While two companies have already filed patents to produce cannabinoids from yeast, research into micro-organisms is on the increase. In February...
Researchers at the University of Irvine in California have attempted to assess the impact of the legalization of medical cannabis on suicide rates. Their results, published in...
Israel's medical cannabis program has been up and running since the early 1990s. However, it has come in for a lot of criticism from patients...
Since 2015, Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has been issuing import permits on a case-by-case basis as part of a compassionate use program for medical cannabis. However, the...
Regulating the therapeutic use of cannabis raises a number of crucial questions for regulators and patients alike. One of the most...
Last January, Denmark launched its four-year medical cannabis pilot program. According to data presented by the Danish Minister of Health...
Some U.S. states are exploring the possibility of legalizing the use of cannabis to relieve severe menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea). With this in mind, researchers at the university...
Patrick Dewals, a political scientist and campaigner for therapeutic cannabis, has called in a law firm to put the Belgian government on notice, and more specifically...
Scientific research on cannabis was severely limited by prohibition. Although research into cannabinoids is now being...
A recent study suggests that cannabidiol (CBD) may allow certain drugs to be absorbed more effectively by brain cells by helping them to...
While some people rewatch every episode of Game of Thrones to rank them from worst to best, we've chosen to rewatch the CSST...
The bigger, the better, but still... A press release has been circulating in Africa for a few days now, and has been picked up by numerous African media: Uganda...
House Bill 324, the bill to expand the medical cannabis program in Georgia (USA), was signed by Governor Brian Kemp yesterday,...
The creation by the ANSM (French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety) of a Scientific Committee (CSST) on the issue of medical cannabis in...
Edito. Edouard Philippe, on a visit to Creuse last week to validate the Plan Particulier pour la Creuse (Special Plan for Creuse) designed to revitalize the department, opened himself up to the media...
The discussion around medical cannabis in South Africa dates back to 2014 when the then Minister of Home Affairs, Mario Orianai-Ambrosini, declared using medical...
Chile and other South American countries are benefiting from an innovative therapeutic program, supported by Paradise Seeds, which aims to help both growers...
With the deadline twice postponed, and two lawsuits filed against the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArm), the process of awarding...
The legalization of medical cannabis in Portugal has been effective for two months already, but the National Authority of Medicines and Health Products (Infarmed) has not yet approved any medication...
Austria legalized medical cannabis in 2008, and 40,000 patients currently have a prescription for medical cannabis. It is available only in the form of...