Marguerite Arnold

The Impact Of Cannabis On Retroviruses

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 23, 2020. Posted in Medical.

As the world now hunkers down inside, and “social-distancing” has become part of a global vocabulary, the race is now on for both a vaccine and a “cure.” There are, however, in the cannabis community, many who are now asking legitimate questions – such as will...

The Legend Of Brownie Mary – And Implications For The Corona Pandemic

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 23, 2020. Posted in Medical.

Mary Jane Rathbun was a legendary cannabis activist. As a hospital volunteer in San Francisco during the height of the AIDS epidemic, she became known for baking and distributing cannabis brownies to AIDS patients at San Francisco General Hospital. Along with Denis Peron, Rathbun also helped...

Does Germany Actually Know How Much Cannabis It Is Consuming?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 17, 2020. Posted in Business.

There has been a growing awareness, including among policymakers, that something is not working with the current German cannabis laws and that starts with understanding who is doing what. With a lack of clarity around all private patients, the numbers being reported are those who have made...

Is CBD Coming Back Into Focus In Germany?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 17, 2020. Posted in Business.

With the news that the German government has woken up to biology and declared that CBD is not necessarily a novel food (big victory for the European Industrial Hemp Association if not a high five of success), the market is certainly changing. If 2018 was the year of the CBD cannabuzz and last...

United Nations Pushes Back Cannabis Discussion Again

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 16, 2020. Posted in Politics, Uncategorized.

The United Nations, rather unbelievably in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, is again delaying its decision on medical cannabis reclassification. Coronavirus is, like AIDS and SARs, a retrovirus. Indeed many of the early treatments now being considered for those who develop symptoms may come...

More Canadian LPs Obtain EU GMP Licenses

Written by Marguerite Arnold on March 16, 2020. Posted in Business.

Several more Canadian firms have obtained EU-GMP licenses over the last month, with Aphria obtaining its license at the end of January, about a year later than expected. Indeed, GMP certification proved to be a major, expensive and time-consuming hurdle for many Canadian firms, and it has taken...

Is Recreational Cannabis Reform Finally Internationally A La Mode?

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 24, 2020. Posted in Politics.

With Mike Bloomberg calling for decrim and record expungement in the United States as he tests the political race, and German politicians moving, inching, deliberating slowly towards acceptance of the new normal, it is clear that 2020 is going to be another showdown year on cannabis. Yet what...

South Africa’s President Charts New Path For Cannabis In Political Speech

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 24, 2020. Posted in Politics.

Unlike politicians in other places, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa included cannabis in his State of the Nation address. Specifically, Ramaphosa linked cannabis initiatives to stimulating a sluggish economy. How many in the industry (see the U.S. and Europe right now) to hear...

UK Food Standards Agency Issues Ultimatum To CBD Industry

Written by Marguerite Arnold on February 18, 2020. Posted in Business.

Brexit or not, it appears that the CBD industry has been one of the earliest to learn that all things regulatory are not in free-fall as the divorce papers are served from the continent. Indeed, the UK Food Standards Agency has laid down the law and set a deadline for CBD purveyors in the British...

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Author: Marguerite Arnold

The Impact Of Cannabis On Retroviruses

The Legend Of Brownie Mary – And Implications For The Corona Pandemic

Does Germany Actually Know How Much Cannabis It Is Consuming?

Is CBD Coming Back Into Focus In Germany?

United Nations Pushes Back Cannabis Discussion Again

More Canadian LPs Obtain EU GMP Licenses

Is Recreational Cannabis Reform Finally Internationally A La Mode?

South Africa’s President Charts New Path For Cannabis In Political Speech

UK Food Standards Agency Issues Ultimatum To CBD Industry

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