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VANCOUVER, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Abattis Bioceuticals Corp. (the "Company" or "Abattis") (OTC PINK: ATTBF) (CNSX: FLU), announces it has signed a Letter Of Intent for a multimillion dollar supply agreement with Cromogen Biotechnologies to purchase Cannabidiol or "CBD's" for the use of creating infused products to be sold in the US Natural Health Product Market(s).  Under the terms of the agreement the CBD's being supplied to Abattis are not listed as Scheduled 1 Drugs....

MedMar Healing Center, a medical marijuana dispensary located in downtown San Jose, is conducting a research study on the effects of Cannabidiol (CBD). (PRWEB) January 21, 2013 MedMar Healing Center is working with people with a range of ailments to take part in research to study the affects of cannabidiol, which is found in cannabis, on specific chronic diseases. The study involves those with such ailments as muscular sclerosis, cancer, neuropathy, kidney disease, seizures, debilitating...

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marijuana Inc. (OTC: MJNA), a leading hemp industry innovator, is pleased to report on a September 18 San Francisco Chronicle Article, "Pot compound seen as tool against cancer." The article states that scientists at California Pacific Medical Center who have been researching marijuana's compounds for the 20 years have found that Cannabidiol, or CBD, has the ability to "turn off" the DNA that causes "breast and other types of...

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marijuana Inc. (OTC: MJNA) a leading hemp industry innovator, is pleased to inform its shareholders that it has recently finalized a corporate contract to produce and deliver its Hemp Stalk Cannabidiol (CBD) Oil to a leading agricultural raw ingredients production company. This agreement, MJNA's and PhytoSPHERE Systems largest contract to date, calls for the production and delivery of 300 Kilograms of the CBD Essential Oil, valued at...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In films, marijuana has been depicted as having slacker appeal. The characters that use marijuana for medicinal purposes end up having a high from the substance as well. Recent research showed that this association may eventually be eliminated with a new form of cannabis that has been developed. Scientists from Israel recently revealed that they have been able to develop marijuana that can lessen the symptoms of certain illnesses...

SAN DIEGO, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marijuana Inc (OTC: MJNA) a leading hemp industry innovator, is pleased to update its shareholders on the status of its portfolio company, PhytoSPHERE Systems, LLC and related products. The Company owns an 80% interest in PhytoSPHERE Systems. About PhytoSPHERE Systems LLC PhytoSPHERE Systems, LLC is the world's leading cannabinoid based biotechnology company that builds and develops growing, packaging and extraction...

SAN DIEGO, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marijuana Inc., (OTC: MJNA) a leading hemp industry innovator, is pleased to update its shareholders on the status of its portfolio company, Red Dice Holdings and the Dixie family of products. Recently, the Company acquired the licensing rights to the Dixie Elixirs brand through its portfolio company Red Dice Holdings, a company designed to license and market Dixie's family of products. Medical Marijuana Inc., owns 60% of Red Dice...

SAN DIEGO, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MJNA) From excerpts of an article written by the Medical Marijuana Business Daily; (click here to download full article) Several prominent medical marijuana companies are focusing on what they see as the wave of the future in the MMJ industry: products infused with cannabidiol, or CBD. The marijuana compound offers some of the pain-relieving benefits of THC, without the psychoactive effects. In other...

Israeli scientists have figured out a way to take the fun out of cannabis, turning it into a tool for strictly medical purposes. The Maariv daily reported that scientists have cultivated a cannabis plan that does not get people stoned, but could still be used to benefit those who wish to smoke it for medical reasons. The report said that the new cannabis looks, smells and tastes the same, but does not induce the feelings of getting "high." "It has the same scent, shape and taste as...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis Science, Inc. (CBIS.OB), a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is pleased to provide insight on the upcoming release of its new over-the-counter skin and nutraceutical product line to be branded "Phytiva" through its newest venture Phytiva Pharmaceuticals Inc. The Company is working as fast as it can to make its cannabis-based formulations that target critical ailments...