Nouvelles en surbrillance
Medical Cannabis Bike Tour: Cycling to fund investigation with cannabinoids
For the fifth consecutive year, Medical Cannabis Bike Tour organises a ride of 420 km to bike through some of the most beautiful spots in Europe. The objective is to fund research and trials with…
“It’s all about the ratios” Paul Hornby
Also recreational users of cannabis seek the medical effects of the plant, says pioneering scientist Paul Hornby in an exclusive interview with YWS. Thus it is senseless to differentiate into groups of consumers. His vision…
Colombia grants first medical cannabis licenses
Colombia is about to grow its first crop of medical cannabis. After a long legal process, the country’s government has passed legislation allowing the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medical and scientific purposes. Many Colombians rely…
Patients and families demand more and better information on medical cannabis
MD. Mariano García de Palau, medical director of Kalapa Clinic (Barcelona), Carola Pérez, president of dosemociones, Virginia Montañés from CERCA, and specialised lawyer César García Vidal led last September 30 the 1st Symposium of Therapeutic and…
The medical use of hemp: Therapeutic cannabis in Italy
The use of cannabis as medicine It is known that the use of cannabis as medicine has very ancient origins. The first records date back to the ancient texts from the Chinese medicine and Ayurveda…
Tetrahydrocannabivarin may be beneficial in typ 2 diabetes according to a clinical study
The plant cannabinoid THCV (tetrahydrocannabivarin) decreases glucose levels and may have further beneficial effects in patients with type 2 diabetes. This is the result of research by scientists from Nottingham, London and Oxford in the…
Cannabis may be useful in adults with epilepsy according to a survey
The use of cannabis may improve seizure control in adult patients with epilepsy. Scientists of the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences of Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, published a survey with 292 patients suffering…
Presentation of the Spanish Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis (OECM)
All those interested in the advances within the sector of therapeutic cannabis in Spain have much to celebrate these months. Finally there is an institution dedicated exclusively to the study and promotion of the medicinal…