Cannabis Companies Push F.D.A. to Ease Rules on CBD Products By Sheila Kaplan The New York Time, May 31, 2019 CBD products have exploded in recent years, and are so numerous and varied as to include cheese pizza and fruit smoothies, like at this restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.CreditJennifer Lett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel, via Associated Press Image CBD products have exploded in recent years, and are so numerous and varied as to include cheese pizza and fruit smoothies, like at this restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.CreditCreditJennifer Lett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel, via Associated Press WASHINGTON — It was Hempy Pet CBD Soft Chews, Mile High Labs and Women Grow, [...]
Lire la suiteAu Canada, le cannabis comestible sera disponible à la vente en décembre Le pays avait été en octobre le deuxième au monde, après l’Uruguay, à autoriser la vente libre de marijuana. Des règles strictes devront être respectées pour limiter l’attractivité des produits à base de cannabis auprès des jeunes. Le Monde avec AFP Publié , 15 juin 2019, aujourd’hui à 00h21, mis à jour à 11h11 Des cookies au cannabis dans un magasin éphèmère de Rome, en Italie, le 6 juin. ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP Des produits comestibles à base de cannabis seront vendus au Canada dès la mi-décembre, a annoncé, [...]
Lire la suiteCannabis : interdiction au Canada d’en mettre dans la bière, les bonbons et les sucettes Jean-Yves NAU Blog Journalisme et santé Publique, 15 juin 2019 Bonjour C’était écrit dans la légalisation du cannabis : son industrie du cannabis se professionnalise à grande vitesse 1, élargit sans cesse sa palette. Aujourd’hui l’Agence France Presse nous apprend que des « produits comestibles à base de cannabis » seront vendus au Canada dès la mi-décembre. Annonce officielle faite, vendredi 14 juin, par le gouvernement canadien. Qui précise que les « produits susceptibles de plaire aux enfants » (comme les bonbons ou les sucettes) ne pourront pas en contenir 2. Ces nouvelles dispositions entreront en vigueur [...]
Lire la suiteHas the Legalisation of Medical and Recreational Cannabis Use in the USA Affected the Prevalence of Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorders ? Janni Leung, Chui Ying Vivian Chiu, Daniel Stjepanović & Wayne Hall Current Addiction Reports, 2018, 5, 403–417 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-018-0224-9 Published online: 21 September 2018 # Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018 Abstract Purpose of Review Since California legalised medical use of cannabis in 1996, 29 other US states have done so. Eight US states have legalised the retail sale of cannabis to adults over the age of 21 years since 2012. Critics of these policy changes have suggested that they will increase the prevalence of cannabis [...]
Lire la suiteDebate over recreational cannabis use legalisation in Canada Paul Webster The Lancet, 2018, 391, 725-726 www.thelancet.com February 24, 2018 The Trudeau Government presents this proposed law as a boon for public health and safety, but debate rages over cannabis-harm reduction in youths. Paul Webster reports from Toronto. As Canada prepares to legalise recreational cannabis use next summer, the government faces increasingly tough questions about a widely praised national drug control experiment being closely watched internationally. “We’re approaching it purely from a public health and safety standpoint”, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau explained in a televised gathering in Toronto last autumn. “The questions around revenue and taxation are [...]
Lire la suiteDoes cannabis legalisation change healthcare utilisation? A population-based study using the healthcare cost and utilisation project in Colorado, USA Francesca N Delling, Eric Vittinghoff, Thomas A Dewland, Mark J Pletcher, Jeffrey E Olgin, Gregory Nah, Kirstin Aschbacher, Christina D Fang, Emily S Lee, Shannon M Fan, Dhruv S Kazi, Gregory M Marcus BMJ Open, 2019, 9:e027432 http:// dx.doi. org/ 10. 1136/ bmjopen- 2018-027432). Abstract Objective : To assess the effect of cannabis legalisation on health effects and healthcare utilisation in Colorado (CO), the first state to legalise recreational cannabis, when compared with two control states, New York (NY) and Oklahoma (OK). Design : We used the [...]
Lire la suiteAdvisory body on drug misuse to provide framework on medical cannabis by end of 2019 The Pharmaceutical Journal, 9 MAY 2019, By Julia Robinson The Pharmaceutical Journal, May 2019, Vol 302, No 7925, online | DOI: 10.1211/PJ.2019.20206487 https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/news/advisory-body-on-drug-misuse-to-provide-framework-on-medical-cannabis-by-end-of-2019/20206487.article?firstPass=false Source: Charlie Milligan Roger Knaggs says he isn’t surprised about the lack of medical cannabis prescriptions since its reclassification, warning that it will continue until prescribers have a clearer idea about what they should be prescribing The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has been asked to provide an outline framework on medical cannabis by the end of 2019, with the aim of having an initial view [...]
Lire la suiteCannabis Where are we and where are we going ? Bilan sur les statuts du cannabis dans le monde Le groupe Edison a publié une revue sur le statut du cannabis dans le monde. Où sommes-nous et où allons-nous? EDISON Healthcare, 30 April 2019 The cannabis sector is relatively broad, spanning FDA-approved drugs toconsumer products. Both markets are still at a fraction of their potential peak sizes due to laws forbidding the use of cannabis and also regulatory hesitance to approve drugs with related active ingredients. Worldwide sales for all regulator-approved cannabinoid therapeutics were only $53m in 2018 while the total legal cannabis market [...]
Lire la suiteRevue SWAPS n°90: Du Cannabis Thérapeutique à la Régulation, 1er trimestre 2019 EDITO S’agissant de la disponibilité du cannabis thérapeutique en France, la ministre de la santé, Agnès Buzyn, avait quelque peu entrouvert la porte : «C’est peut-être un retard que la France a pris quant à la recherche et au développement du cannabis médical. D’autres pays l’ont fait. (…) il n’y a aucune raison d’exclure, sous prétexte que c’est du cannabis, une molécule qui peut être intéressante pour le traitement de certaines douleurs très invalidantes». De fait, l’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament (ANSM) a annoncé récemment (lire page 21) la [...]
Lire la suiteLegalizing and Regulating Marijuana in Canada: Review of Potential Economic, Social, and Health Impacts Mohammad Hajizadeh International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016, 5, 8, 453–456. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2016.63 Abstract : Notwithstanding a century of prohibition, marijuana is the most widely used illicit substance in Canada. Due to the growing public acceptance of recreational marijuana use and ineffectiveness of the existing control system in Canada, the issue surrounding legalizing this illicit drug has received considerable public and political attentions in recent years. Consequently, the newly elected Liberal Government has formally announced that Canada will introduce legislation in the spring of 2017 to start legalizing and regulating [...]
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