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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

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New York’s rec market is slowly but surely rolling out, a peer-reviewed study linked state cannabis prohibition to high race-based arrests, and an analysis of thousands of Army records revealed that recruits with a history of cannabis use are just as likely as their peers to excel. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews.

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Survey Reveals Almost Half of Canada’s MMJ Patients Reduced Their Alcohol and Opioid Consumption

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New data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research claims that almost one in two authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada managed to either completely stop or reduce their intake of controlled substances, such as alcohol and opioids , by using cannabis. Cannabis’ Place in Substance Abuse Recovery .

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Media Report: Support for legalising marijuana in Australia nearly doubles over six years. 40% now say yes to personal use

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The nationally representative surveys, last conducted in 2019, have been collating data on drug use and attitudes every two to three years since 1985. A review of the survey data showed that 41.1% of respondents supported the legalisation of cannabis for personal use in 2019 – a significant rise from 25.5% in 2001 up to 38.1%

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Portuguse medical cannabis exports increase by 600% says new report

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Cannabis Therapeutica. New record for Portugal : in 2021 cannabis exports increased by 600% compared to 2020 and for 2022 the forecasts are rosy. . Portugal among the new protagonists of the European cannabis market. Portugal among the new protagonists of the European cannabis market. Here are all the details.

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Doctors Get New Clinical Guidelines for Managing Chronic Pain With Cannabis, Courtesy of Canadian Researchers

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Nonetheless, guidelines pertaining to the use of cannabis-based treatments for chronic pain relief have been somewhat hazy…up until now. New guidelines for cannabis in chronic pain were recently published by a group of Canadian researchers. The team peered into the findings of numerous articles published between 2001 and 2019.

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Study Indicates Cannabis May Alleviate Neuropathic Pain Caused By Chemotherapy

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Chemotherapy patients experiencing neuropathic pain may find relief from cannabis, according to a new study published last month. For the study, the researchers treated 248 of the patients in the cohort with cannabis, with the remaining 265 serving as the control group. A large prospective trial is planned.”.

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Psych Newsletter UK Interviews MP, Crispin Blunt

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The constitutional convention saw the campaign to reschedule psilocybin elevated to national headlines, and a week later British psychedelic company COMPASS Pathways released data from its pivotal Phase IIb trial with psilocybin, which demonstrated its efficacy in treatment-resistant depression.

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