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Argentina’s Minister Of Health Urges Doctors To Prescribe Medical Cannabis

Written by Hazel Norman on November 14, 2022. Posted in Policy.

A medical cannabis program is only as good as the number of suffering patients that it helps, and that fact that is applicable anywhere that medical cannabis is legal in one form or another. After all,...

Costa Rica Authorizes First Hemp Project

Written by Hazel Norman on November 14, 2022. Posted in Business, Policy.

Cannabis reform may be spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing pace, and with it, the emerging international cannabis industry, however, the process has moved slower in some countries compared...

United States 2022 Election A Mixed Bag For Cannabis Reform

Written by Johnny Green on November 14, 2022. Posted in Policy.

November 8th was Election Day in the United States, and cannabis reform was on the ballot in several jurisdictions, both at the state level as well as at the local level. Voters in five states had the...

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Study Finds Cannabis Inversely Associated With Hypertension In HCV Patients

Written by Frank Schuler on November 7, 2022. Posted in Science.

We previously reported that a peer reviewed study in France determined that medical cannabis use was associated with a lower BMI in patients diagnosed with hepatitis C (HCV). A separate study from France...

Cannabis Bust In Spain Highlights Need For Legalizing Cannabis, Not Continued Prohibition

Written by Johnny Green on November 7, 2022. Posted in Policy.

If you are like me, then you read headlines over the weekend regarding a large cannabis operation bust in Spain. The bust was touted in mainstream media coverage all over the globe as being ‘the...

Canadian Study Arrives At Obvious Conclusion Regarding Cannabis Purchasing Decisions

Written by Johnny Green on November 6, 2022. Posted in Business, Policy.

I am one of those lucky people that lives in a legal cannabis jurisdiction, and in my opinion, I live in the best legal market for cannabis consumers on earth. The State of Oregon in the U.S., where...

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Argentina Adds New Cannabis Varieties To National Catalog Of Cultivars

Written by Hazel Norman on November 6, 2022. Posted in Business, Policy, Science.

Argentina has experienced a lot of cannabis industry and policy activity in recent months. For instance, right before the start of last summer lawmakers in Argentina passed a measure to boost the nation’s...

Inhaled Cannabis “Safe And Effective” For Treating Lower Back Pain According To New Study

Written by Frank Schuler on November 6, 2022. Posted in Science.

Since at least 1990, and likely prior, lower back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, roughly 7.5% of the world’s...

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Why Other European Countries Need To Be Like The Czech Republic

Written by Johnny Green on November 6, 2022. Posted in Business, Entertainment, Policy.

Ever since the dust settled on the 2021 federal election in Germany cannabis observers around the globe have kept a close eye on the cannabis policy discussions going on inside of Germany’s borders....