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 […]

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Banking Fix for Marijuana Businesses Soon May be in the Works

Seattle PIBy Jake Ellison A key group of “high-level representatives from financial institutions, federal law enforcement agencies, regulatory authorities and others from the private and public sector” met yesterday at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., to talk over the nation’s banking industry and one item on their agenda was what to do with money from […]

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Oregon Group Works on Rules for Industrial Hemp

Oregon farmers could put in a crop of industrial hemp next spring if a panel of experts can satisfy federal officials with a set of tightly drawn rules. The committee of agricultural experts and state policy officials has been selected by the Oregon Department of Agriculture and will come together in December, the Oregonian reported […]

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How Weed Works

K.M. Cholewa explains the chemistry behind medical marijuana that got Sanjay Gupta and others to finally believe, for Salon: Last week, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta grabbed headlines for coming out in support of the validity of the medical use of marijuana, something he had opposed in the past. What changed his mind? Science. Here’s what […]

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