products. The Extract reports. Read now.
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STUDY. "In the UK, medical cannabis was approved in November 2018, leading many patients to believe that the medicine would now be available on the NHS. Yet, to date, there have been only 12 NHS prescriptions and less than 60 prescriptions in total. In marked contrast, a recent survey found 1.4 m people are using illicit cannabis for medical problems. Potential solutions are outlined as to how the medical profession and regulators could respond to the strong demand from patients."
Medical cannabis in the UK: From principle to practice - Anne Katrin Schlag, David S Baldwin, Michael Barnes, Steve Bazire, Rachel Coathup, H Valerie Curran, Rupert McShane, Lawrence D Phillips, Ilina Singh, David J Nutt,
Background: In the UK, medical cannabis was approved in November 2018, leading many patients to believe that the medicine would now be available on the NHS. Yet...
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STUDY. "In the UK, medical cannabis was approved in November 2018, leading many patients to believe that the medicine would now be available on the NHS. Yet, to date, there have been only 12 NHS prescriptions and less than 60 prescriptions in total. In marked contrast, a recent survey found 1.4 m people are using illicit cannabis for medical problems. Potential solutions are outlined as to how the medical profession and regulators could respond to the strong demand from patients."
Medical cannabis in the UK: From principle to practice - Anne Katrin Schlag, David S Baldwin, Michael Barnes, Steve Bazire, Rachel Coathup, H Valerie Curran, Rupert McShane, Lawrence D Phillips, Ilina Singh, David J Nutt,
Background: In the UK, medical cannabis was approved in November 2018, leading many patients to believe that the medicine would now be available on the NHS. Yet...
journals.sagepub.com
"Researchers found that 61% of the test subjects reported a 50% or more reduction of monthly migraine attacks following medical cannabis treatment. Responders also reported better sleep quality and lower rates of consumption of opioids and triptans compared to non-responders, the sub-group of test subjects that reported a less than 50% reduction in monthly migraine attacks with medical cannabis treatment."
Study Suggests Prolonged Cannabis Treatment Reduces Migraines
According to a new study, the frequency of migraines may be reduced with consistent cannabis treatment.
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"The coronavirus was not the first epidemic to emerge from Wuhan. The sprawling industrial hub is China’s “chemicals capital”. And some pharmaceutical factories developed a sideline as lethal as it was lucrative, churning out the ingredients for illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid painkiller that is 50 times as powerful as heroin."
Wuhan is also the centre of China's synthetic cannabinoid industry, providing the ingredients for Spice and similar nasty, dangerous drugs that are wreaking havoc in the West.
Wuhan is also the centre of China's synthetic cannabinoid industry, providing the ingredients for Spice and similar nasty, dangerous drugs that are wreaking havoc in the West.
Wuhan’s shuttered fentanyl labs leave field clear for Russia
The coronavirus was not the first epidemic to emerge from Wuhan. Before people started to fall ill there with the mystery disease late last year, the central Chinese city was already exporting another
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USA. "Sharron Cannon is the outreach coordinator for Curaleaf, a medicinal cannabis company with 57 dispensaries in 17 states. Her job entails educating patients about cannabis and enrolling them in the New York State Medical Marijuana Program. Before the coronavirus outbreak, she spent most of her time talking with patients directly. Now that work is done via the phone, email or text, including on Sundays."
How a Cannabis Expert Spends Her Sundays
“‘Antsy’ is a good word for how they’re feeling right now,” Sharron Cannon said of her patients at Curaleaf, where demand is high.
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The Incredible Truth About Cannabis And Bladder Cancer. #Cannabis smokers were 45% less likely to be diagnosed with bladder #cancer than patients who did not smoke at all. #EndOurPain https://t.co/B731Fhf6QB https://t.co/BETvG5DqtX
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Why is Portugal’s Unique #DrugsPolicy Working? The public view of individuals of people using #drugs has shifted to one of care and empathy. https://t.co/ojVrB3rJQC https://t.co/L5ZETqhtYQ
Ireland's very own #reefermadness psychiatrist blunders into the New Zealand referendum. @MarycannonMary is not just misguided but dangerous and irresponsible, claiming #cannabis is "more damaging to the brain" than alcohol #drugspolicy https://t.co/QUXjHVN6zX https://t.co/qz4UrFZ4pu
SOUTH AFRICA. Cabinet approves bill to regulate private use of #cannabis. In 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that the use of cannabis is legal. This is the bill the govt was forced to deliver. #drugspolicy https://t.co/FLG8VPhDWQ https://t.co/3iaavqXIYL
Recent archeological findings have backed up accounts of fearsome bands of nomadic women. Along with weapons, gold, and sacrificed horses, they were buried with personal #cannabis-burning kits. https://t.co/vmF9tB7E5Q https://t.co/PQZ99UUF6R
Medcan provides free resources and educational material on #cannabis and the endocannabinoid system, information on private prescriptions and on law and policies surrounding NHS access. #EndOurPain #drugspolicy https://t.co/CpXPG8tzam https://t.co/wLfnVBESD0
Great-grandmother, 69, who was arrested for having #CBD oil in her purse at Disney World sues for $18million saying she was 'traumatized' after she was handcuffed in front of her children and strip searched at jail #cannabis #drugspolicy https://t.co/EwU7ZKM4qR https://t.co/6UmuKghsHa
Join the CLEAR campaign for medicinal #cannabis on a GP's prescription and regulated access for adults. #EndOurPain #drugspolicy https://t.co/hpwk7BpEKl https://t.co/dchdwlDwWP
Ireland's very own #reefermadness psychiatrist blunders into the New Zealand referendum. @MarycannonMary is not just misguided but dangerous and irresponsible, claiming #cannabis is "more damaging to the brain" than alcohol #drugspolicy https://t.co/QUXjHVN6zX https://t.co/OqBYWn8CoT
Recent archeological findings have backed up accounts of fearsome bands of nomadic women. Along with weapons, gold, and sacrificed horses, they were buried with personal #cannabis-burning kits. https://t.co/vmF9tB7E5Q https://t.co/SxEv4z8J0R
