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Man who uses cannabis oil to treat cancer symptoms charged with possession 0

A 44-year-old U.K. man who says he self-medicates with homemade cannabis oil to treat his cancer symptoms was in court this week facing possession charges. The man was stopped in his vehicle by police last January, who alleged he was driving erratically, per Gazette News. A search of the car revealed three large bags of

Florida is poised to move forward on Black farmer medical marijuana license 0

The state Department of Health will accept applications for the single Black farmer license March 21-25, the first opportunity for prospective medical marijuana operators to vie for a license since 2015. Black farmers with ties to doing business in Florida will be able to apply for one of the state’s highly sought-after medical marijuana licenses

UAE says British man arrested for possession of synthetic cannabis oil has right of appeal 0

UAE authorities have said that a British man arrested for possession of synthetic cannabis oil has the right of appeal and his case is now pending the court of appeal’s decision. The UAE considers drug dealing a serious crime and is known to have a “zero-tolerance approach”. Billy Hood, 25, was arrested in the Emirates

Minnesota court: Workers’ comp can’t cover medical marijuana 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- October 14, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Workers’ compensation for injured employees doesn’t cover medical marijuana because the drug remains illegal under federal law, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The state’s highest court issued a pair of rulings that overturned earlier decisions by the state Workers Compensation Court of Appeals’ that ordered employers to pay for medical marijuana
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Hanley widow credits cannabis oil with saving her life 0
- CANNABIS OIL
- October 10, 2021
A grieving widow struck down with severe anxiety that left her in A&E has credited cannabis oil with saving her life. Dianne Pilling was already struggling to adjust to life without her partner of 10 years, Richard, when covid hit and caused her mental health to deteriorate further. The 61-year-old, from Hanley, was prescribed anti-depressants
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State cannabis board – in its first meeting – relaxes medical marijuana rules 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- October 6, 2021
ALBANY – Its initial start delayed partly by scandals that engulfed Andrew Cuomo in his final months as governor, a new state regulatory panel met for the first time Tuesday as New York State took another step ahead to the commencement of legalized retail sales of marijuana. The Cannabis Control Board, its work permitted following
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Cannabis rules ‘deny sick children safe medicines’0

Medical cannabis was made legal almost three years ago but is difficult to access on the NHS. It is prescribed privately but doctors have said that strict guidance by the organisation that represents child neurologists means potential recipients are missing out. Although he has done research into child neurology, Hasson is not a qualified neurologist.

Reeves: No date for legislative session on medical marijuana 0

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday he is working with legislative leaders on details about how the state will pay for a proposed medical marijuana program. The Republican governor said he will call lawmakers to the Capitol for a special session “sooner rather than later,” but he has not decided when.

Bid to weed out GPs’ oil objections 0

CANNABIS OIL

September 22, 2021

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest medicinal cannabis operation is quietly being developed in a former Hobart asylum-seeker detention camp, despite frustration at the slow uptake of its medicines by doctors. Tasmanian Botanics – owned by local farmers Tony and Rodney Fehlberg and Chinese-backed Y Cannabis – is ploughing $40m into the modern cannabis growing and processing