An Australian family who moved their terminally ill daughters to Victoria to legally use cannabis oil says the girls’ lives have been transformed by the drug – but it might not last.
Approved growers would be able to cultivate medicinal cannabis and pharmacists to dispense marijuana products to treat people with chronic illness under landmark changes to Victorian law aimed at helping children and adults with otherwise untreatable conditions.
I realize that headline might come off as contradictory to anyone who sees cannabis as a part of the substance abuse problem at large, but if you were to entertain the irony of it for a moment, you might find yourself surprised by the ways cannabis is helping this epidemic.
The Washington Department of Health just released emergency rules in preparation for the merging of medical marijuana into the state’s existing recreational regulatory system.
A number of Canada’s medical marijuana growers are poised to release cannabis oils for authorized patients who don’t want to smoke or vaporize the dried herb to relieve their symptoms.