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New study: nearly half of Canadians would try edible cannabis products

New study: nearly half of Canadians would try edible cannabis products

Sara Tiradossi September 26, 2017

Half of Canadians said they are interested in trying edible cannabis products when social cannabis is legalized, according to a new study led at Dalhousie University. Sylvain Charlebois, Faculty of...

WHO committee to examine CBD on international level

WHO committee to examine CBD on international level

Sara Tiradossi September 22, 2017

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been collecting public input on CBD (cannabidiol) to find out how cannabis and its compound are regulated, as the World Health Organization is working to examine...

Kosher cannabis hits Canadian market

Kosher cannabis hits Canadian market

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 21, 2017

A medical cannabis producer in Quebec, Canada, announced its products have been certified as kosher. The Hydropothecary Corp said the certification arrives just in time for the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah,...

Sri Lanka launches first cannabis plantation to export to the U.S.

Sri Lanka launches first cannabis plantation to export to the U.S.

Sara Tiradossi September 21, 2017

Sri Lanka is to launch its first official cannabis plantation to supply the traditional medicine market and export to the U.S., said Rajitha Senaratne, the country’s health minister. The 100-acre cannabis...

Medical cannabis is on track to be legalized in Peru

Medical cannabis is on track to be legalized in Peru

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 21, 2017

This week, Peru’s Congressional Committee on National Defense unanimously decided to propose a law which would make medical cannabis legal throughout the country. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski presented...

Producer from Canada to start supplying Germany's medical cannabis market

Producer from Canada to start supplying Germany’s medical cannabis market

Sara Tiradossi September 20, 2017

Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc., a licensed producer of medical cannabis, will start shipping dried cannabis flower from Canada to Germany, enabling the company to begin supplying the German medical cannabis...

Police in Canada ask feds to delay legalizing cannabis

Police in Canada ask feds to delay legalizing cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 14, 2017

Canadian police services told the Canadian government there is no possibility they will be ready to enforce nationwide social cannabis laws next summer. The letter was sent by the Canadian Association...

Pictured: Customers wait in line for cannabis at a Uruguay pharmacy.

State dispensaries arise in Uruguay after bank retaliation

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 14, 2017

On Wednesday, Uruguay’s government announced it would change its cannabis retail system after banks made it difficult for pharmacies to sell legal cannabis. After nationwide legalization of social...

Canada will invest quarter-billion into public safety for national cannabis legalization

Canada will invest quarter-billion into public safety for national cannabis legalization

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 12, 2017

In preparation for national cannabis legalization, Canada plans to invest $274 million dollars into deterring product diversion and drug-impaired driving. Officials announced the federal government...

Ontario plans to have 150 state-run dispensaries by July

Ontario plans to have 150 state-run dispensaries by July

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 11, 2017

The biggest province in Canada plans to sell cannabis and construct 150 government-run stores after the country legalizes social cannabis in July. The Ontario government said cannabis will only be sold...

New Zealand green lights prescribed CBD and imports, but lacks supplier

New Zealand green lights prescribed CBD and imports, but lacks supplier

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 7, 2017

The New Zealand government gave doctors approval to begin importing and prescribing CBD products to patients, although the nation currently lacks a supplier. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a compound of the cannabis...

Medical cannabis industry in Canada could be global giant

Medical cannabis industry in Canada could be global giant

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 29, 2017

In the past decade and a half, Canada's medical cannabis program has been recognized for founding one of the most sophisticated programs in the world. With companies like Access to Cannabis for Medical...

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