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The Latin American Cannabis Landscape – Part Two: Regulated Markets and Patient Access

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Thanks to the recent emergence of regulated medical cannabis markets, the success of this versatile plant can be followed from farm to pharma and prescriber to patient, however, the origins of cannabis as medicine cannot be as simply traced as the plant is today from seed to sale. It is not a story about profiting off of people.

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Group to begin work on Alabama’s new medical cannabis program

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By that same date, commission must set up a registry of patients and caregivers who can buy the products. Will Ainsworth, House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed and others appointed the 14 members, who will lead a “seed to sale” regulatory system for medical cannabis. legislation in 2019.

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Medical vs Recreational Cannabis in Rhode Island

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Since 2006, Rhode Island medical patients with qualifying conditions have enjoyed medical cannabis. This consists of a 10% cannabis tax, a 3% tax by the community where it is sold, and the current 7% sales tax. No matter if a dispensary serves both medical and recreational consumers, the point of sale is separate.

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While Legislative Hurdles Remain, We Take a Look at North Carolina’s Medical Marijuana Bill

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SB 711 would make medical marijuana available to “qualified patients” with a physician’s written certification. Next, it will face the Senate Finance Committee on July 13 and must clear the Finance, Health Care, and Rules and Operations committees before a potential Senate floor vote.

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Hemp vs Cannabis: The Differences Explained

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Hemp fiber and seed products on the market: Animal food. Have you seen CBD oil for sale online? The FDA approved drugs made from CBD isolate to treat certain types of epilepsy. Chronic pain patients find the head high gives them more mobility for a while. The laws about cannabis use in the U.S. THC content.

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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.