Curing cancer with Cannabidiol?
- CANNABIS OIL, NEWS
- April 24, 2013

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Medical marijuana advocates are applauding Governor Beshear’s executive action that will make the substance legal to treat people who meet a limited number of criteria within the Commonwealth starting in the new year. The substance would only be legal in small quantities and people would still need to travel outside
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To push this agenda, many states across the U.S. passed laws prohibiting the plant. The first national regulation was the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. The Controlled Substances Act was introduced in the 1970s, officially outlawing any cannabis use and classifying the plant as a Schedule 1 substance. Finally, in 1996, its nearly 60-year reign
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East Liberty-based Maitri Holdings LLC, a medical marijuana company, has raised nearly $18 million in outside investment, according to public SEC documents. Corinne Ogrodnik, managing director and a co-founder of Maitri, said the company was not at liberty to discuss specific plans for the funds or name the investors behind the raise but added that
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A man from King’s Lynn was banned for three years after being caught drug driving. Colin Young, 56, of Bishops Road, Gaywood, appeared in King’s Lynn’s Magistrates’ Court on Thursday after being above the specified limit. Prosecutor Lily Orr told the court that Young was initially stopped by police for not wearing a seatbelt. Police
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ST. LOUIS — If Missouri voters on Nov. 8 approve Amendment 3, allowing adults 21 and and older to use, possess and grow cannabis, it’s projected to create a significantly larger market for the companies that have already emerged as major players in the state’s legal medical marijuana market. Since medical marijuana sales became legal
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A man from Lynn was banned for three years after being caught drug driving. Colin Young, 56, of Bishops Road, Gaywood, appeared in Lynn’s Magistrates Court on Thursday after being above the specified limit. Prosecutor Lily Orr told the court that Young was initially stopped by police for not wearing a seatbelt. Police then asked
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