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Research on cannabis is evolving continuously, please see the latest research and news from the world of cannabis below.

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Legal use of medicinal cannabis on the rise

3 April 2023

Recent research findings from the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative – studying the therapeutic use of medicinal cannabis for epilepsy, cancer, chronic pain, obesity, neurological, and mental health disorders – has revealed that people accessing prescription products is dramatically increasing.

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Raphael Mechoulam, ‘Father of Cannabis Research,’ Dies at 92

22 March 2023

Raphel Mechoulam, the Israeli researcher whose groundbreaking work contributed to broadening the scientific understanding of cannabis, has died at age 92.

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Cook Islands looks into producing medicinal cannabis itself

2 February 2023

In 2022, a large majority of Cook Islanders voted in favor of legislating medicinal cannabis in a legally non-binding referendum that ran alongside the country’s general election.

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