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UK: Assoc For The Cannabinoid Industry Founder Says UK World’s Biggest Market After The US

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Such products will generate sales of £690 million ($856 million, 811 million euros) in 2021, according to the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI). Faced with booming sales, professor Sagnik Bhattacharyya, who researches psychotic and substance abuse disorders at King’s College London, says clinical trials are needed.

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Australian Medical Cannabis Company MGC Says It Now Has 1800 Prescribed Products

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Notably, the increase comes after the company recently broke into the European pharma-market after getting green-lighted from the Irish Government to sell its phytocannabinoid-derived “CannEpil” product to epilepsy sufferers. Both products are proprietary medicinal drugs developed internally through MGC’s research and development divisions.

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Japan is Poised to Legalize Medical Marijuana

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The report states that the revision is an essential move for ensuring the legal use of cannabis-derived epilepsy drug Epidiolex , which is currently being reviewed as part of a series of clinical trials in Japan. On Tuesday, January 24, several legislative bills were unveiled by the Japanese government. ‘1948 Law No.

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CBD Market Report

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HerbalGram, the acclaimed quarterly journal of the American Botanical Council, recently published its 2021 “Herb Market Report,” which included data on sales of CBD as an herbal ingredient in mainstream and natural retail channels in the United States. E-commerce sales of CBD in the U.S. increase in annual sales.

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Medical Marijuana in Japan

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Passed in 1948, Japan’s Cannabis Control Act bans the import, export, production, sale, possession, and research of marijuana. Different than us though, Japan allows for the sale of hemp-CBD products since products derived from the stalks and seeds of cannabis are not criminalized. Similar to how the U.S.

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South Australia: Is Adelaide About To See A Medical Cannabis Boom?

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She built a career in clinical hypnotherapy, was involved in the nutraceuticals – specialty dietary supplements – and regenerative agriculture industries before turning her attention to the commercial possibilities of medicinal cannabis. reports In Daily and independent news source based in the city. Fitzsimons seized the opportunity.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

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Ringo said he would sell his seeds for as little as $5.). They sat in a circle at a house in the hills a few hours north of San Francisco — where wine country becomes weed country — to discuss the therapeutic potential of CBD, and how to get people to take it seriously. And with this group, finally, it seemed to be coming together.

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