LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s chief medical officer has concluded there is a case for the medicinal use of cannabis and the government will look to extend its review into its changing rules for such use, a spokesman for Prime Minister …
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Imperial Brands invests in cannabis-based medical research
LONDON (Reuters) – Tobacco company Imperial Brands is investing in Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies, to help the British biotech company research how marijuana can be used in medicine. The maker of Gauloises and Winston cigarettes said on Thursday that its subsidiary, …
Read More »U.S. approves first marijuana plant-derived drug for epilepsy
(Reuters) – GW Pharmaceuticals Plc’s epilepsy treatment on Monday secured an approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, becoming the first cannabis-based drug to be approved in the country. FILE PHOTO: A flowering marijuana plant. REUTERS/Chris Wattie The drug’s …
Read More »Key marijuana drug approval looms as cannabis goes mainstream
LONDON (Reuters) – Evidence that cannabis can ease epilepsy and other conditions is building as a British company counts down to what would be the first U.S. government approval for a prescription drug derived from the marijuana plant. FILE PHOTO: …
Read More »Canada sets October start for legal recreational marijuana sales
TORONTO (Reuters) – Marijuana sales will become legal in Canada beginning October 17, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, making it the first major economy to legalize its recreational use. Smoke rises during the annual 4/20 marijuana rally on …
Read More »Canada sets October start for legal marijuana sales
TORONTO (Reuters) – Cannabis sales will become legal in Canada from October 17, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, making it the first major economy to legalize recreational use or marijuana. Smoke rises during the annual 4/20 marijuana rally …
Read More »Canada marijuana stocks jump after recreational bill clears hurdle
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian marijuana stocks rose on Wednesday after the country became the first major economy to legalize its recreational use, but earlier rallies in anticipation of victory in the key upper house vote muted some post-approval gains in …
Read More »Canada Senate approves recreational use of marijuana
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday approved a revised bill to legalize recreational marijuana, setting the stage for the country to become the first Group of Seven nation to legalize cannabis. A Canadian flag with a …
Read More »Denying it has lost war on drugs, UK rules out legalizing cannabis
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it had no intention of legalizing cannabis after a former leader of Prime Minister Theresa May’s party said the government had “irreversibly lost” the battle to drive the drug off the streets. FILE …
Read More »Britain has lost the war on cannabis: former Conservative leader
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has lost the battle to drive cannabis off the streets so it should consider legalizing the drug, a former leader of Theresa May’s Conservative Party said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s former Secretary of State for …
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