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MS patients are being ‘denied’ access to NHS Sativex Says Media Report

Cannabis Law Report

The MS Society has said that thousands of multiple sclerosis patients are being denied access to the approved drug Sativex, which helps improve spasm symptoms in sufferers. Many are finding that despite the treatment being approved, they are being denied access in their area.”. “It How much longer are we going to have to wait?

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Study: Marijuana Use Trends In The United States

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The study, authored by William Mitchell, Roma Bhatia, and Nazlee Zebardast, used data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2018. . In 2005, 61.5 percent in 2005, and the highest was 62.7 percent described having used cannabis in the last year in 2005.

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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

Before the civil war, there were more cannabis farms than cotton farms (Green, 2005). Cotton plantation owners promoted cotton products, and society began to look at hemp clothing as inferior (Green, 2005). Theme 3 involved access to capital. American slaves and sharecroppers cultivated and tended to cannabis farms.

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Missouri Medical Cannabis Program Adds Some 56,000 New Patients in Second Year

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16, 2020, but a report released earlier this month revealed the extent to which licensed patients were lined up for access. A month later, it was added to the Missouri Constitution, granting the DHSS the authority and responsibility to create a well-regulated program to ensure the availability of, and safe access to, medical cannabis.

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In states with legal cannabis, teen use triggers concerns

Cannabis Chronicles

Underage kids have unbelievable access to nuclear-strength weed,” said Andrew Brandt, a Boulder, Colo., In the Denver area, visits to Children’s Hospital Colorado facilities for treatment of cyclic vomiting, paranoia, psychosis and other acute cannabis-related symptoms jumped to 777 in 2015, from 161 in 2005.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

Now, he is the Vice-Chair of Indiana NORML — an organization who is currently focused on changing cannabis laws for the access to Medical Cannabis as therapeutic treatment in Indiana. Providing patients safe access to therapeutic marijuana/cannabis. Straw is a retired USAF Critical Care Air Transport nurse who has served in combat.

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Beto O’Rourke Makes an Oath to Legalize Cannabis for Texas Veterans

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If elected as Texas’ new governor, O’Rourke strives to “ensure every American can live to their full potential because they have the health care, the education, the access to a high-quality job that pays a living wage, and the access to equal opportunity that they need to thrive fully.”