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Webinar 9 December: Ethics, Safety, and Abuse in Psychedelic Medicine

Cannabis Law Report

Ethics, Safety, and Abuse in Psychedelic Medicine. Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in Chicago, Illinois, focusing on integrated treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders and psychedelic-assisted therapy. Wednesday, December 8th from 12:00-2:00pm PST.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

Cannabis Law Report

If a rule of criminal law precludes a person from obtaining appropriate medical treatment when his or her life or health is in danger, then the state has intervened and this intervention constitutes a violation of that man’s or that woman’s security of the person …. R v Parker , [2000] OJ No 2787 (ONCA) at para 106.

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Knowde Group Inc.™ Enters Into a Strategic Partnership with LMC Manna Research to Drive Quality and Collaboration in the Conduct of Cannabis and Psychedelic Clinical Trials.

Cannabis Law Report

We are in a mental health crisis and its critical to ensure that we conduct clinical trials to demonstrate safety, and efficacy up to and including phase 3 large scale clinical trials. Extensive early phase experience with appropriate safety oversight and early phase clinic.

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Why is US Cannabis Research Funded to Focus on Adverse Effects?

Veriheal

billion was funded into cannabis research between 2000 and 2018. On the brighter side, Science Magazine has indicated that the funding for cannabis as an effective form of treatment and therapy is rising, however not as much as the funding for its adverse impacts are. How could we move the focus towards understanding the benefits?

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CBD is Everywhere – But Where Does the FDA Stand?

The Blunt Truth

On May 31, 2019, the FDA’s Working Group held a public hearing for stakeholders to share their experiences and challenges with CBD products, including information and views related to product safety. The public hearing attracted over 100 speakers and 2000 participants.

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3 Reasons Why Vaporizers Might Be a Better Option Than Smoking Cannabis

Medicinal Marijuana Association

As the number of people seeking medical marijuana treatment grows, safety issues about side effects will likely remain hot topics. A joint can burn as hot as 2000 degrees, whereas a vaporizer is designed for a set temperature. Compared with vaporizers, smoking cannabis has too many safety issues to ignore.

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Awakn Life Sciences Appoints Addiction Expert Prof. David Nutt as Chief Research Officer

Cannabis Law Report

Professor David Nutt commented, “I am delighted to take on the role of Chief Research Officer in this exciting new biotechnology company that promises to revolutionise the treatment of addictions. Awakn’s combination of pre-clinical and clinical research uniquely positions Awakn to solve some of the biggest societal problems.”.