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States That Restrict MMJ Access Are Interfering With Patients’ Rights, Study Shows

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As medicinal and recreational cannabis legalization continues to sweep across the United States, a recent study paints a concerning portrait of many states denying or restricting medical marijuana (MMJ) access. Nugg MD’s report suggests there is more to unpack when analyzing healthcare disparities related to MMJ access.

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Marijuana as a treatment for epilepsy

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Marijuana as a treatment for epilepsy. Medical cannabis is showing great potential in the treatment of epilepsy. Cannabis is issued medicinally for a plethora or disorders, and one that it seems to affect very positively is epilepsy. WHAT EXACTLY IS EPILEPSY? CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT. CANNABIS AS A POTENTIAL TREATMENT.

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Sapphire Medical Clinics expands patient access to cheapest medical cannabis fees in UK

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The UK’s first and highest-rated medical cannabis clinic, Sapphire Medical Clinics , has today announced that it is reducing the cost of its consultations and appointments for patients enrolled through the Sapphire Access Scheme. The Sapphire Access Scheme will be open to an additional 2,000 patients in the UK.

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PA: Court orders release on medical cannabis data regarding, “how many medical marijuana patients have received approval from a doctor to use cannabis for opioid addiction treatment.”

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Spotlight PA sought that data to better understand the impact of the agency’s unusual and controversial decision to endorse cannabis as a treatment option for opioid use disorder. Qualifying conditions include anxiety disorders, severe chronic pain and epilepsy. It’s not clear whether the Department of Health will provide the data.

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GW Pharmaceuticals receives approval for EPIDYOLEX® (cannabidiol) from the MHRA for the treatment of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex

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Commenting on the MHRA approval of GW’s cannabidiol, Tuberous Sclerosis Association (TSA) Chief Executive Louise Fish said: “One in every two people living with TSC-related epileptic seizures has difficult to treat epilepsy that does not respond to traditional anti-epileptic drugs. Accessed August 2021. Accessed March 2021.

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Specialist Doctors Launch Sapphire Medical Clinic, UK’s First Medicinal Cannabis Clinic to Treat Full Range of Health Issues Including Childhood Epilepsy

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But it is important that access to it is delivered in a way that fits in with other treatment options. It will be the first to have meaningful and consistent data of how medicinal cannabis has helped when properly prescribed as part of a full treatment pathway.”

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Tyson and Holyfield Announce Edibles, Texas’ Medical Cannabis Gains, and Big Hemp Study

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Texas’ consistent gains can, in large part, be attributed to its recent efforts to increase access to its program. Back in 2019 , the program was expanded to include ALL individuals with epilepsy—not just those with intractable epilepsy as the program had originally outlined. Hemp Study Shows Challenges of Regulation.

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