Παιδιά και Κάνναβη, μια άλλη οπτική

Τα παιδιά είναι το μέλλον. Χωρίς αυτά απλά δεν υπάρχει μέλλον. Όσοι είναι γονείς ξέρουν τι σημαίνει η πρόταση “θα κάνω τα πάντα για το παιδί μου”. Παρόλο που η κάνναβη είναι ακόμα σε μια γκρίζα κατάσταση, όσο να αφορά την ιατρική και την αποδοχή της ως μια εν δυνάμει πηγή πολύ χρήσιμων φαρμάκων, ειδικά για ασθένειες που η ιατρική σήμερα δεν μπορεί να αντιμετωπίσει με τα διαθέσιμα μέσα της, οι γονείς με παιδιά που έχουν ασθένειες που δεν αντιμετωπίζονται επιτυχώς από την ιατρική δεν μπορούν να περιμένουν. Η ασθένεια δεν μπορεί να περιμένει. Το παιδί ασθενής δεν μπορεί να…

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Medical Cannabis in Greece? The Greek Government Has No Idea What It’s Doing

By Gregory Frye The Greek government has finally given the approval for THC-rich medical cannabis cultivation and sale. The Minister of Development Adonis Georgiadis, who is apparently now spearheading cannabis reform in the country, even issued a “mea culpa,” admitting that he and his colleagues had been wrong about cannabis in the past. But there is an ugly catch to this story. While the ruling politicians in Greece have decided they want to be a global supplier of medical cannabis, they have done nothing to facilitate safe medical cannabis access within their own country. Sorting Through the Hot Mess of…

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Greece’s weed law update good for business but leaves patients in limbo

While a new bill was passed to enshrine production and export of THC products, the cannabinoid still can’t be accessed domestically Recent amendments made to Greece’s cannabis laws by its conservative ruling New Democracy party ensure that operators can produce and ship THC products to medical markets throughout Europe. Despite recognizing the importance of meeting that opportunity abroad, the legislative changes don’t afford the same access to consumers and patients on home soil, who are restricted to CBD products only. After repeated attempts to dialogue with officials, patient advocates say they’ve been ignored. However, some of the country’s licensed producers…

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The Humans of Cannabis: Cannabis Industry Change Makers

Enjoy this power- panel of medical cannabis experts and advocates Janie Maedler, Jacqueline Poitras, Carola Perez, Tali Berman (moderator) as they share their stories of change within this industry. http://www.canna-tech.co

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CannaTech 2017 – The Future of Medicine: Genetics Based Personalized Treatment – Dr. David Meiri

Dr. David "Dedi" Meiri from the Cancer Research lab at the Technion in Israel (aka "Dedi's Lab") takes us through a fascinating presentation on the identification of the effects of different Cannabis extracts on the proliferation and cell death of various cancer cell lines (and classification) according to genetic profile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-knnEg0X4M CannaTech: Accelerating Cannabis Innovation http://www.israel-cannabis.com

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