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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.”. How much longer are we going to have to wait?

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Cannabis laws in Estonia

The Cannigma

Cannabis remains illegal in the country for recreational purposes, but possession is typically punished by a simple fine. Cannabis in Estonia. Cannabis is the most popular illicit drug in Estonia, with an estimated 13% of young adults and teens consuming the plant in some form. Possible penalties. Medical marijuana in Estonia.

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

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

PUBLISHER: 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. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. AUTHOR: Heather Allman.

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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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How Good Is Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?

Greencamp

Here’s whether cannabis can help. For patients who don’t respond well to conventional MS methods, cannabis treatment seems like a very reasonable choice. Since so little is known about the exact cause of this condition, and a cure hasn’t been found yet, treatment options are limited but they do exist.

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Why we haven’t cured cancer

Otherside Farms

Differential effects of repeated low dose treatment with the cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2 in experimental models of bone cancer pain and neuropathic pain. Cannabis offers hope to arthritis sufferers (news – 2009). International Association for Cannabis as Medicine. International Association for Cannabis as Medicine.