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

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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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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

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In Indianapolis on January 29, a quiet, eager audience of nurses give their rapt attention to Jason Straw as he takes center stage at the 2020 ISNA Policy Conference. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. PURPOSE : .

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

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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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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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The creation of this standalone cannabis department is part of a larger effort to improve access to licensure, simplify regulatory oversight and support California businesses. He was Assistant Program Officer for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation from 2005 to 2008, where he was Program Assistant from 2004 to 2005.

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In states with legal cannabis, teen use triggers concerns

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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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Clarence Thomas Legal Opinion “A prohibition on intrastate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government’s piecemeal approach”

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Thomas wrote that a 2005 Supreme Court ruling – Gonzales v. Whatever the merits of Raich when it was decided, federal policies of the past 16 years have greatly undermined its reasoning,” Thomas wrote. This contradictory and unstable state of affairs strains the basic principle of federalism,” he wrote.

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Bali’s Cannabis-Loving Tourists Find Themselves in Hot Water Over Drug Laws

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On April 17, 2005, nine young Australians were handcuffed and detained in Bali on drug trafficking charges. The predominantly Muslim country shares a zero-tolerance policy with many other Southeast Asian countries. Give us the access to do research,” Narayana says. kilograms of heroin (valued at USD $2.8

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