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Sunday Morning Canna News – Isle of Man, Israel, Costa Rica, New Zealand and Viva La France!
Cannabis headlines around the world
The Isle of Man could soon see the first MMJ facility
Medicinal cannabis licenses have been available in the Isle of Man since June 2021, which has been well received by the Enterprise Secretary, BBC reports.
Now Peel NRE has submitted a proposal for a manufacturing facility in Braddan. According to Minister Alex Allinson, the growth of the local MMJ industry will be beneficial to residents and would be an “investment from within”. He added he was “very interested” in the proposal from Peel NRE and others that have been received. “We’ll wait and see if they then come to a planning application,” he said.
Allinson says developing the cannabis industry will help the job market, as well as the economy and exports. In addition, he is “quite confident that we can develop this sector in a very tightly regulated environment with all the securities we need there.”
The New Zealand Department of Health approves cannabis flowers to treat chronic pain
In early February, New Zealand’s first legal cannabis arrived in local pharmacies from ANTG (Australian Natural Therapeutics Group), an Australian pharmaceutical company, reports News Hub.
However, they can only be taken in the form of tea, and only one variety is available that meets minimum standards for oral consumption but does not yet meet standards for inhalation.
Regardless, this was good news. “This is a great day for New Zealand, on the other side of the Tasman continent dried flowers have been available for doctors to prescribe for at least two to three years – we’ve been waiting for this for a long time,” said Mark Hotu, co-founder of Green Doctors . Currently, New Zealand doctors do not yet recommend smoking cannabis, although it can take up to an hour for the tea’s effects to be felt.
“It is important to note that oral use as a tea is a valid route of administration and is not the route of administration submitted for review by the company, with instructions for doing so submitted by the company,” said a spokesperson for the company Ministry of Health to Muggle Head. “The use of this product by inhalation would pose an increased risk to patients due to the microbial contamination in the product.”
Costa Rica legalizes MMJ
Costa Rica’s Congress has finally passed legislation legalizing the medical use of marijuana, as well as its industrial cultivation.
President Carlos Alvarado is expected to sign it soon, in just a few days. Not only will it help boost agribusiness, but it will also help boost employment. The law has been a long time coming, as the president previously vetoed another version of the bill, saying there needed to be more restrictions on individual consumption and cultivation. Now the latest version of the bill has the backing of President Alvarado, who added that it would be “of great benefit to Costa Rica.”
Costa Rica will soon join other Latin American countries that have already legalized medical marijuana.
However, recreational use is still illegal, just like in other Latin American countries except Uruguay, which was the first country in the world to ever fully legalize it. Some analysts believe that in a few years Costa Rica would follow suit and legalize it for recovery.
France is finally joining the medical cannabis industry
Last February, the French government released a law that would allow the cultivation of medicinal cannabis and the growth of the industry. Although it was officially launched on March 1st, 2022, it has still not been implemented, but this is good news for French citizens.
Currently, legislation specifies the procedures and requirements for the cultivation and production of cannabis for medicinal purposes. In addition, it contains some parts of the health code related to the production, cultivation, transport, manufacture, export, import and possession of cannabis. They have also authorized the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Healthcare Products (ANSM) to take responsibility for overseeing the MMJ supply chain. The ANSM created an 11-member committee to manage the supply chain, including identification of strains that can be used for medical treatment, amounts of THC and CBD, traceability systems, methods of ingestion, and other pharmaceutical criteria.
At the time of writing, France still has some of the strictest cannabis laws in Europe, despite having some of the highest consumption rates on the continent. The French medical cannabis market is still in its infancy, although North American companies have already targeted the French market.
Israel will decriminalize CBD and recreational cannabis, but in two years
Last month, Israel’s Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar released new regulations that would decriminalize recreational cannabis. Currently, recreational marijuana use is still illegal, although it was partially decriminalized back in 2017. The current regulations carry fines for those caught on the first and second offenses, while a third offense involves a conditional settlement and possible charges can be brought against a fourth offense.
With Sa’ar’s proposal, there will be no criminal prosecution “except in exceptional cases”, for example in the case of people who already have a criminal record. Fines are capped at 1,000 NIS and no distinction is made between first and repeat offences. These will, among other things, help remove barriers for researchers wanting to study cannabis and commercialize CBD.
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