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Cannabis as Medicine after Rally Crash | Cannabis News Network

As a navigator, Bart Hissink crashed, in 2009, with a hundred and sixty kilometers an hour against a tree. He was in a coma for two weeks! After a long road to recovery and lots of medication, mainly painkillers, Bart felt his life could be improved in trying something else. Cannabis! He believes people should have the constitutional right to […]

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February 8, 2017

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Reefer Madness in Dutch Parliament | Cannabis News Network

For 40 years, the government has been turning a blind eye to the supply of cannabis to the famous Dutch coffee shops – until this week! A majority of MPs in The Netherlands now seem likely to back a draft legislation from the Liberal democratic party. The new law would regulate the cultivation of cannabis to supply […]

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February 4, 2017

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U Turn on Medical Cannabis in the European Union: Patient voices

The biggest change in cannabis policy is the acknowledgement of the medical benefits of the plant. Main progress in countries happens, when patients tell their story, their battle, their relief! People make the change. The Wild West of Cannabis On the 30th of November an International Conference on Medical Cannabis was held for the first time in the European […]

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December 17, 2016

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Mexico Ending The War on Cannabis? | Cannabis News Network

Mexico is one of the biggest producers of cannabis in Latin America. It is a clear example of the failures of prohibition and the war on drugs, with Mexico being one of the most violent countries in the world. But now important steps towards legalization of cannabis are being made. For the first time in […]

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November 4, 2016

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Criminalization of Cannabis: The Human Toll

As long cannabis is still illegal to get access to, many people are hurt because of that illegality. The international premiere of the documentary; “Grassroots: The Cannabis Revolution” was held in Dublin, Ireland. For three years film-maker Dale Beaumont-Brown followed his cousin Clark French, a young guy suffering from multiples scleroses.  The documentary was first […]

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October 28, 2016

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CBD: Medicine or Food?

In this fourth installment of our Irish mini-series, we talk to Joel Stanley, one of the founders of Charlotte’s Web, who attended the Global Medical Cannabis Summit in Dublin last month. At the Dublin Hemp Museum in Ireland, he shares his story with us. For those who don’t know Joel Stanley, he’s one part of the Stanley brothers, […]

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October 14, 2016

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Move over kale juice, hemp juice is here to stay!

In this third installment of our Irish mini-series, we get to know Marcus McCabe and Kate Mullaney, founders of Kama Hemp Juice. Marcus and Kate run a unique business in Ireland, which is able to operate because Hemp Juice is considered a food, not a drug. And while some hemp farmers produce CBD oil or other extracts, […]

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October 7, 2016

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Medicinal Cannabis giving back ‘quality of life’

As more and more patients are coming out in support of medicinal cannabis, incredibly moving stories are coming from all parts of the world. In this second installment of our Irish mini-series, we get to know Tom Curran’s story. His wife, Marie Fleming, passed away 3 years ago. She suffered from Multiple Scleroses (MS), which ended up taking her life. […]

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September 30, 2016

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Did you know about Reefer Madness propaganda? | Canna History HD

Cannabis News Network is launching a new series: Canna History. In cooperation with the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum we are going to present multiple historical, entertaining, and need to know facts about cannabis and hemp. “Marihuana turns weak King Turner into a deadly weapon, a conscienceless killer with no more human feeling than a hooded […]

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August 2, 2016

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Did you know about Rembert Dodoens and The Cruydt Boeck? | Canna History HD

Cannabis News Network is launching a new series: Canna History. In cooperation with the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum we are going to present multiple historical, entertaining, and need to know facts about cannabis and hemp. “What if, you would suffer from pleurisy, jaundice or the plague in the late Middle Ages? People were dependent on […]

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August 2, 2016

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