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

CannaTech

The pleas of parents fighting to treat their sick children are impossible to ignore, as evidenced by the impact of Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley’s parents in shifting the regulatory framework for UK cannabis policy. UK cannabis policy is not serving the interests of patients.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

Japan has some of the harshest drug policies on Earth, including for cannabis — and is one of the worst places on Earth to get arrested on marijuana possession charges. The government has a zero tolerance policy on cannabis, but this approach doesn’t apply to investments, it appears. The future of weed legalization in Japan.

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New Title: Canada McGill – Queens University Press: Remedicalising Cannabis Science, Industry, and Drug Policy By Suzanne Taylor

Cannabis Law Report

High-profile cases of parents campaigning for access to cannabis oil for severe and rare forms of epilepsy in their children are the most recent in a long line of controversies over cannabis and cannabis-based medicines. The UK is one of the biggest producers of medicinal cannabis, but few patients have access to these medicines.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Faced with booming sales, professor Sagnik Bhattacharyya, who researches psychotic and substance abuse disorders at King’s College London, says clinical trials are needed. “A change in policy to open up this valuable market and allow production will enable UK businesses to make the most of this global opportunity.”

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Cannabis and the Immune System

United Patients Group

Cannabis has also been used for centuries to treat gastrointestinal disorders, epilepsy, rheumatism and malaria. Many neurological conditions are associated with dysregulation of the ECS (for example: epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease). Ancient Chinese texts and Ayurvedic texts describe its use to treat inflammation, pain and spasms.

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CBD Market Report

Project CBD

5 In June 2018, the FDA approved Epidiolex® (GW Pharmaceuticals; Cambridge, UK), the first FDA-approved pharmaceutical drug to contain a “purified drug substance [CBD] derived from marijuana,” for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare epilepsy disorders. Epilepsy Behav. Available at: www.fda.gov/media/131878/download.

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Japan is Poised to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Veriheal

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. Japan’s latest Cannabis Control Law revisions would apply to pharmaceutical-grade medicinal cannabis products.