At the United Nations General Assembly Special Assembly on drugs in New York on Wednesday, Canadian Minister of Health JanePhilpottreiterated the government’s promise to legalize marijuana, and offered a timeline for the plan as she addressed world deleg… Read article here: High Times
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French Health Minister: Botched Drug Trial Causing “Brain Death” Had Nothing to Do With Cannabis
Although a number of media reports have suggested that an experimental cannabis-based painkiller is what caused a “serious accident” during a clinical drug trial this week in France, leaving one person brain-dead and hospitalizing at least five others, the nat… Read article here: High Times
Canada Health Minister Is Exploring Regulatory Models for Nationwide Pot Reform
Canada heath officials are not wasting any time getting into the pertinent details for how the country might establish a taxed and regulated cannabis market. Read article here: High Times
Canadian Prime Minister Sets Legal Weed Into Motion
While the United States government continues to sandbag the issue of nationwide marijuana reform, the newly elected Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has already set into motion the procedures necessary to bring down prohibition in the northern nation. Read article here: High Times
Canada’s New Prime Minister Promises To Legalize Marijuana
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party clinched a decisive victory in the country’s election Monday, with a pledge to legalize the substance among his policy promises. Legalization and regulation of marijuana would significantly increase the markets available to licensed marijuana growers. There are approximately 35,000 to 40,000 patients enrolled in Canada’s medical marijuana program and the current […]
Israel: Incoming Dep. Health Minister Litzman Announces Support For Medical Marijuana
In what many might view as a surprisingly uncharacteristic move, incoming Deputy Health Minister, MK Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) addressed the issue of medical marijuana in a positive light, moving towards including it in the list of state-subsidized medications. This comes as a result of an appeal by parents of children with epilepsy. Medical marijuana is […]