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American Basketball Player Faces Death Penalty in Indonesia Over Medical Cannabis Texas basketball player Jarred Shaw has been arrested in Jakarta could be given capital punishment after having delivered 869 grams of cannabis gummies, claiming to alleviate incurable Crohn’s disease, exposing lethal consequences of cannabis prohibition throughout Southeast Asia. Jarred Shaw, a 35-year-old American basketball…

South Africa Emerges as Cannabis Export Leader with National Master Plan South Africa is gearing up as an international cannabis giant with the support of the government pushing cultivation and export licences, as the country’s intentions to dominate global commercial hemp and cannabis production are announced by President Ramaphosa. South Africa has become the continental…

International Study Shows Medical Cannabis Cuts Tobacco And Amphetamine Use Historic 20-nation research uncovers that medical cannabis legalization generates “strong negative associations” between cannabis and tobacco, and cannabis and amphetamine use, indicating citizens replace cannabis with more dangerous drugs. Medical cannabis markets sold an average 26 tons per year in legal nations, and evidence suggests…

Weed Before Wine? Study Shows Cannabis Can Cut Heavy Drinking A federally funded human-lab study released recently found heavy users consumed about a quarter fewer alcoholic drinks—and had lower desire—when they inhaled legal cannabis prior to alcohol consumption. The study supports the case for cannabis as a harm-reduction substitute for some individuals who are not…

UK Clinicians Get Hands-On Training To Turn Policy Into Patient Access The cannabis debate in the UK is shifting from “if” to “how,” and a new one-day CPD-credited symposium is targeted straight at that gap. The conference provides practical, case-based teaching for experts, GPs and pharmacists: when to consider a trial of cannabis medicines, how…

EU Moves To Recognize Hemp Flower As A Crop The EU is mulling formal clearance for hemp flower as a crop, paving the way for mainstream incentives and lower red tape for compliant varieties. If it happens, farmers would then be able to finance, insure, and export flower across borders in a manner more similar…

AI Discovers Terpenes Drive Cannabis Pain Relief, Not Just THC A recent study found that medical cannabis does actually reduce pain—and that the combination of cannabinoids and terpenes is more critical than THC or CBD quantities. Scientists studied 329 patients who had used controlled cannabis and discovered ~200 cannabinoids and terpenes in the strains that…

Morocco’s First Legal Medical Cannabis Export Ships To Australia Morocco has marked a historic milestone: a first legal cannabis medicine shipment has arrived in Australia—enabling system-wide operational capability at the level of cultivation, processing, compliance, and logistics. Following Morocco’s multi-year effort to relocate portions of the Rif’s traditional production into an approved, added-value supply chain,…

Slovenia Files Adult-Use Bill As Medical Measure Advances Slovenian legislators have proposed a legislative bill to legalize cannabis for ownership among adults, home cultivation and non-commercial distribution—going further than the advisory referendums of last year. The bill would legalize cultivation of up to four plants (up to six per household), up to 7 grams outdoor…

Nepal’s Legal Cannabis Proposal Gandaki Province in Nepal has released a draft bill to legalize cannabis growing under a state-controlled pharmaceutical-type system that maintains control of the supply chain by the government. Nepali nationals only would be eligible for cultivation license, and foreign joint ventures would be allowed only if the Nepali side owns a…