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Weekly Cannabis Roundup November 5

Veriheal

New York Recreational Licenses Not Coming Until Spring 2023. The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board, Tremaine Wright, announced during a symposium on Wednesday that state licenses for recreational dispensaries most likely will not be issued until spring 2023 at the earliest, according to WXXI.

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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

Justin Trudeau Government fulfills his electoral promise to authorize the recreational use of weed and will pardon those who are convicted of possession. 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.

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The Future of Medicinal Cannabis in Canada

Sensi Seeds

Since 2001, Canadians seeking to use cannabis for medical treatment have had access to it under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR ). Now that recreational cannabis is legal, the CMA is calling for the abolition of the medicinal cannabis program, and is actively seeking to dissociate itself from it.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

We tabulated responses to questions about driving after marijuana use from the Traffic Safety Culture Index based on demographic factors, recreational and medical marijuana policies, and per-se marijuana laws. Support for per-se laws was higher among those in states that legalized recreational marijuana and in states with per-se laws.

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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. Looking at the bigger picture, this move shows that Canada has been successful in normalizing cannabis as a medicine.

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Marijuana & Pregnancy: Top Studies

CannaMD

Data from the National Institute of Health indicates that younger women are more likely to use marijuana during pregnancy, with urine toxicology testing showing that 19% of pregnant women aged 18-25 screened positive for marijuana use. These numbers reflect both non-medical and medicinal marijuana use.