THE Ministry of Health has established a Medicinal Cannabis Unit (MCU) as part of measures to facilitate the medical marijuana industry’s development in Jamaica. This was disclosed in a Ministry Paper tabled by Portfolio Minister Dr Christopher Tufton in the House of Representatives on June 5. To date, the …

The Progressive Conservative government is using the uncertainty around federal cannabis regulations as a smokescreen to delay revealing the details of its budget implementation bill, according to the Opposition Leader Wab Kinew. The NDP is demanding to see the Budget Implementation and Statutes Amendment Act before giving up their right to ask questions under …

Updated June 08, 2018 15:15:47 Photo: Jordon Kotarac with his daughter Juliette, whose seizures were not halted by medicinal cannabis treatment. (Supplied: Jordan Kotarac) Related Story: Sick kids chosen as first patients to receive legal medicinal cannabis in Victoria The father of a five-year-old girl who suffers from severe seizures …

The Ministry of Health has established a Medicinal Cannabis Unit (MCU) as part of measures to facilitate the medical marijuana industry’s development in Jamaica. This was disclosed in a Ministry Paper tabled by Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, in the House of Representatives on June 5. To date, …

Image copyright Getty Images A key legislative hurdle has been passed as Canada moves closer to legalising recreational cannabis. Canadian senators passed the Cannabis Act by 56 votes to 30 with one abstention after studying the landmark legislation for six months. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed to making marijuana …

Consuming synthetic cannabis, which is illegal and widely used in Ireland, may increase the risk of a stroke in young users, doctors in the US have warned. The warning is contained in a BMJ Case Reports study published on Thursday night, and follows their treatment of a 25-year-old prison inmate …

As part of its rapid expansion effort, Enlighten has merged the Eyechronic network, a well-known in-dispensary education platform, into a suite of products.  Enlighten has also acquired certain assets of greenlite.io, including portions of its dispensary and non-dispensary portfolio.  Enlighten, with the Eyechronic network under its umbrella, will be able …

FAQs for cannabis licensees I submitted two applications, for both A- and M-licenses, for my premises. Based on the changes in the re-adoption of the emergency regulations only one license application is required for both activities on one premises, so what will happen with the duplicate application fee I paid? …

. () Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Anthony Holler remembers well a lesson from his success building ID Biomedical, a vaccine manufacturer acquired by British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline: produce at low cost, at a high level of quality, and at scale. These guidelines play an important role …

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced a bill with three other members of Congress to formalize protections for states that have legalized the cultivation, sale and use of cannabis. The Oregon representative proposed the bill with bi-partisan co-sponsors Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen.  Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Rep. David Joyce …