Category: Cannabis News

Your Body Is Full of Medicine: The Endocannabinoid Breakthrough In a remarkable breakthrough in pharmacology research, researchers from the Center for Drug Discovery at Northeastern University recently announced the world’s first-ever “endogenous” cannabinoids. This breakthrough occurred on December 16, 2025. These are substances that occur naturally within the body to regulate life functions such as…

Trump Prepares Executive Order for Rescheduling Reports from Washington have confirmed that President Trump is working on an executive order to direct federal agencies to reschedule cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance. The order, which will be reportedly discussed in a December 12th Oval Office meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson…

Secret Scottish Factory to Power UK Medicine A new economic development project initiated by Breathe Life Sciences in the Scottish Borders region involves beginning work on a high-security medicinal cannabis production facility. As part of a strategy which combines business ambition with secrecy, this facility will be constructed with its location masked in order to…

New York Medical Cannabis Program Expansion Reaches Historic Milestone A turning point was reached in New York’s medicinal cannabis program from November 21-25, 2025, with the Office of Cannabis Management announcing a significant increase allowing patients to buy enough medication for up to 60 days, compared with the previous limit of 15 days. “The shift,…

French Polynesia Selects Ten Pioneer Cannabis Farmers In a development that could reshape Pacific island agriculture, French Polynesia has officially launched its medical cannabis pilot program by authorizing ten carefully selected farmers to begin cultivation. Published in mid-February, the new regulations represent the archipelago’s cautious first steps into legal cannabis production, with strict controls designed…

NHS Launches Major Cannabis Trials for Treatment-Resistant Epilepsy in 2025 The National Health Service is now launching the largest clinical trials involving cannabis in British history. They will test treatment involving CBD and THC on 500 patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy. This is a historic development for British policy on medical cannabis. These pioneering clinical trials,…

Colombia’s Bold Cannabis Diplomacy Challenges U.S. Drug Policy As tensions between the U.S. military and Colombia heightened over alleged drug interdiction operations, Colombian President Gustavo Petro chose a rather unexpected course of action in a move that took place on October 28, 2025. Instead of continuing to release diplomatic protests over U.S. military attacks on…

Cannabis Shows Promise for Dementia Patients’ Behavioral Issues In October 2025, a systematic review of 10 studies with a total of 278 subjects demonstrated that cannabinoids significantly reduced agitation and nighttime disturbances in elderly patients with dementia. Such studies are a ray of hope for families struggling to manage BPSD in their loved ones. BPSD…

Nearly 190,000 Americans Arrested for Cannabis in 2024—Despite Legalization Marcus Johnson was 23 years old when police stopped him and found cannabis, rolled as a joint, in his car, and were arresting him for it. He was not driving the vehicle under the influence. He was not selling. He possessed one of these joints—the same…

Germany’s Pain Revolution: Cannabis Oil Outperforms Opioids When 52-year-old Munich schoolteacher Sarah Mueller couldn’t stand for more than 10 minutes due to recurring back pain, she was faced with a common enough dilemma – endure pain or give in to opioid abuse. With unprecedented European clinical trials revealed as late as this week in October…