Big pharma companies look to Uruguay for legal cannabis
Uruguay’s new marijuana laws have caught the attention of foreign drug companies hoping to import product for medical purposes. Businesses and laboratories from Canada, Israel and Chile have recently contacted Uruguay’s National Drug Board regarding the... read more
Colorado earns $1.2M in marijuana taxes in the first month
The first month of legal recreational marijuana sales generated at least $1.24 million in tax revenue for Colorado state, according to an analysis from NBC News. Only 18 of the Colorado’s 35 licensed stores provided their sales data, some that had only been... read more
Would Governments and Mass Media Lie About Marijuana?
University of Victoria Professor Susan Boyd, PhD, believes Canadians have received inaccurate information on marijuana policy for many years. Her findings will be revealed in an upcoming book. Dr. Boyd linked Canada’s harsh marijuana laws to skewed messages... read more
Cannabis Inhibits Brain Cancer
Investigators from Spain, Italy and Canada now have evidence that cannabidiol (CBD) – a non-psychoactive chemical found in marijuana – exerts a combination of anti-cancer effects at the molecular level. Published in December 2013 in the open-access journal... read more
