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How Medical Marijuana Helps Floridians With Qualifying Conditions

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Here’s a breakdown of how cannabis might help those with Florida qualifying conditions : Florida Cancer Patients : Patients say that it benefits them in several ways: by quelling nausea, suppressing vomiting resulting from chemotherapy, increasing appetite, alleviating pain, and soothing anxiety.

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HIV/AIDS & Medical Marijuana in Florida

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Other symptoms of the condition may involve wasting syndrome and intractable pain. According to a 2005 study in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, more than 60% of HIV patients use cannabis for this purpose. The same 2005 study found that 97 percent of participants found that MMJ improved their appetite.

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The legal status of weed in the Netherlands and Amsterdam: What does the law actually permit?

The Cannigma

For decades, the Netherlands has had the public image of a cannabis paradise on the continent of Europe , and the iconic Amsterdam “coffee shop” is a well-recognized symbol of the country, along with tulips fields, windmills, and chips with mayonnaise. Cannabis has been decriminalized in the Netherlands since 1976.

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