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Two Edinburgh studies of a CBD medicine are recruiting patients, while German firm Vertanical has won authorisation for a cannabis-based back-pain treatment.…
University of Connecticut researchers found that repeated doses of CBN caused tolerance and withdrawal-like signs in mice. The findings do not show…
The Cannabis Industry Council says outdated rules are holding back UK industrial hemp, and wants changes to licensing, seed approval and the…
A new cyber provision in Bangladesh's narcotics law allows capital punishment for using digital platforms to buy, sell or communicate about drugs.…
Retailers and seed suppliers in Oregon say a new US federal law narrowing the definition of hemp will end most of the…
Spain's Supreme Court has reinstated a conviction over a CBD flower shipment, and sector firms say prosecutors are already citing it. Businesses…
Four Republican senators have asked the US attorney general to examine Chinese-linked criminal groups they say operate in the American cannabis and…
The Cannabis Industry Council will publish a report on the barriers and opportunities for industrial hemp in the UK at an event…
The US State Department says Americans should not take cannabis, THC or CBD products across international borders, even prescribed medical marijuana or…
The Food Standards Agency is preparing to advise ministers to approve three CBD ingredients, the first to complete its safety assessment. Its…
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