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Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released a report examining the efficacy of state medical cannabis laws.

Cannabis Law Report

The organization has, they say, ……evaluated patient access, affordability, equity, and product safety. With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It Pennsylvania State Rep.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 1/18/20

NORML

The bill would prohibit employers terminating an employee for the employee’s lawful off-duty activities that are lawful under state law even if those activities are not lawful under federal law, such as consuming cannabis. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical marijuana access.

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Towns can get reimbursement for opting into Maine’s recreational cannabis market

Cannabis Law Report

To access the portal, click here. A state law passed earlier this year grants reimbursement for many municipal expenses associated with the opt-in process. The survey recruited almost 2,000 participants across 262 zip codes during the winter of 2021. It was conducted in partnership with Advocates for Human Potential Inc.,

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Cannabis reforms must include medical cannabis: here’s why

The Cannigma

This feeling is shared almost unanimously among Americans, with 91% of those polled in a 2021 Pew poll saying cannabis should be legal for medical use, and even a strong majority (60%) favoring both medical and adult-use. As political pendulums swing, so too can state law, which we continue to see all around the country.

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Pot in the can: Why can’t inmates get medical marijuana?

The Cannigma

A United Kingdom police chief proposed a novel idea this January: Allow drug-dependent inmates access to free cannabis to help them overcome opioid addiction. While there may be common sense to such a proposal, it would border on science fiction in the United States. An added bonus — reduce violence behind prison walls. “If

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California Bill to Allow Medical Cannabis in Hospitals Heads to Governor’s Desk

SpeedWeed

The Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan’s Law would allow patients in California with serious conditions to use non-smokable medical cannabis inside of hospitals. Senator Ben Hueso (@SenBenHueso) July 29, 2021. This would go a long way to help hospital staff, security &, above all, patients.

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Meredith Fisher-Corn, MD…….”Are You Able to Answer Your Patients’ Medical Marijuana Questions”

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For example, most, if not all, states have legalized the use of medical marijuana to treat specific health conditions for which there is no or only poor quality clinical evidence of efficacy and safety. Nov 24 2021. Journal of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics, North Amer, 0 Nov 2021. link] -Accessed December 5, 2021.