Puerto Rico’s first medical cannabis pharmaceutical company, IMC Corp., has been given the go-ahead to start operations in Ponce upon receiving its license from the Commonwealth’s Health Department, company officials confirmed Thursday. IMC, founded by local entrepreneurs, will process and manufacture medicines based on cannabis. Jill Lamoureux, president of Pure O&M and consultant for IMC, […]
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Colorado Hits Another Cannabis First With Certified Hemp Seed
Fruita, Colo. – Colorado is expected to reach another national first on cannabis Wednesday when state agriculture officials show off the first domestic certified hemp seeds. The Colorado Department of Agriculture has been working for years to produce hemp seeds that consistently produce plants low enough in the chemical THC to qualify as hemp and […]
Uruguay – Historical First Harvest Of Legal Marijuana
The application of the law regarding cannabis use continued with the harvest of its first legal plantation. Uruguay will start producing marijuana legally, announced in mid-June Juan Andrés Roballo, president of the National Drug Board (JND). “Soon will be ready the first harvest [of marijuana] from the awardee firms,” those that have the authorization by […]
Colombia: First Medical Marijuana License Granted — Amid Dissent
PharmaCieloColombia Holdings, local subsidiary of Canada-basedPharmaCieloLtd, announced June 28 that it has won a manufacturing license from Colombia'sMinistry of Healthto process cannabis plants for medical and scientific purposes Read article here: High Times
Michigan Church Allowing Marijuana Use to Hold First Service
A nondenominational church seeking to combat stigmas associated with marijuana use has scheduled its inaugural service. Read article here: High Times
FDA Approves First Drug-Oozing Implant to Control Addiction
Federal health officials last week approved an innovative new option for Americans struggling with addiction to heroin and painkillers: a drug-oozing implant that curbs craving and withdrawal symptoms for six months at a time. Read article here: High Times
First Clinical Trial With Cannabis for Huntington’s Disease Shows Promising Results
Researchers from the Ramon y Cajal University Hospital’s Foundation for Biomedical Investigation in Madrid have recently completed the first ever clinical trial to investigate a cannabis extract as a treatment for Huntington’s Disease. Read article here: High Times
First Hemp Processor Opens In Western Kentucky
A western Kentucky business is bringing industrial hemp to market. Kentucky Hemp Works has opened a processing facility in Christian County. Owner Katie Moyer says the small, family-run business is taking hemp seed and turning it into oil that can be used in a number of products, including salves and lip balms. “Quite frankly, a […]
This is Your Brain on Acid: Scientists Image the Tripping Brain For the First Time Ever
For the first time in history neuroscientists have taken deep look into what happens in a brain under the effects of lysergic diethylamide, or LSD. Scientists injected volunteers with 75 micrograms of LSD and imaged their brain using three advanced techniques while they w… Read article here: High Times
Colorado Unveils First Industrial Hemp Certification Labels In US
The Colorado Department of Agriculture has unveiled a new program that’s a first for the country, reports Westword.com. Under Colorado’s seed certification program, the state will tag hemp seeds with a “CDA Approved Certified Seed” label. The new certification aims to give the industrial hemp industry and its farmers more credibility. Similar labels are already […]