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License for Hemp Use; A Bold Decision II – Blog Post #377 by Asrar Qureshi

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  License for Hemp Use; A Bold Decision II – Blog Post #377 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #377. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here .   Continued from Previous…… While medical research is making big strides in the field of Cannabis, the acceptance and legalization is not as universal. The first countries legalizing Cannabis for medical use were Canada and Uruguay. Uruguay is also the first country to legalize Cannabis for recreational use. Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research ( https://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu ) is based in the University of California, San Diego and is coordinating research on Cannabis. In 1999, California State legislated and commissioned University of California to es...
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  License for Hemp Use; A Bold Decision I – Blog Post #376 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #376. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Ch Fawad Hussain @fawadchaudhry Cabinet has approved first License for @MinistryofST and PCSIR for industrial and medical use of Hemp, landmark decision ll place Pakistan in billions of USD CBD market..... 3:32 PM · Sep 1, 2020 ·   917 Retweets and comments 4.7K   Likes This is yesterday's tweet by the Minister of Science & Technology. Chaudhry Fawad Hussain. The decision has appropriately sent ripples across and in 3 hours, there were 917 retweets and 4,700 likes.  As I publish this blogpost, the retweets have gone to 1200 and comme...

Cannabis Based Drugs (CBDs) and A Brief History of Use of Cannabis sativa Part I – Blog Post by Asrar Qureshi

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Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #150. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . During 2018, US FDA approved three drugs derived from Cannabis. It is a significant and interesting development, from an illegal substance to approved medication. Through this series, I shall take you through the history of Cannabis and how it reached where it is today. Prior to this, medical use of cannabis had seen steady rise in the last ten years. The reasons included stronger movement together legalization of Cannabis and growing body of evidence on its benefits in certain medical conditions. T...