LYPHE Group Opens Swiss Division With Germany And Poland To Follow By End Of Year

By |16 September 2021|

ONE of the UK’s fastest growing and largest cannabis companies has launched its first European operation with more to follow over the coming months. The London-headquartered LYPHE Group operates a number of divisions including the The Medical Cannabis Clinics (TMCC) which caters for over half of [...]

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Work On £12m Medicinal Cannabis Cultivation Facility Held-Up By Covid-19 UK Travel Ban

By |16 September 2021|

ANANDA Developments has secured £300,000 to build out the first phase of its medicinal cannabis growing research facility in Lincolnshire. In May last year the AQSE Growth Market-listed business unveiled £12m plans to create one of the UK’s largest medicinal cannabis farms – capable of growing 300,000 [...]

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Children’s Dutch Epilepsy Cannabis Medicines Will Be Made In The UK To Overcome Import Impasse

By |16 September 2021|

A PERMANENT solution to the import impasse on children’s epilepsy cannabis medication has emerged with the Dutch manufacturer set to see the medicines made in the UK. However, the Transvaal Pharmacy, which is based in the Hague, says this will not be in operation for at [...]

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The UK Medical Cannabis Industry Can – And Does – Provide Epilepsy Medicines For Children In Post-Brexit Britain

By |16 September 2021|

Pierre Van Weperen of Grow Pharma on the post-Brexit issue surrounding the import of epilepsy cannabis medicines into the UK. MAINTAINING existing quality standards was one of the key themes of the Brexit argument and for finished medicines this still comes with a European Union Good [...]

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NHS Launching Patient Registry To Support Evidence Base For Cannabis Medicines

By |16 September 2021|

THE NHS is to launch is first-ever cannabis patient registry in a move which signifies an ambition for the medicines to become more widely-available to UK patients. Health Secretary Matt Hancock ordered an urgent review into the lack of cannabis prescriptions, last spring. The creation of [...]

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FDA Issues Warnings on Delta-8 THC Products

By |16 September 2021|

On September 14, the FDA published a consumer update on their website, seeking to educate the public and offer a public health warning on delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, otherwise known as delta-8 THC. For the uninitiated, delta-8 THC is a cannabinoid that can be synthesized from cannabidiol (CBD) [...]

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California bill: Ryan’s Law would allow medical cannabis use in hospitals

By |16 September 2021|

Ryan’s Law or The Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act would allow patients to use medical cannabis in certain situations on hospital grounds. Members of the California Assembly and Senate have advanced legislation to the governor’s desk which would allow medical cannabis products in hospitals and [...]

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WADA to review cannabis ban after Sha’ Carri Richardson forced to miss Tokyo Olympics

By |16 September 2021|

The decision to review cannabis follows American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson being forced to miss the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for the substance. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is to review if cannabis should remain a banned substance for athletes. It comes after the American sprinter [...]

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How wellness brand Papilio is helping people live a calmer and happier life

By |16 September 2021|

New wellness brand Papilio is on a mission to help people live a calmer and happier life, with the healing properties of CBD. Launched earlier this year, by cousins Caroline Holford and Georgina Muncaster, CBD wellness brand Papilio Products has already established a wide range of products [...]

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Irish advocates prepare for protest about Ireland’s cannabis laws

By |16 September 2021|

Irish advocates will take part in a demonstration starting at the Garden of Remembrance to highlight the flaws in the Irish Medical Cannabis Program. The march will start at 2 pm on September 18 from the garden of remembrance on Parnell street and will walk toward [...]

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