As the number of COVID-19 cases increases, Jamaica faces an evergreen challenge of providing the best care possible to patients – all the while as it takes a toll on the country’s overburdened healthcare system. Meanwhile, one producer of medicinal hemp, Virtudes, believes the plant could help stem the tide of long recovery periods and severe symptoms for patients. Dr Heinz-Peter Becker, a … [Read more...]
UN agency removes cannabis from strictest drug category
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 12-3-2020] The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted yesterday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world's most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry. The Vienna-based UN agency said in a statement that it had voted 27-25, with one abstention, to follow the World Health Organization's recommendation to … [Read more...]