Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

People are increasingly using ketamine for ailments that resist treatment through traditional pharmaceutical drugs. According to the FDA , “once the FDA approves a drug, healthcare providers generally may prescribe the drug for an unapproved use when they judge that it is medically appropriate for their patient.”

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

People are increasingly using ketamine for ailments that resist treatment through traditional pharmaceutical drugs. According to the FDA , “once the FDA approves a drug, healthcare providers generally may prescribe the drug for an unapproved use when they judge that it is medically appropriate for their patient.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2021

In 2017, the FDA designated MDMA a breakthrough therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, and in 2018 the agency recognized psilocybin as a breakthrough therapy for treatment-resistant depression. If these treatments are too expensive, few people will be able to afford them. So far, that’s questionable.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Marijuana and related substance misuse are complex issues impacting family medicine, patient health, and public health. The AAFP urges its members to be involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of substance use, as well as secondary diseases impacted or caused by use. Relevant AAFP Policy. Call to Action.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 8, 2022

This year, we are completing the second Phase 3 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD , the final stage prior to requesting FDA approval for a new prescription treatment to help heal trauma. Later that year, Doblin sued the DEA for the first time. Lyle Craker, Ph.D.,

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

By September, Sonoma County officials had shut down more than 600 unpermitted cannabis operations since the start of 2017. Mr O’Brien also runs the longest running dispensary in the world: The Patients Care Collective in Berkely. What made the Patients Care Collective different? “We We were patient-focused,” he said. “We

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 12, 2019

Side effects were very prevalent in 79% of all patients taking a refined CBD product, some of which were severe like thrombocytopenia and transaminase elevations in the liver. Review: During an open-label trial of pure CBD with Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet patients, 79% of all patients reported side effects.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 21, 2019

Although the DEA refuses to remove marijuana from the schedule 1 list, the Farm Bill is considered to be the most important victory in the history of U.S. Georgia only allows patients diagnosed with cancer, ALS, seizures, and other serious medical conditions to legally possess CBD. Texas allows the use of CBD for epileptic patients.

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The Herb Collective

MARCH 30, 2018

Unfortunately, CBD is still labeled as high potential for abuse by the DEA. In 2017, President Trump declared the opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency citing it as the leading cause of lethal drug overdose in the same year. It also is being acknowledged as a treatment for anxiety, joint pain and cancer.

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