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Medical Cannabis is Legalized in the U.K., but Suffers from Access Issues

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legalized medical marijuana on November 1 st of last year – roughly 18 years after one of its closest Commonwealth allies, Canada, set up its own medical cannabis program in 2001. Only consultants can prescribe these specials and many of them don’t think cannabis is as effective as existing treatments.”. Money is also a roadblock.

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Serbian Patients Face Jail as Medical Marijuana Legalisation Stalls. so far 20 have gone to jail

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Few medicines have helped him, but his condition drastically improved after he started treating himself with cannabis oil in 2001. “I Fifty-nine-year old Dragoljub Mrdjic has suffered from epilepsy for most of his life. I tried standard medicine, but there wasn’t much of a result.

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

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The Cannabis sativa plant has an incredibly multi-layered, rich, and versatile history of human uses for food and fibre, as well as recreational, and religious and spiritual purposes throughout the world (McPartland and Hegman 2018 ; Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ; Li 1974 ; Bonini et al. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ).

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Psychedelic Invest’s 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics List

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there has never been a better time for new treatment options. Healing Advocacy Fund. Sam is the Executive Director of the Healing Advocacy Fund, which is the nonprofit organization supporting the implementation of Measure 109 in Oregon. in/andrew-chadeayne-989b751/ [link]. Sam Chapman. in/sam-chapman-0a0a8229/ [link].