International cannabis research institute opens in Prague

International cannabis research institute opens in Prague
December 15, 2015 summertreead

– Prague Monitor –

Prague, Dec 15 (CTK) – The International Cannabis and Cannaboids Institute (ICCI) was opened in Prague on Tuesday with U.S. and Canadian investors contributing half a billion crowns, which Health Minister Svatopĺuk Nemecek said is the biggest private investment in Czech medical research in the past years.

The institute, for which Professor Lumir Hanus, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will also work, wants to contribute to the use of cannabis in the treatment of various diseases based on research evidence and the patients´ experience.

ICCI managing director Pavel Kubu said the research is to contribute to the tailor-made treatment of patients.

The scientists also want to make use of the experience of the patients who have “illegally” treated themselves with the drug they made from the plants they grew or that they gained on the black market.

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