Taskforce proposes UK cannabinoid regulation changes
The Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR) has reported recommendations to the Prime Minister on how the UK can reshape regulation and...
Medical cannabis campaigners visit Westminster
Medical cannabis campaigners visited Westminster as part of a walk from Belfast to London to raise funds for the UK’s most vulnerable, chronically ill...
Whither the winds of the European cannabis industry post-pandemic?
The European Cannabis Association is setting its sights on harmonising the cannabis regulatory environment across the continent.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a generation- if not...
Cannabis research in Meir Hospital: Realistic innovation
Researchers at Meir Hospital are investigating the therapeutic potential of cannabis for a number of indications.
In the last few decades, the world has witnessed...
Exploring innovation in the cannabis sector
Volteface Head of Strategy Katya Kowalski tells HEQ about innovation and advocacy around cannabis.
UK-based advocacy organisation Volteface aims to promote evidence-based drug policy and...
Towards a UK cannabis industry
Health Europa Quarterly (HEQ) speaks with Mike Barnes of Maple Tree Consultants and Ricardo Geada of Mackrell Solicitors about the need for a legal...
Licence applications for cannabis exports opened by Isle of Man Government
The Isle of Man Government has now opened licence applications for the production, distribution, and export of medical cannabis from the Island, expecting the...
UK prescription cannabis recalled that ‘may be contaminated with mould’
UK prescription cannabis supplier NOIDECS has recalled two batches of product and has advised patients not to use their prescription medicine after reports of...
Fluence expands in Israeli cannabis industry with LED lighting solutions
Fluence by OSRAM (Fluence), a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, has announced its implementations with...
Exploring the emerging UK CBD industry
In this article, Rick Brar, CEO of Brains Bioceutical, explores the emerging UK CBD industry.
The last two years have seen the UK CBD market...
GCI Summit: exploring cannabis and psychedelics
This week, the GCI Summit gives global leaders the opportunity to network with the best minds in cannabis and psychedelics.
Taking place from 8 to...
New council body launched to demand robust UK cannabis industry
A collective of organisations, businesses, and working groups have united to launch The Cannabis Industry Council – the first representative cannabis body dedicated to...
UK data highlights medical cannabis as an opioid crisis solution
New UK data has highlighted that medical cannabis could provide a solution to the opioid crisis as an alternative medicine for chronic pain patients.
UK...
Medical cannabis patients report improvements in anxiety, pain, and sleep
The outcomes of the first cohort of medical cannabis patients in the UK have demonstrated significant improvements in anxiety, pain, and sleep for medical...
Evidence, policy and regulation in medical cannabis
The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis hosted a crucial summit in April aimed at shaping the future of the UK’s medical cannabis sector.
On Thursday 15...
Medicinal cannabis research gets $1.5m for cancer treatment symptoms
A new University of Adelaide trial will explore the use of personalised medicinal cannabis dosing to prevent common and impactful symptoms of treatment in...
Access to medicinal cannabis treatments in Europe
In this article, Sita Schubert, General Secretary of the European Medicinal Cannabis Association, discusses the need to get better access to medicinal cannabis treatments...
Natural versus synthetic CBD
Richard O’Halloran, CEO of Biosportart, discusses natural versus synthetic cannabidiol (CBD) compounds for use in products and what this means for the CBD industry.
CBD...
Examining the future of Europe’s medical cannabis treatments
Sita Schubert, the General Secretary of the European Medicinal Cannabis Association, discusses the future of medical cannabis treatments in Europe, looking at how they...
UK policy oversight sees farmers waste millions of pounds worth of CBD
A new report co-ordinated by third sector drug policy reform organisation Volteface has today been released, promising a solution to ‘draconian, pointless’ hemp legislation.
The...
