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High Hopes on 4/20: The Current Status of Cannabis Laws in Texas

Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

Recreational use of cannabis in Texas remains restrictive, with law enforcement being inconsistent even between Texas cities. The medicinal use of cannabis in the Texas Compassionate Use Act (the “Act”, 2015), provides for the medical sale and use of cannabis for individuals with specific defined illnesses. Specifically, H.B.

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How medical marijuana could help you find the ‘new you’ in the New Year

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The range of products available to recreational and medical cannabis users contain varying levels of THC and CBD. Medical cannabis is available in any of the same forms as recreational cannabis—as smokable flower, edibles , tinctures, topical products , and more. Chronic pain. Multiple sclerosis.

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Chad West Law Firm Reports On The More Promising Bills From The Texas 2019 Session

Cannabis Law Report

Texas is nowhere close to doing what 10 other states have done – legalizing small amounts of marijuana for recreational use. Currently, only epilepsy patients may use the drug produced at three state facilities. Texas could make meaningful progress on marijuana-related bills by the end of the 2019 legislative session. If passed, H.B.

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“United Australia- A National Push for Medicinal Cannabis”

Cannabis Law Report

It is claimed that medicinal cannabis can decrease anxiety, provide relief from chronic pain, alleviate nausea, assist symptoms of spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis and treat epilepsy. The report raised a number of structural issues and the Bill finally lapsed at prorogation on 17 April 2016.

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Euro & UK Roundup: Czech Republic, Ireland, San Marino, UK

Cannabis Law Report

A symposium in Limerick has heard that the medical cannabis access programme here is too restrictive and needs to be extended to include people who suffer with chronic pain. San Marino may soon legalize the recreational use of cannabis. San Marino. Agriculture worldwide is a major contributor to greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Article: Who is Impacted if Marijuana is Reclassified as a Schedule II Drug

Cannabis Law Report

sat on the Denver County Court bench 2000-2015. million on lobbying against the legalization of both recreational and medical marijuana in 2016, according to the Senate Office of Public Records.” [xii]. For example, there is a growing body of evidence that marijuana is working for chronic pain. Kleignen, 2015.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. Refractory paediatric epilepsy. Cancer pain. Neuropathic pain. Conclusions. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ).