Epidiolex Archives - International Cannabis Business Conference https://internationalcbc.com/tag/epidiolex/ USA Canada And Europe's International Cannabis Business Conference Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:31:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://internationalcbc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-icbclogo_512_512-32x32.jpg Epidiolex Archives - International Cannabis Business Conference https://internationalcbc.com/tag/epidiolex/ 32 32 The NHS Legalizes Two Cannabis Based Medications https://internationalcbc.com/the-nhs-legalizes-two-cannabis-based-medications/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 20:05:39 +0000 https://wp.internationalcbc.com/?p=41390 While the struggle for cannabis reform goes on in the United Kingdom, GW Pharmaceuticals is laughing all the way to the bank. At the beginning of the month, NICE (the friendly-sounding drugs advisory body) issued stringent and narrow guidelines for prescriptions of cannabinoid medication that sounded like they came from the last century. Notably, NICE […]

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]]> Cannabis-Based Epidiolex Now Available by Prescription https://internationalcbc.com/cannabis-based-epidiolex-now-available-by-prescription/ Thu, 01 Nov 2018 23:23:52 +0000 https://internationalcbc.com/?p=33456 After decades of government propaganda and lies about the medical benefits of cannabis, the U.S. FDA approved the cannabis-based medicine Epidiolex last June and the DEA placed the drug in Schedule V (versus the restrictive Schedule I, still reserved for cannabis itself). GW Pharmaceuticals has now announced that Epidiolex is available to patients in need in […]

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]]> CBD Offers Opportunities and Risks for the Cannabis Community https://internationalcbc.com/cbd-offers-opportunities-and-risks-for-the-cannabis-community/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:30:59 +0000 https://internationalcbc.com/?p=32503 Reefer Madness prohibitionists have made numerous ridiculous statements over the years, including the contention that cannabis isn’t medicine, but that cannabis compounds are. While ranting about today’s marijuana, with THC levels over 20%, being so much stronger than that smoked during the Woodstock era, anti-legalization zealots have pushed the synthetic THC drug Marinol on patients, which […]

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]]> FDA Approves Epidiolex, It’s First Cannabis-Based Medicine https://internationalcbc.com/fda-approves-epidiolex-its-first-cannabis-based-medicine/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:20:28 +0000 https://internationalcbc.com/?p=31768 It was bound to happen eventually as the United States government couldn’t deny the medicinal benefits of the cannabis forever. While Uncle Sam had previously approved Drobinal, synthetic THC drug, GW Pharmaceutical’s Epidiolex is Cannabidiol (CBD) derived from the actual cannabis plant. The FDA’s approval of the epilepsy/seizure treatment is a somewhat complicated blessing and a […]

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]]> Legal Cannabis is Coming to the United States…Soon https://internationalcbc.com/legal-cannabis-is-coming-to-the-united-states-soon/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:00:54 +0000 https://internationalcbc.com/?p=30791 They say when it rains it pours. In tandem with crazy weather patterns affecting populations across the globe, the cannabis industry is starting to see some precipitation after decades of prohibition-induced drought. Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an open public comment period asking citizens to weigh in on opinions […]

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