The Debate Over Europe’s Multi-Billion CBD Market

The Debate Over Europe's Multi-Billion CBD Market

The global CBD market is expected to reach a value of 23.6 billion US dollars. In a report published in December 2017, the WHO stated that CBD is not addictive and ruled out harmful effects on health. In July the European Commission announced its preliminary view that CBD extracted from the flowers of Cannabis sativa … Read more

The Quiet Expansion of Industrial Hemp in Spain

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Since medical and recreational cannabis were regulated across much of the US and the whole of Canada, and the sector began growing around the world, so-called ‘green gold’ is no longer a socially controversial subject and has become one of the most promising sectors of recent years. Hence the quiet expansion of industrial hemp in … Read more

SmokApp Pro: The Technological Future of Cannabis Social Clubs

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The start-up launches its new upgrade, offering administrators and members a fully smart experience inside cannabis associations. The new features are a revolution in how these organisations operate, as they deal with the lack of specific regulation. In April 2017 the rapper Wiz Khalifa released a video game for iOS and Android in which players … Read more

Cannabis and Sport: Effects, Doping and What the Law Says

Cannabis and Sport: Effects, Doping and What the Law Says

Athletics and cannabis use can easily be seen, and often are, as incompatible. Today, however, smoking cannabis or consuming it as edibles or in other forms before training is becoming a more normal practice, and a number of athletes say they have noticed an improvement in their sport when trying the combination. “Marijuana relaxes me … Read more

How Does Medical Cannabis Help Women?

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Thanks to scientific progress in medical cannabis research, more and more innovative treatments aimed at women’s health problems are becoming available. Every day there are more specific alternative treatment options beyond conventional medicine. How is cannabis benefiting women’s health? Some laboratory studies show that cannabis compounds kill breast cancer cells. With breast cancer the leading … Read more

Regulating Cannabis Edibles: A Challenge for Canada

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For months, cannabis regulation in Canada has focused on the inhalable form of the substance, oils and cosmetics, and not much more. The cannabis market keeps maturing in the country, but the rules that will accompany the legalisation of edibles, due to come into force in less than a year, are still unknown. Health Canada, … Read more

New Study Suggests CBD Reduces Methamphetamine Addiction

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The leading Journal of Psychopharmacology has published the results of a promising study carried out in rats. The study shows that high doses of CBD sharply reduce methamphetamine use and relapse, although further research is needed. A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, a specialist medical journal, provides evidence that cannabidiol (CBD), a … Read more