CA Clinics embraces the addition of Epidyolex to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) list as recommended by their Advisory Committee for the treatment of Dravet syndrome. This will be the first time in Australia’s history to see a medicinal cannabis product funded by the PBS.
The move brings the industry a huge step forward to becoming more affordable and accessible to patients around Australia. Even outside of subsidised treatment, we’ve already seen a 15-fold increase in cannabis utilisation over the last two years, according to FreshLeaf Analytics’ H1 2021 report.
Epidyolex is manufactured by UK pharmaceutical company GW Pharmaceuticals and is a cannabidiol (CBD) product for children suffering from rare forms epilepsy, such as Dravet syndrome (DS) and Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LG), which are resistant to conventional medications. In this case, Epidyolex will be subsidised only for sufferers of Dravet syndrome.
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Metal detector wanding trial at Gold Coast
Police have seized two weapons in the first weekend of a new metal detector wanding trial on the Gold Coast.
As part of the weekend enforcement action commencing on Friday night, police scanned 116 people in the Safe Night Precincts of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.
Gold Coast District Acting Chief Superintendent Rhys Wildman said the trial was a preventative strategy designed to reduce knife crime on the Gold Coast.
“Officers are using the scanning device to randomly and quickly check if a person within the Safe Night Precinct is armed with a dangerous weapon in public,” Acting Chief Superintendent Wildman said.
An Iron Range man was jailed late last week in Pine County after allegedly possessing numerous controlled substances while skipping out on court-mandated house arrest.
Thomas Michael Gilley, 27, faced an active warrant for his arrest on April 30, when authorities say he violated stipulations of his supervised release and was found possessing drugs about 75 miles from his assigned treatment center.
A St. Louis County judge in Hibbing approved an increased bail amount for Gilley on April 6, raising it to $200,000, stemming from December 2020 charges of vehicular homicide in Hibbing. He was originally released on $100,000 bail earlier this year, but prosecutors successfully pushed for a higher bail amount and house arrest after he was arrested for suspicion of DWI in March.
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Pulaski County Deputy Sheriff Brandon Smith and his K9 partner Leo, a Labrador retriever, demonstrate at last week s Parental Information Academy class. Leo is trained in drug detection.
Janie Slaven | CJ
Pulaski County Deputy Sheriff Brandon Smith holds the leash for his K-9 partner Leo as the Labrador Retriever sniffs out which box holds marijuana during a demonstration at last week s Parental Information Academy class.
 Janie Slaven | CJ
Lieutenant Richard Smith of the Pulaski County Sheriff s Office holds the leash for his K9 partner Giro as the German Shepherd sniffs out which box holds marijuana during a demonstration at last week s Parental Information Academy class.
On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the President signed into law:
H.R. 2630, the “Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act,” which extends, through October 22, 2021, the temporary scheduling order classifying certain fentanyl-related substances as a Schedule I drug subject to the strictest controls.
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