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"El cannabis no es ninguna cuestión mágica", declara la ministra de Sanidad

Medical

by Laura Rueda on 22/02/19

"Cannabis is not a magical issue," says the Minister of Health

The Minister of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, María Luisa Carcedo, has declared this week in an interview with Julia Otero on Onda Cero that "cannabis is not a magical issue". In this way, once again, socialist policy has rejected the legalization of the therapeutic consumption of the plant and the prayers of the thousands of patients who use it in their daily treatment.

"There are a lot of people who favour legalizing the therapeutic use of cannabis. Once they asked the president of the Government, who was with Trudeau in Canada, and he said 'I have enough on my plate already'. Do you have any plans to legalize cannabis? " This is how journalist Julia Otero introduced the issue of medical cannabis to the Minister of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, María Luisa Carcedo last Tuesday, January 29th.

"There are many people who defend their use in therapeutic cases," insisted the journalist on her radio...

Cannabis medicinal en el control del dolor crónico. La experiencia cannadiense

Medical

by Redacción on 13/02/19

Cannabis medicinal en el control del dolor crónico. La experiencia cannadiense

El próximo 5 de marzo tendrá lugar en el Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Madrid la jornada "Cannabis medicinal en el control del dolor crónico. La experiencia cannadiense" organizada por el Observatorio Español de Cannabis Medicinal OEDCM.
La experiencia canadiense
El OECM está integrado por investigadores, médicos y asociaciones de pacientes que tienen relación con el uso de cannabis...

Eminencias médicas americanas exigen a sus gobiernos acceso a la marihuana en Perú

Medical

by Laura Rueda on 08/02/19

Eminencias médicas americanas exigen a sus gobiernos acceso a la marihuana en Perú

Enero comenzó con la celebración en Lima de un evento histórico y único, el Primer Encuentro Americano de Profesionales en Fitocannabinoides. Uno de los principales objetivos era firmar la Declaración de Lima sobre el Cannabis para uso Medicinal, un acuerdo que demanda a los gobiernos y a la ONU llevar a cabo las medidas políticas necesarias para que se implemente el uso medicinal de la planta y...

New York und New Jersey werden die Nächsten bei der Legalisierung von Cannabis als Genussmittel sein

Activism

by Laura Rueda on 06/02/19

Nueva York y Nueva Jersey próximos estados en legalizar el cannabis recreativo

Andrew Cuomo y Phil Murphy, gobernadores de Nueva York y Nueva Jersey respectivamente, han pedido la legalización del uso recreativo del cannabis en sus State of the State Speech. Los dos han fijado objetivos para que la marihuana lúdica sea un asunto importante en sus agendas de 2019. Cada uno de ellos, por separado, habló de este tema en el citado discurso del “Estado del Estado”, que dieron el...

El gobierno ha concedido ocho licencias para cultivar cannabis hasta la fecha

Medical

by Laura Rueda on 31/01/19

Eight licenses to grow cannabis granted to date by Spanish government

Miguel Vila Gómez, member of the Unidos Podemos group - En Comú Podem - En Marea sent a question to the Congress of Deputies in October 2018. This question about the licenses granted so far to grow cannabis sativa in Spain was answered in writing by the Executive at the beginning of 2019, on January 2. In total, eight authorizations have been awarded to date, five for research purposes, one for...

Activism

by Laura Rueda on 30/01/19

Algorithms and marijuana

2019 could not have started with a more 21st century story. The Portuguese private consultancy LTPLabs has developed an algorithm to predict which countries will legalize cannabis recreationally and for medicinal use. Artificial intelligence, masses of data and 98 variables were the magic ingredients used to create this futuristic tool.
LTPLabs is a private Portuguese consultancy made up of...

Irún hosts "Hemp Business Day 2019", the biggest hemp and CBD industry event in southern Europe

Activism

by Redacción on 29/01/19

Irún hosts "Hemp Business Day 2019", the biggest hemp and CBD industry event in southern Europe

The wave has finally reached Spain. After several years hearing the concerns of this growing sector, 2019 will be the year to welcome the first major Cannabis Industry and CBD Congress to Spain. The first event will take place on April 26, 2019 and it will be called HEMP BUSINESS DAY.
This new event will take place within the framework of the Expogrow Fair, which for the eighth consecutive year...

Perú, a las puertas de la legalización medicinal del cannabis

Activism

by Laura Rueda on 25/01/19

Peru, on the threshold of medicinal cannabis legalization

The movement for the legalization of medicinal cannabis in Peru has been predominantly led by the parents of children with diseases like refractory epilepsy. In October 2017 the country's congress approved by majority a law that regulates the medicinal and therapeutic use of the plant. One month earlier, on September 23, 2017, a march involving hundreds of people took place in the center of Lima...

3 projets créatifs qui s'inspirent principalement du cannabis

Culture

by Laura Rueda on 23/01/19

3 creative projects that have cannabis as their main inspiration

There is nothing we like more than art and culture. Diving through social networks connects us with authentic products, original, beautiful and very necessary. Cannabis provides the inspiration for these brands. Many of them are small projects pouring their hearts and souls into their products. Hearing the story of their creation is thrilling and encourages us to keep giving voice to such...

Medical Activism

by Roberto Kannabia on 21/01/19

Descansa en Paz, Sílvia

El equipo de Kannabia quiere comunicar su gran tristeza por la pérdida de Sílvia Casademont, de Alchimia (Grow Shop). Trabajadora incansable, comprometida con la causa, excelente compañera y mejor amiga, dotada de una gran empatía y humanidad que se echarán de menos tanto como su profunda mirada y su contagiosa sonrisa. Su pérdida, a tan temprana edad, no puede sino llenarnos de dolor y una...

Feminist weed farmer, un libro para mujeres, personas racializadas y queer

Grow

by Laura Rueda on 21/01/19

The Feminist Weed Farmer, a book for women, racialized, and queer folks

I don’t know about you, but one thing i would ask from 2019, is more books about feminism. That’s why, uniting two fights as important as feminism and cannabis, we couldn’t miss reading The Feminist Famer, growing conscious medicine in your own backyard, by Madrone Stewart, published by Microcosm Publishing.
“Feminist Weed Farmer” is included in many media lists across the world as one of the...

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