Newcastle’s Calvary Mater Hospital will be involved in a world-first clinical trial into the effects of medicinal cannabis on the appetites of cancer patients. Researchers are now recruiting palliative care cancer patients in Sydney and Newcastle for the trial of vapourised cannabis flower buds. Professor Richard Chye, director of the Sacred Heart Palliative Care Service […]
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NSW: Medicinal Cannabis Trial For Cancer Patients To Start At Calvary Mater Hospital
Newcastle’s Calvary Mater Hospital will be involved in a world-first clinical trial into the effects of medicinal cannabis on the appetites of cancer patients. Researchers are now recruiting palliative care cancer patients in Sydney and Newcastle for the trial of vapourised cannabis flower buds. Professor Richard Chye, director of the Sacred Heart Palliative Care Service […]
Medicinal Cannabis Trial In The Works In Denmark
The Health Ministry is making preparations for medicinal cannabis trials starting in 2018. According to ministerial documents obtained by Metroxpress newspaper, the health minister, Sophie Løhde, has proposed a four-year trial period that will prescribe cannabis to patients with four different serious conditions. Going Dutch The proposal is similar to the model used in the […]
Marijuana To Fight Skin Cancer In Major Human Trial
One of the world’s first large, controlled trials of cannabis for melanoma launches in Australia Marijuana is being called in to fight one of the world’s deadliest, scariest killers – a type of cancer caused by your next summer vacation. Researchers at the University of Canberra have announced a $ 1 million research project with […]
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
Colorado: People Are Getting Marijuana DUI’s Dropped When They Go To Trial
Although the threat of getting busted for stoned driving is a matter of great concern for the cannabis community, a new report indicates that many Colorado juries have had no choice but to acquit defendants charged with DUI because prosecutors are having a difficult time … Read article here: High Times
Former IRS Agent to Face Trial for Bribing Pot Dispensary Owner
A former IRS agent in Seattle is set to face trial this week on accusations that he solicited and received a $ 20,000 bribe from a medical marijuana dispensary. Read article here: High Times
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
Australia: Cannabis Cultivation Trial Set For Victoria
Victoria is set to grow its own marijuana to help legally treat people with a range of serious medical conditions. In an Australian first, the Andrews government is preparing to announce a cannabis “cultivation trial”, potentially clearing the way for a state-based medicinal cannabis oil industry. The controversial move follows a promise by Daniel Andrews […]
Australian Capital Territory Government To Join National Medical Cannabis Trial
The rapidly shifting politics of medical cannabis will change dramatically on Tuesday as the ACT government signs up to a national clinical trial of the controversial health treatment. The Canberra Times understands the New South Wales government will take carriage of a cross-jurisdictional trial after discussions between state and territory leaders during last Friday’s Council of […]