Legalise cannabis campaigners in NZ want PM Jacinda Ardern to back their case at a referendum Fifty days out from a national referendum, cannabis legalisation campaigners in New Zealand are fearful a lack of public advocates could cost them a chance at carefully crafted law reform. And many want the country's most popular politician, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, to join the push to get the measure over the line. Kiwis will decide whether to legalise personal marijuana use a

West Australian medical cannabis producer Little Green Pharma has been given the green light to start growing plants in its expanded South West facility, paving the way for it to be one of the biggest in the country. Earlier this week the company received its medicinal cannabis cultivation and production permit from the Office of Drug Control to use the bigger facility. Little Green Pharma managing director Fleta Solomon. CREDIT: MARTA PASCUAL JUANOLA It will be capable of gr

On a mission to conquer the cancer that killed his four-year-old girl Josie, Dr Matt Dun is using the cells from her brain tumour for research. The medical researcher has found a modified cannabis oil has the potential to kill both leukaemia and the brain cancer which took his little girl’s life. Originally published here: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/cannabis-oil-has-potential-to-kill-brain-cancer-cells-dr-matt-dun-finds/news-story/f382b37073205e3491038a46124a4

© Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Fighting severe complications of COVID-19 may soon be added to the list of health benefits of cannabis. Researchers have found that one of the cannabinoids could help prevent a potentially deadly lung disorder linked with the coronavirus disease, influenza and other infections. The new study, published in Frontiers In Pharmacology, shows the new positive effect Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The main psychoactive component of cannabis appeared

What you and your mates potentially know as CBD oil is actually cannabidiol, a compound found in cannabis/word you’ll probably have to try pronounce at least twice. You’ve probably met its mate, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (aka THC aka the one that makes you wicked ≋h≋i≋g≋h≋) but CBD will not get you stoned. (Unless you’ve got it from somewhere slightly dodgy and you’re not 100% sure about the THC content). So to be clear, CBD is used for medical reasons and NOT Reefer Madne

Brett Hartmann gives his dogs Cayley, a six-year-old-Labrador Retriever drops of a cannabis based medicinal tincture to treat hip pain and anxiety. New research supports CBD for canine osteoarthritis. AFP via Getty Images Is your dog suffering from canine osteoarthritis? A new study suggests that CBD may help dogs with this painful arthritic condition. Canine osteoarthritis is an inflammatory condition marked by pain, stiffness, and loss of mobility. And it can leave dogs let

'The Dagga Couple', Julian Stobbs and Myrtle Clarke. Stobbs was shot and killed in an attack in the early hours of Friday morning. Image: Alaister Russell Julian Stobbs, one half of the precedent-setting “Dagga Couple” who fought a five-year battle through the courts for the legalisation of cannabis, has been killed in a robbery near Lanseria in Johannesburg. Stobbs and Myrtle Clarke operated a private members' club and music venue on the property. The armed robbery occurred

PHOTO: BY REUTERS/AMIR COHEN Despite the objections of ultra-Orthodox protesters, the cannabis laws now being promoted at the Knesset are nothing short of a revolution “THIS IS A VERY EXCITING moment,” said Knesset member Ram Shefa of the Blue and White party in addressing the Knesset plenary on June 24 as he introduced legislation regulating the cannabis market in Israel. He knew his historic bill was assured a majority at the first Knesset hearing after the ultra-Orthodox K

Grace looked at getting medicinal cannabis through a doctor, but in the end she stuck with the "illegal source".(Getty: Tinnakorn Jorruang / EyeEm) After Grace* was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, she turned to medicinal cannabis. But accessing it through legal medical channels was a challenge: she faced long waiting times and substantial paperwork. "I was offered through an illegal source where I could get it very quickly, and because my tumours were aggressive and