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

Veriheal

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

Veriheal

annually — is one of the most common reasons why medical marijuana is sought out by patients in the United States, Canada, and beyond. Nonetheless, guidelines pertaining to the use of cannabis-based treatments for chronic pain relief have been somewhat hazy…up until now. Chronic pain —a condition that affects 50.2

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Marijuana for Nausea: Helping Cancer Patients for Decades

Greencamp

It took a lot of time for humanity to “rediscover” the medical potential of cannabis. Although there’s still a long way to go, cannabis has been accepted by many as a tool for treating regular nausea, but also nausea caused by chemotherapy. Nausea was actually one of the main reasons why medical cannabis became legal in some US states.

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UK – BMJ Report: ” Medical cannabis: patients turn to private clinics because of NHS void”

Cannabis Law Report

How will private clinics start seeing patients who request medical cannabis based products when NHS doctors seem unable to? The only thing stopping two private cannabis clinics in London from issuing prescriptions for medical cannabis is the lack of an approval certificate from the regulator, the Care Quality Commission.

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UK: Cannabis firm, Cantourage, launches clinic following prescription license allocation

Cannabis Law Report

Cantourage has appointed cannabis prescribers and is now officially operational via a new centre. European medical cannabis company Cantourage has received two British government licenses that authorise the company to import medical cannabis to the UK. Families can spend as much as £3,000 a month for legal cannabis medication.

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The UK’s Doomed Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill

Cannabis Law Report

BCL Senior Associate, David Hardstaff and Partner, John Binns write for Open Access Government exploring the UK’s doomed Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill. For UK-based patients struggling to access much needed cannabis-based medicines, it has been difficult to be heard over the white noise of the daily news cycle.

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Doctors to Debate Medical Pot as More Patients Expected to Ask for Prescriptions

Puff Puff Post

VANCOUVER — Doctors with opposing views on whether medical marijuana should be prescribed for various conditions agree on one thing: their profession is ill-prepared to deal with patients asking for a drug that lacks adequate clinical research. “It’s a tough situation. .” “So I think a lot of the claims are false.”