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Which States Are Voting on Psychedelics?

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Using psilocybin in small doses, or microdosing, has been shown to aid in the treatment of various mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. In 2006, the first research paper by Johns Hopkins was published on the positive long-term impact of using psilocybin in a therapeutic study.

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Is weed legal in Brazil?

The Cannigma

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal. Possession and cultivation of cannabis in personal amounts and for private use was decriminalized in Brazil in 2006. Brazil has taken tentative steps towards legalizing the medical and personal use of cannabis. This made it legal for cannabis-based medications with THC amounts over 0.2%

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Australia – Policy Analysis: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy – “there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications”

Cannabis Law Report

We conclude that in medical-only access models there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications with potentially impairing effects. Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

Cannabis Law Report

If a rule of criminal law precludes a person from obtaining appropriate medical treatment when his or her life or health is in danger, then the state has intervened and this intervention constitutes a violation of that man’s or that woman’s security of the person …. Publisher: Law Now. MAY 1, 2020 BY PETER BOWAL AND DUSTIN BODNAR.

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Autism CARES Act Signed Into Law; Provides $1.8B in Funding for Autism Research and Services

MedicalJane

The CARES Act reauthorizes and expands the provisions earlier introduced in the Combating Autism Act of 2006. The bill expands the IACC, a federal advisory group, from two to three IACC members who are self-advocates, parents or legal guardians and advocacy/service organizations. What The Autism CARES Act Means For ASD Patients.

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Policy Analysis Paper: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy

Cannabis Law Report

Recent shifting attitudes towards the medical use of cannabis has seen legal access pathways established in many jurisdictions in North America, Europe and Australasia. Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. methadone) demonstrate a feasible alternative approach. Conclusion.

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What seniors need to know before getting a medical marijuana card

The Cannigma

The percentage of Americans over 65 who had reported using cannabis in the past year had increased tenfold between 2006 to 2018, from 0.4% Even the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) now supports the use of medical marijuana in states where it is legal and officially calls for more research on the medicinal use of cannabinoids. ?