Everyone is talking about medical cannabis. In the US, more than anywhere, white men in suits have started to smell the green. With military-like strategy they are taking territory on a new economic terrain. The current route of socially acceptable cannabis sometimes appears to be the road to Babylon.
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Doctors Geoffrey Guy and Brian Whittle were asked by the government in 1998 to try to create a safe medicine from cannabis to ease the intense pains caused by multiple sclerosis.Sufferers had for years been using cannabis illegally.
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Two cannabis-based medicines, used to treat epilepsy and multiple sclerosis, have been approved for use by the NHS in England.
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Swedish speaker, coach, hemp and cannabis advocate, Ann Charlotte Stewart, PhD, lives with her mother on one of the oldest farms in Sweden. Established in 1490, fifteen generations of her family have been raised here. As of 2018, they are now proudly growing hemp.
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One year ago, a change in the law allowed doctors in the UK to prescribe medicinal cannabis.
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Like most teenagers, Lucy Stafford has plans. Normal plans. The plans anyone makes as they progress into adulthood. She wants to complete her degree, spend time with friends and family, and explore her independence.
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Up to 20,000 patients in the UK are to be given medical cannabis over a two-year period in an initiative that aims to create the largest body of evidence on the drug in Europe.
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Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) doctors will be allowed to hand out ‘cannabis-based products’ once they have undertaken the appropriate training.
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Martyn Perkins said views on industrial cultivation were “rapidly changing” and a delay could mean “missing the boat” in financial terms.
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Politicians contacted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution gave no reason why no one has been appointed to the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission.
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