Jacqui Ritchie, 49, was prosecuted for growing 4 cannabis plants The mother of two claimed cannabis helped with the side-effects of chemotherapy for her rare breast cancer Jacqui was prosecuted last month and is awaiting sentencing on October 10 A cancer survivor has been prosecuted for growing four medicinal cannabis plants to help [...]
Scottish MPs to meet with medicinal cannabis activists to discuss legalisation Thousands of medicinal cannabis patients and activists are holding a protest outside Scottish Parliament tomorrow MPs from across the political spectrum will meet with protestors to discuss legalising cannabis for medicinal purposes Speakers will include SNP’s Marie Todd, the Scottish Shadow Health [...]
A new treatment derived from cannabis is to go on trial in Scotland in a bid to help sick children. Doctors have been given the go-ahead to test Epidiolex, a treatment based on cannabidiol (CBD) a non-psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant. And medical experts are hoping the treatment – which has had success [...]
