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Brazil: Fábio Mitidieri author of bill PL 399/2015 defends national cannabis production to reduce drug costs

Cannabis Law Report

Fábio Mitidieri is the author of Bill 399/2015, which aims to enable the commercialization of medicines that contain extracts, substrates… Read More.

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UK – Sunday Times Report: Taxpayers Paid £2.5 Billion To Incarcerate Cannabis Offenders Since 2015

Cannabis Law Report

billion detaining up to 8,000 people a year for cannabis offences since 2015, The Times can reveal. Figures from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show that more than one in every 100 people behind bars in Britain over the past five years was convicted of a cannabis offence — with thousands more kept in police custody.

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March medical cannabis sales reach $25.9M

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today released its March medical cannabis sales totals. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 62,518 unique patients, who purchased 1,343,762 grams of dry cannabis. Total retail sales since November 2015 by licensed medical cannabis dispensaries totaled $2,038,247,899.49.

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January and February medical cannabis sales hover around $24M

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today finally released its January and February medical cannabis sales totals. January medical cannabis sales totals reached $24,338,551.30, and February totals reached $24,427,904.62. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here. in dry flower sales and $12,832,601.38

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Study: “No Evidence” That Medical Cannabis Access Laws Encourage Youth Marijuana Use

NORML

“This study found no evidence between 1991 and 2015 of increases in adolescents reporting past 30-day marijuana use or heavy marijuana use associated with state MML [medical marijuana law] enactment or operational MML dispensaries.”.

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Medical marijuana news, December 2015

Alchimia

Australia will allow to grow cannabis for medical studies. The three most populated Australian States (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland) promised to organize studies on the efficiency of cannabis to alleviate terminally ill patients, controlling severe epilepsy in children, as well as for the treatment of side effects of chemotherapy.

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Illinois 2023 medical cannabis sales reach $3.24M

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently released its December 2023 medical cannabis sales totals. Total 2023 medical cannabis sales reached $324,792,664.73, which was the lowest yearly total since adult-use legalization. Retail sales of medical cannabis for December included $12,900,074.74 31, 2023, is 140,342.