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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. And it took extensive, concerted efforts from marijuana law reform organizations like NORML to negotiate with Virginia’s Republican Party to get the program finally running.

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Oregon is Setting the Foundation for its Psilocybin Therapy Program

Veriheal

The first legal psilocybin therapy program to take shape in America is slowly progressing in Oregon. Kate Brown conducts regularly scheduled monthly meetings with a goal of shaping the nation’s first Psilocybin therapy program. Oregon’s Psilocybin Therapy Program: Advisory Board Hard at Work. What is Psilocybin?

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

The Cannigma

But in addition to the 18 states with legal adult-use (as well as medical), there are another 18 states that have fully functioning medical marijuana programs. In these three dozen states, from the West Coast to the Midwest to the South and the Northeast, patients use cannabis to treat countless medical conditions and everyday ailments.

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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. Over 250 companies have spoken out in favor of supporting the caregiver program as well as small businesses. A majority of these patients suffer from conditions such as chronic pain, arthritis, muscle spasms and PTSD.

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A Comprehensive Guide to the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program

MMJ Recs

The landscape of healthcare and medicinal practices has undergone a transformative shift with the advent of medical marijuana programs across the United States. Today we’ll take a closer look at the Michigan Medical Marijuana Program, giving Michigan citizens all the info they need about accessing MMJ in the state.

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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. That study was carried out in New Mexico, which was the first state to list PTSD as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis.

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Research Shows Strong Support for Natural Therapeutics

Veriheal

According to Dr. Maria Rahmandar , medical director of the substance use program at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, “The findings here are pretty consistent with what I see clinically. He is said to have microdosed with LSD for the last 25 years of his life, passing away on April 29, 2008.

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