Thailand’s Public Health Minister has proposed farmers be allowed to grow cannabis plants under a joint scheme with the state. Anutin Charnvirakul, who is also deputy prime minister, said he has signed a draft regulation on allowing farmers to grow cannabis. The regulation will be examined by the Council of State and then submitted to the cabinet for consideration. The proposed regulation seeks to allow individual farmers to gain permission to grow cannabis plants for medical

A pregnant mum suffering from the same extreme morning sickness as Kate Middleton claims she has cured her chronic vomiting by - smoking cannabis. Credit: SWNS A pregnant mum suffering from the same extreme morning sickness as Kate Middleton claims she has eased her chronic vomiting - by smoking cannabis. Sammy Warnes, 30, said her hyperemesis gravidarum was so bad when she was ten weeks pregnant with daughter Arabella, now three, she considered an abortion. Strong medication

Adelaide woman Jenny Hallam has avoided a conviction for supplying medicinal cannabis. An Adelaide woman who admitted to drug offences after supplying medicinal cannabis to help people suffering from chronic pain and other ailments has been spared a conviction. Jenny Hallam's home at Hillier, in Adelaide's north, was raided by police in January 2017, after she had been producing the product for two years. District Judge Raul Soulio on Thursday spared her a conviction, saying

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LIFECHANGING TREATMENT: Emilee Mulready suffers less seizures and has a new lease on life now that she takes cannabis oil to treat her epilepsy. Picture: Anthony Brady Cannabis oil has given Emilee Mulready a new lease on life. The 17-year-old suffers from a rare form of epilepsy - lennox-gastaut syndrome. The syndrome is characterised by multiple different types of seizures, particularly tonic (stiffening) and atonic (drop) seizures. Her grandmother Heather Mulready said Emi