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Indonesia Backtracks After Formally Declaring Cannabis a Medicinal Plant

Veriheal

That very situation presented itself in Indonesia earlier this year, as cannabis was first declared a medicinal plant, then quickly revised to remain an illegal substance. This decree listed cannabis, along with 65 other plants, as “medicinal.” Indonesia’s Initial Declaration. The Decree Will Be Revised .

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Policy Analysis Paper: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy

Cannabis Law Report

Here we undertake an analysis of this policy issue based on a case study of the introduction of medicinal cannabis in Australia. Road safety risks associated with medicinal cannabis appear similar or lower than numerous other potentially impairing prescription medications. methadone) demonstrate a feasible alternative approach.

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Australia – Policy Analysis: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy – “there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications”

Cannabis Law Report

We conclude that in medical-only access models there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications with potentially impairing effects. Office of Medicinal Cannabis, Department of Health, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia. Conclusion.

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Brazilian Health Watchdog ANVISA Suggests Cannabis Regulation For Medicinal Use

Cannabis Law Report

Is there a production of cannabis-based medicine and its derivatives in Brazil? Brazil is also a signatory to an agreement at the UN in 1961 that already provided for the possibility of planting the plant for medicinal purposes. Will you be able to make any kind of medicine? Medicinal products based on cannabis spp.,

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Woman Cures Stage 4 Lung Cancer w Coconut Oil and Cannabis Oil

Otherside Farms

What to do if you had advanced stage 4 terminal lung cancer that doctors and mainstream medicine even admits it can’t cure? Here’s how to make a small batch of this healing medicine: Source: Health Cures. Marijuana Use and Lung Cancer: Results of a Case-Control Study (abst – 2006). news – 2006). CANCER – LUNG.

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Little Green Pharma Seals Italian Medical Cannabis Deal

Cannabis Law Report

LGP announced last Friday it had been awarded an Italian government tender for medicinal cannabis flower from its Danish facility. This occurred even though throughout 2020 – and into last year – supply issues persisted and many Italians are still unaware medicinal cannabis can be legally used for treating certain conditions.

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Which States Are Voting on Psychedelics?

Veriheal

Alternative medicine is becoming more widely acknowledged and practiced than ever before, opening the door for therapies like psychedelics to enter the world of mainstream healthcare. In 2006, the first research paper by Johns Hopkins was published on the positive long-term impact of using psilocybin in a therapeutic study.