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

The Cannigma

To varying degrees, the three most common uses of medical marijuana in Massachusetts, Maine, and Maryland were to treat chronic pain, anxiety, and back and neck problems. of patients reported chronic pain as their primary condition, while in Connecticut 70.4% Severe chronic pain 35,866 30.5% Cancer 5,717 4.9%

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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

Puff Puff Post

She placed 4th in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 Nearly half of the athletes reported either acute or chronic pain. The CRG’s mission is to be the preeminent advisers for manufacturers, distributors, and organizations considering cannabis research for chronic pain management. #

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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

Puff Puff Post

She placed 4th in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 Nearly half of the athletes reported either acute or chronic pain. The CRG’s mission is to be the preeminent advisers for manufacturers, distributors, and organizations considering cannabis research for chronic pain management. #

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Why veterans can’t discuss cannabis with VA doctors

The Cannigma

The research team compiled the study by extracting archival data from Reddit’s open source application programming interface between 2008-2018. The next closest was severe chronic pain at 33,401, followed by cancer at 5,205.

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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

A systematic review and meta-analysis of eight studies investigating the benefits of cannabinoids for chronic pain in Pain and Therapy 8 (December 2022) reported that “cannabinoids might improve pain and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia.” Nabilone for the treatment of pain in fibromyalgia.”

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Michigan Legislature Introduces Bills to Reduce Caregiver Program

SpeedWeed

This bill package seeks to alter the Medical Marihuana Act, which was initially implemented in 2008. A majority of these patients suffer from conditions such as chronic pain, arthritis, muscle spasms and PTSD.

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What is the Best CBD Oil for Pain? [300mg, 600mg, 1000mg…]

Cannabis Law Report

Since CBD is safe, sufferers of conditions like chronic pain are turning to it to find out if it truly works. In today’s post, we will be looking at the perfect dosage of CBD for patients undergoing chronic pain. But if pain persists for many weeks (12 weeks or more, to be precise), it is defined as chronic pain.