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Legislation To Produce And Research Cannabis Introduced

NORML

A bipartisan coalition of House lawmakers has introduced The Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2019 ( HR 601 ), to facilitate federally-approved clinical trials involving cannabis. A similar version of this bill was passed in the House Judiciary Committee in 2018 yet was not taken up by the full chamber.

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With $20M to spend on marijuana research for veteran care, Michigan seeks proposals

Cannabis Law Report

Researchers studying the efficacy of marijuana treatments for veterans’ mental health now have access to $20 million in marijuana tax revenue to fund clinical trials. Veteran suicides made up about 14% of total suicides in America in 2018, according to the U.S. None of it was initially slated to go to clinical trials.

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This Psilocybin Patent Could Be a Really Big Deal

Canna Law Blog

The company is also running a phase IIb clinical trial of its patented formulation, COMP360, which we covered in a blog post back in 2018. In that post, I explained how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process works and why this trial is so interesting and important.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

While many countries around the world have legalized or decriminalized cannabis or have eased up on enforcement in recent years, in Japan in 2018 there was a sharp increase in cannabis-related arrests — and 80% of them were possession charges. of Japanese have reported consuming cannabis, as opposed to more than 40% in the US and Canada.

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Project CBD Responds to the FDA’s 2023 Statement on CBD

Project CBD

A 2018 report by the World Health Organization concluded that CBD “is generally well-tolerated with a good safety profile [and] exhibits no effects indicative of any abuse or dependence potential.” A clinical trial by ValidCare assessing CBD’s impact on human liver function has given the compound a clean bill of health.

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Why more Parkinson’s patients don’t use cannabis

The Cannigma

Any future research or clinical trials targeting the efficacy of cannabis should clearly define these recommendations for use and prioritize the communication of such recommendations to enrolled participants,” they added.

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Not-very-NICE: UK Cannabis Policy and Harm to Patients

CannaTech

In the UK, cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMP) were legalized in November 2018. Last week NICE released the first draft of their evidence-based guidelines, concluding it could not recommend CBMPs for routine use because of high cost and a dearth of clinical trial evidence.