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The most common reasons people get medical marijuana cards: 2021 edition

The Cannigma

On July 1st, 2021, new cannabis legalization are going into effect in Connecticut, New Mexico, and Virginia, just a couple days after a recreational cannabis legalization measure went into effect in South Dakota. Nearly half of all Americans now live in states where cannabis is legal for adult use. In Colorado, 78.7%

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Marijuana article strikes a nerve

Cannabis Chronicles

Gladwell’s article and a subsequent New York Times op-ed by Berenson, was quickly rebuked by marijuana researchers and legalization advocates, who took issue with Gladwell’s selective use of data and Berenson’s linking marijuana use to schizophrenia. In 2017, for example, Washington had 304.5

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Compliance Outfit, Simplifya, To Offer Services in New Mexico

Cannabis Law Report

In 1978, New Mexico was the first state to pass a law that allowed medical marijuana use, but patients could only access cannabis through a federally approved research program at the time. In April 2021, New Mexico ratified its laws again when Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill legalizing an adult-use marijuana market in the state.

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USA: Trials & Tribulations Of Cancer Patient Looking To Grow Own Medical Cannabis In The US

Cannabis Law Report

Against his family’s wishes, Rubin headed west, followed shortly by his wife, first to Colorado, then to Oregon, states that had legalized medical marijuana in the previous decade. In July, 2012, he and his wife settled in south Redding, where, at the time, the outdoor cultivation of medical cannabis was legal for qualified patients.

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Marijuana and HIV: Much More Than Palliative Aid

Greencamp

Even though cannabis and cannabinoid-derived pharmaceuticals are both frequently used by HIV/AIDS patients, several studies show that something interesting happens when cannabis is consumed. Cannabis as a palliative aid for HIV patients. What is HIV and how is it manifested? How classical pharmaceuticals fight HIV. 2016 ( 3 ).

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Aging baby boomers becoming new face of cannabis

Canna Care Docs

A recently released study out of New York University, supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, looked at data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual survey of 70,000 Americans of all ages. Compared with the 2006-2007 survey, the increases are 100% for 50- to 64-year-olds and 625% for 65 or older.

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California Could Become the First State to Ban All Tobacco Sales

Veriheal

When it comes to legal substances, public enemy number one is tobacco. ” Connolly understands that marijuana and tobacco are two entirely different substances, noting that this ban would not affect the utilization of medical or recreational cannabis, which are both legal in the state. California Gov. .”