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

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Chronic pain —a condition that affects 50.2 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.

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

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All of the study subjects were enrolled in the nation’s federally legal medical cannabis program, which was launched by Health Canada back in 2001. An ever-growing list of research efforts shines a light on the plant’s ability to relieve symptoms and potentially treat widespread medical conditions. billion (USD $2 billion).

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

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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. “So I think a lot of the claims are false.” And this is dangerous.

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Pushing Cannabis into Modern Healthcare

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Canada has been at the forefront of shaping much of the rhetoric surrounding cannabis since 2001. These guidelines outline a list of qualifying conditions that patients must possess in order to legally obtain medical cannabis. Changing Cannabis Conversations Worldwide.

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Mid-Atlantic States Enact Historic Reforms, But Remain Stalled on Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

Some Empire State doctors have begun advocating for expanding the program as a safer alternative than opiates for treating chronic pain. Pennsylvania now includes anxiety and Tourette’s on the list of qualifying conditions for enrollment in its medical marijuana program. Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Suite 3100.

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Cannabis as Medicine: 101

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This brought the legislative act known as the Medical Marijuana Access and Resources (MMAR) into legislature on July 30 th , 2001 permitted patients access to cannabis for medicinal purposes, from Licensed Producers approved by Health Canada. THC and CBD.

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Article: Who is Impacted if Marijuana is Reclassified as a Schedule II Drug

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The pharmaceutical industry would likely have significant opportunities to develop new cannabinoid-based drugs for a multitude of medical conditions now being addressed by medical marijuana. For example, there is a growing body of evidence that marijuana is working for chronic pain. marijuana companies. Westwood, and J.