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Bilbao regula los clubes de cannabis

Regulation of cannabis clubs in Bilbao

This Thursday, the city council will begin the process of creating municipal regulations governing cannabis clubs. This process will provide the City Council with urban planning regulations that permit such establishments, in accordance with the Basque Government's approved Law on Addictions. The council meeting will...

Plataforma investigación cannabis medicinal OECM

New platform to decriminalize medicinal cannabis

On September 20th, the Spanish Observatory for Medicinal Cannabis (OECM) was launched. This platform works towards the decriminalization of cannabis for therapeutic use, disseminating information, scientific studies, and potential applications of cannabis. The platform is comprised of researchers, physicians, and cannabis users.

Cristina Sánchez, bióloga de la Universidad Complutense e investigadora experta en cannabinoides, lamenta que la política y el desconocimiento médico impiden a España dar un salto en la investigación con el cannabis en el tratamiento contra el cáncer

The great therapeutic potential of cannabis

Cristina Sánchez has spent over ten years researching the therapeutic potential of cannabis. However, this biologist from the Complutense University of Madrid and member of the Spanish Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis has encountered a major obstacle: the reluctance of the medical community and...

Cannabis Fair Expogrow 2016 Irún

This weekend, from September 16th to 18th, Expogrow 2016 will be held in Irún (Ficoba venue). This cannabis fair celebrates its 5th anniversary this year. Expogrow 2016 is not just a cannabis fair. It also features a music festival...

Denver votará el uso social de la marihuana

Denver will vote to allow smoking marijuana in public places

In November, voters in Denver, Colorado, will decide whether to allow the social use of marijuana inside certain businesses. The initiative, approved by the city's Division of Elections, will permit marijuana use in specific establishments. This vote will determine whether certain local businesses, such as...

Abre sus puertas el primer dispensario de marihuana medicinal en Florida

First medical marijuana dispensary in Florida

In Tallahassee, Florida's capital, the first dispensary for medical or therapeutic marijuana, Truelive, has opened its doors. Eighteen more dispensaries are currently in the process of receiving state approval to open. Kim Rivers, president of Truelive, stated that "Having the...".

Colombia concede la primera licencia para la producción de marihuana medicinal

First medical marijuana license in Colombia

The Colombian Ministry of Health has granted the first license for the production of medicinal marijuana for export, domestic trade, or research to the Canadian company PharmaCielo. Jon Ruiz, president and CEO of the company, stated that “Our goal is…”.

El Senado de México aprueba despenalizar la marihuana medicinal.

The Mexican Senate approves medicinal marijuana

The bill proposed by President Enrique Peña Nieto to decriminalize medical marijuana was approved by the Mexican Senate, but a proposal to increase the amount allowed for possession by consumers from 5 to 28 grams was rejected. The law was passed in an extraordinary session...