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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

Kathy Hochul in September—are currently working on building policies for the newly legal adult-use cannabis market , which Wright says should be ready in about 18 months. States With Legal Cannabis Have Less Race-Based Arrests, Study Finds.

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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. As of 2020, the market was worth CAD $2.6 billion (USD $2 billion).

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

Veriheal

The team peered into the findings of numerous articles published between 2001 and 2019. Once they felt satisfied with their takeaways, they put together specific guidelines featuring data from 70 studies, 51 of which were original studies and 19 of which were systematic reviews.

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Study Indicates Cannabis May Alleviate Neuropathic Pain Caused By Chemotherapy

SpeedWeed

The researchers highlighted the strength of the study, saying it was owed to the “reliability of the data on cannabis use, since all of the participating patients received cannabis by regulated licensure.”. “It View original article.

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You Can Now Smoke and Buy Weed in Canada

Otherside Farms

Canada has become the second country in the world, after Uruguay, and the first among the member of the G-7 and also of the G-20, where the recreational use of weed is legal. In 2001 the use of medical marijuana was approved in Canada. Ian Power has been the first Canadian to legally buy recreational marijuana or weed in his country.

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Pushing Cannabis into Modern Healthcare

CannaTech

Canada has been at the forefront of shaping much of the rhetoric surrounding cannabis since 2001. What began as a legal medicine more than 15 years is now being legalized for adult recreational use. These guidelines outline a list of qualifying conditions that patients must possess in order to legally obtain medical cannabis.

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Can cannabis products be used to increase overall health and well-being?

Leaf Science

There’s also no doubting the market boom of cannabidiol (CBD) products in the past two years has gone a long way to changing peoples’ perceptions of cannabis overall as we have seen legal cannabis products command a place in the health supplement market.

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