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    • First Bill Dealing With Medical Marijuana Filed Tuesday

      First Bill Dealing With Medical Marijuana Filed Tuesday0

      INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – Wednesday is the first day of the 2018 Legislative Session and the first bill dealing with medical marijuana was filed Tuesday. State Representative Jim Lucas has carefully studied the medical marijuana issue, including a well-documented trip to neighboring Illinois to take a closer look at a state where it is already legal.

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    • Emblem to Pursue Cannabis Oil Oral Spray

      Emblem to Pursue Cannabis Oil Oral Spray0

      TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Emblem Corp. (TSX-V:EMC) (EMC.WT) (“Emblem” or the “Company”), has entered into a licensing agreement with Dosecann Inc. (“Dosecann”) pursuant to which Dosecann will begin developing a range of cannabinoid dosage formulations designed to ensure patients are better able to titrate and administer each dose the exact same way.

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    • Little Quality Research Into Medical Marijuana: Experts

      Little Quality Research Into Medical Marijuana: Experts0

      A disinterested pharmaceutical industry and the conundrum of finding a convincing placebo are just two reasons experts say there has been little quality research into medicinal marijuana. A growing number of Canadians are turning to medical cannabis despite questions about its risks and effectiveness as a health product. Marijuana’s unconventional journey into the medical market

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    • Texas Rules Will Severely Limit Access To Medical Marijuana

      Texas Rules Will Severely Limit Access To Medical Marijuana0

      MANCHACA, Texas — When California rings in the new year with the sale of recreational pot for the first time, Texas will be tiptoeing into its own marijuana milestone: a medical cannabis program so restrictive that doubts swirl over who will even use it. Among the concerns are the license fees to grow marijuana in

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    • Medical Cannabis Is Safe, Says WHO

      Medical Cannabis Is Safe, Says WHO0

      WHO, the international public health agency of the United Nations, officially recommended on Dec. 14 that cannabidiol (CBD), the relaxant property of cannabis used in medical marijuana, “not be internationally scheduled as a controlled substance.” News of WHO’s reconsideration of CBD, which is said to account for 40 percent of the marijuana plant’s extracts, was

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    • Enthusiasm for Medical Marijuana Ahead of Science

      Enthusiasm for Medical Marijuana Ahead of Science0

      There is a tsunami of enthusiasm for medical cannabis. Rolling Stone is touting “medical pot” as the best hope to fight the opioid crisis. Newsweek has introduced the world to the “father of marijuana research” and even offered suggestions for using cannabis in holiday cooking. Although still in its infancy, the science behind medical cannabis

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