LONDON (Reuters) – An ingredient in cannabis called cannabidiol or CBD has shown promise in a clinical trial as a potential new treatment for psychosis, scientists said on Friday. In research involving 88 people with psychosis – a mental disorder characterized …
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Aurora Cannabis wins rights for licensing talks with CannaRoyalty
(Reuters) – Canadian medical marijuana maker Aurora Cannabis Inc has won the rights to negotiate a licensing deal with CannaRoyalty Corp that will allow it to sell a range of cannabis-infused consumer products. Aurora — one of the biggest Canadian …
Read More »CanniMed asks Canadian regulators to intervene in hostile Aurora bid
(Reuters) – Medical marijuana company CanniMed Therapeutics Inc has asked Canadian regulators to intervene as it seeks to prevent a hostile takeover by bigger rival Aurora Cannabis Inc. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based CanniMed said on Monday it asked the Financial and Consumer …
Read More »Wildfires pile woes on California pot industry after tough year
(Reuters) – Wildfires blazing through Southern California are worrying marijuana growers, who fear that smoke could damage their crops, the basis of a newly legalized industry in the state. For the cannabis industry, recovering like the rest of the state …
Read More »High tech, high finance and high times for U.S. pot industry
(Reuters) – Two years ago, Alan Gertner was head of Google’s Asia-Pacific sales team in Singapore, handling more than $100 million in business. Pipes are displayed for sale in the cannabis themed cafe chain Tokyo Smoke in Toronto, Ontario, Canada …
Read More »Paraguay Congress legalizes planting of medical marijuana
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Congress passed a bill on Tuesday creating a state-sponsored system to import marijuana seeds and grow the plant for medical uses, a decision that followed other countries in Latin America. The landlocked South American nation had …
Read More »Canada proposes health warnings, child-proof packs for legal pot sales
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government proposed on Tuesday mandatory health warnings and child-proof packaging as well as a licensing regime for all cannabis products in legislation ahead of the July 2018 legalization of recreational marijuana. FILE PHOTO: Various-sized joints …
Read More »With online medical marijuana, it’s buyer beware
(Reuters Health) – People who buy medical marijuana online may not necessarily get exactly what they expect when their package arrives in the mail, new research suggests. Online, almost 70 percent of products made from cannabidiol – a marijuana plant …
Read More »Sex and drugs: U.S. study links marijuana use to more intercourse
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Where there is smoke, there tends to be fire, say medical researchers who found frequent marijuana users have about 20 percent more sex than those who abstain. FILE PHOTO: A participant smokes a marijuana joint during …
Read More »Peru Congress passes bill to legalize medical marijuana
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s conservative Congress passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana late on Thursday with a 68-5 vote in favor of allowing cannabis oil to be produced, imported and commercialized. FILE PHOTO: People participate in a protest in …
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