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The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Relationship With Cannabis

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry has become one of the most powerful businesses in the country. Big Pharma, which includes ten of the largest powers of the pharmaceutical industry, like businesses such as Johnson & Johnson, are heavily influential when it comes to political decisions in the U.S. Epilepsy and seizures.

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GW’s Cannabis-Based Epilepsy Drug Set For European Approval

Cannabis Law Report

Following an encouraging initial US launch, GW Pharmaceuticals’s cannabidiol oral solution is also set to achieve European approval later in 2019. Knowledge, attitudes and policies regarding medical cannabis and cannabis-based drugs are changing. Here are the takeaways ( Source Fitch). Source: [link].

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States That Restrict MMJ Access Are Interfering With Patients’ Rights, Study Shows

Veriheal

Although respondents frequently have to choose “other conditions” to meet MMJ requirements, it’s an unfortunate reality for millions due to restrictive laws and policies, further skewing data towards more universally accepted health issues.

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Cannabis laws in France

The Cannigma

Marijuana is not legal in France, and the country is seen as having some of the strictest cannabis policies in western Europe. Patients can take part if they have a medical condition which has not responded to pharmaceutical drugs. Children may be eligible in cases of refractory epilepsy or cancer.

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Meet the Creators of Separating the Strains

CannaTech

We are delighted to introduce you to some new friends set to make a big impact on the medical cannabis advocacy scene… the creators of a new documentary called Separating the Strains ; a deeply personal narrative that charts the reality of living with epilepsy, with and without cannabis medication as a treatment option.

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Kent Live.com very excited that the UK’s largest legal cannabis Farm is in Sittingbourne

Cannabis Law Report

The farm is run by GW Pharmaceuticals, where around two million cannabis plants have been produced since its opening in 1998. Those suffering from epilepsy, nausea and chronic pain due to chemotherapy are now given the option to get the drug on prescription, reports The Mirror . Something has finally happened in Sittingbourne.

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The Path to Greenlighting CBD

Burns Levinson (Cannabusiness advisory)

On June 25, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it approved the drug Epidiolex for the treatment of seizures in connection with epilepsy. Under the CSA, CBD remains a Schedule I substance, which means that it is not considered to have any currently accepted medical use. While … Keep reading.

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