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The Long Slow Road to Cannabis Legalization in Canada

Our brightest stop yet on the long slow road to recreational legalization in Canada! Legal weed is coming to Canada and its shape is becoming clearer through the haze of uncertainty.

Israel's Ariel University Offering First-Ever Course on Medical Cannabis

Israel’s Council for Higher Education has, for the first time for a major university, given approval to a course on medical cannabis. 

Spanish Doctor Launches Cannabis Research Hub Amid Push for Reform

Legal access to cannabis in Spain, where the plant remains in a legal gray zone, is still a ways over the horizon, but medical patients in country are hopeful change is underway.

Cannabis ingredient to be classed as medicine in UK – Cannabis News

Products that contain a cannabis-based ingredient called cannabidiol, or CBD, are to be classed as medicines by the UK medicines regulator from this year.

The Roots of Eastern Europe's Medical Cannabis Revolution

Over the past six years, Eastern European countries have seen an unprecedented rise in the number of patients treating themselves with homemade cannabis extracts.

The global experiment of marijuana legalization – Cannabis News

(CNN) In 2016, more countries legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes.

U.S. Path on Legal Marijuana Forces Rethink in Mexico – Cannabis News

More are questioning the effectiveness of the government’s protracted battle against drug cartels; small steps to allow medical marijuana.

Ireland: Cork toddler, 2, gets cannabis oil permit for epilepsy treatment – Cannabis News

A two-year-old boy from west Cork with a rare form of epilepsy has become the first person in the country to be granted a licence allowing him to be treated with cannabis.

Germany Is Poised to Be a Powerful Cannabis Market

Germany is looking primed to become a major producer of medical cannabis since laws were loosened this past summer to allow patients with a doctor's recommendation.

Mexican attitudes to marijuana mellow

Changes in the United States may be prompting a rethink in Mexico, too—among ordinary people, policymakers and purveyors of pot alike.


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