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Spanish Government Gives Green Light to Medical Cannabis

By Mary Biles on 2022-08-24
Cannabis-based preparations with different THC:CBD ratios will be made in pharmacies for individual patients.
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Japanese Cannabis Regulation Reform - Finally?

By Naoko Miki on 2022-08-21
Nearly 75 years since the Cannabis Control Act was enacted, changes are long overdue in Japan
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CBD Regulatory Debacle

By Mary Biles on 2022-06-02
This is what happens when UK bureaucrats try to shoehorn a plant extract into a framework meant for synthetic food ingredients.
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‘Kush’ Scare Hits West Africa

By Bill Weinberg on 2022-02-23
But what is this new street drug, and how dangerous is it?
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UK Epileptic Children Denied Cannabis Prescriptions

By Mary Biles on 2021-12-15
Abandoned to their fate, desperately ill children can't access life-saving cannabis treatments.
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Free Speech Under Attack in Czech Cannabis Crackdown

By Bill Weinberg on 2021-12-13
Editor convicted of promoting THC-induced “toxicomania,” could face jail time.
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Mexico: High Court Decriminalizes Cannabis

By Bill Weinberg on 2021-07-14
But will this roll back the murderous drug war?
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Commentary: Stop Growing Hemp for CBD!

By Jerry Whiting on 2021-07-06
The CBD market is saturated, but there's a bright future for fiber, hurd, and bast.
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Morocco Gets Legal Cannabis Sector

By Bill Weinberg on 2021-06-29
Geared toward exports, the new law bars recreational use while allowing cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes.
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Women Patient Cannabis Activists Fighting for Change

By Mary Biles on 2021-03-07
They saw a problem that needed a solution.
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