3 February 2014, by Ian Willoughby In November, the Czech police’s drugs unit raided dozens of “grow shops”, businesses that sell products necessary for the cultivation of marijuana. The police justified the large-scale confiscation of goods on the grounds that a court had ruled it was illegal for the shops to offer in one place […]

3 february 2014 Dutch laws governing marijuana use are so liberal that even the US pop star Miley Cyrus failed to spark too much controversy when she lit a joint on stage in Amsterdam last year. Now, 35 mayors are urging the government to take it a step further and let them grow cannabis too, […]

De recente wereldwijde legalisatiegolf heeft GW Pharmaceuticals geen windeieren gelegd. Het aandeel van de op NASDAQ verhandelde farmadochter van Bayer is als een raket omhoog geschoten. Justin Glover, directeur van het Britse farmaceutisch bedrijf, geeft toe dat vorige maand alleen al meer dan 90 miljoen dollar winsten geboekt werden op aandelen[1]. Door Marc Cuyvers 5 […]

Feb 1, 2014 Discovery of new psychiatric medication, whether for the treatment of depression, autism or schizophrenia, is at a virtual standstill. As just one example, the antidepressants on the market today are no more effective at reversing the mood disorder than those that first became available in the 1950s.