Argentina Legalizes Medical Cannabis Cultivation for Patients

MMP News AuthorNovember 15, 2020
Argentinian President Alberto Fernández on Thursday issued a decree allowing home cannabis cultivation by patients, requiring insurance providers to cover medical cannabis costs, and permitting pharmacies to sell cannabis-derived oils and topicals, the New York Times reports. Argentina legalized medical cannabis in 2017 but advocates say the law ... Read More

Cannabis helps 70% of patients: Anutin

MMP News AuthorNovember 12, 2020
At least 70% of patients in over 300 medical cannabis clinics that have opened nationwide say their symptoms have improved since starting treatment, according to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Mr Anutin made the claim at a training session on the use of medical cannabis extracts in Muang district of ... Read More

Cannabis Watch: GW Pharma shares rally on earnings and news of late-stage trial of cannabis-based treatment for MS patients

MMP News AuthorNovember 3, 2020
Shares of GW Pharmaceuticals PLC jumped 18% Tuesday, after the biotech posted a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and a revenue beat and said a delayed late-stage trial of its cannabinoid-based treatment for multiple sclerosis spasticity can now proceed. Volume of 2.14 million shares traded was 5.5 times the 65-day average of ... Read More