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Quebec to set legal cannabis consumption age at 18

Quebec to set legal cannabis consumption age at 18

Sara Tiradossi October 2, 2017

Quebec will set the minimum legal age to buy and consume cannabis at 18 years old, according to a recent report from Radio-Canada. Quebec’s liquor board, the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ),...

Canadian producer exports medical cannabis to New Zealand

Canadian producer exports medical cannabis to New Zealand

Sara Tiradossi October 1, 2017

Tilray, a Canadian medical cannabis producer, has successfully exported its medical cannabis products to New Zealand. The products will be distributed to pharmacies that serve registered patients in...

Israel to consider medical cannabis as farming sector

Israel to consider medical cannabis as farming sector

Sara Tiradossi September 29, 2017

The Israel agricultural ministry will classify medical cannabis cultivation as a farming sector, entitling between 15 and 20 cannabis cultivators to grants, water quotas, support, and training in cannabis...

Colorado to host first cannabis-themed film festival

Colorado to host first cannabis-themed film festival

Sara Tiradossi September 22, 2017

Colorado will host its first substantial cannabis-centric film festival this weekend, a themed festival that features the positive aspects of cannabis culture through a shared community film experience. From...

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...

Study: legalization is not the cause of rise in cannabis use

Study: legalization is not the cause of rise in cannabis use

Sara Tiradossi September 21, 2017

A nationwide rise in cannabis use is not the result of medical or social legalization in a growing number of states, according to a new study published this week in Addiction, a monthly peer-reviewed scientific...

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...

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...

Cannabis production program to launch at Canadian college

Cannabis production program to launch at Canadian college

Sara Tiradossi September 20, 2017

Niagara College will offer a graduate certificate program in Commercial Cannabis Production in 2018, making it Canada’s first postsecondary credential in the production of commercial cannabis. The...

Nevada campaign urges pregnant women not to use cannabis

Nevada campaign urges pregnant women not to use cannabis

Sara Tiradossi September 19, 2017

The state of Nevada will soon be launching a public information campaign to address the use of cannabis by pregnant women and stress on the impact of exposure in the womb. The concern came as a response...

New Zealand holds symposium to discuss a regulated cannabis market

New Zealand holds symposium to discuss a regulated cannabis market

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 7, 2017

The New Zealand Drug Foundation organized a Parliamentary symposium to discuss the possibility of a regulated cannabis market, as well as a call to decriminalize all drugs found inside their borders this...

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