UNITED KINGDOM A British cannabis producer has been acquired by a US-based private equity fund in the largest European pot deal. A new facility is to be established on the Isle of Wight with the aim of becoming a world-leading centre for the research and development of cannabis-based healthcare. England’s medical cannabis market has barely gotten off the ground since launching about
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Of course, regulation in the UK is important in order to protect consumer welfare – but the government needs to be wary of doing what it usually does – and regulating innovation out of a flourishing market. The potential for CBD is enormous. The acquisition of Terra Verde is EMMAC’s largest acquisition to date and completes the full integration of
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JAMIE GEORGE Wed 31 Oct 2018 19.44 GMT Last modified on Thurs 1st Nov 2018 07.32 GMTFrom today (November 1st), doctors in the UK will, for the first time, be legally allowed to prescribe medical cannabis to their patients. The shift in policy was announced in July by home secretary Sajid Javid following the prominent media attention given to the cases of
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November 1, 2018 Medical cannabis is officially available in the UK today via prescription and millions of patients, who suffer from registered conditions that can be treated with cannabis, could qualify for treatment. Access will remain restricted in the short-term but is expected to expand as the number of clinicians listed on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council
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Has anyone got any comments they would like to add to this absurd and laughable response? Are @UKParliament, @HouseofCommons, @UKHouseofLords trying to put the Economy in reverse? Surely not!! England needs to move forward fast @CLEARUK #cannabis #canada #news Quote from Ronnie Cowan MP: “My drugs policy debate in @HouseofCommons has just finished. However, interesting to note the Minister had
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Source: http://www.weedworldmagazine.org Cannabis will become an international commodity, but only a limited number will get to cultivate it With the UK Government moving towards legalizing medicinal cannabis could this be an opportunity for the UK farmers to diversify? This autumn will see specialist doctors prescribing medicinal cannabis for the first time in the UK. Could this decision be behind an
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Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal9 OCT 2018By Debbie Andalo UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals has sold almost two million shares in a recent offering on the US stock exchange. Source: GW Pharmaceuticals GW Pharmaceuticals, which has previously marketed cannabis-derived medicines Sativex and Epidiolex, has raised over $345m from share sales in the United States The UK biopharmaceutical company GW Pharmaceuticals, a global developer of
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