Tag: medical marijuana
Drugs law draft allows for cannabis extracts
(CNS): Government has published the much-anticipated changes to the Misuse of Drugs Law to provide for the importation and dispensing of cannabis oil under prescription by a doctor for medical purposes. The public now has more than 21 days to comment on the amendment before it is excepted to be debated in the Legislative Assembly […]
Premier denies delay over cannabis oil laws
(CNS): The government has denied any delay in paving the way for the medical use of cannabis oil, following concerns that patients have been waiting more than nine months for the promised legislation. Premier Alden McLaughlin said officials have only been working on the necessary legal amendments since May, in the face of some opposition […]
Much-needed cannabis oil stalled by CIG
(CNS): A local woman with cancer was told by government more than nine months ago that legislation would be amended to enable her to import cannabis oil to ease her suffering, but she is still waiting. Despite public declarations by the premier in May during his budget address that this was a “matter of urgency” […]
Civil servants to get bonus, CIG to import cannabis oil
(CNS): There were not many surprises in the premier’s Budget Statement delivered in the Legislative Assembly on Monday morning but the PPM leader announced two unexpected and unrelated items that will be welcomed by many. Alden McLaughlin said that all civil servants will receive a 2.2% one-off bonus payment in their June pay packets based […]
Mexico to legalise medical ganja
(CNS): Speaking at a UN Drug Policy Summit in New York on Tuesday, President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico revealed that the country will be taking legislative steps to legalise the use of medicinal marijuana and government will consider changes to the penal code to decriminalise possession of small quantities for personal use. The announcement […]
Legal ganja pumping $billions into US economy
(CNS): A report published this week on the legal sale of ganja in the United States is predicting that it will pump up to $44 billion into the American economy by 2020 if current business and legalisation trends continue. Already surpassing sales of the all-American girl-scout cookie and e-cigarettes, the authors predict that if the real […]
Jamaica to issue ganja licences in April
(CNS): Jamaica’s Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) will begin accepting applications for ganja licences at the beginning of April, officials in the neighbouring island have said. “Under the regulations, 11 types of licences across five main categories will be made available to interested persons – cultivator, transportation, processing, retailing, and R&D – ensuring coverage over the […]
Tennessee governor legalises use of cannabis oil
(CNS): Tennessee has become the latest state in the US to relax laws relating to the medical use of ganja. It’s now legal to use cannabis oil there for limited medical purposes after Governor Bill Haslam gave final approval Monday to what many believe is a step to further legalisation of the plant for wider medicinal […]
