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What would my family have done without Americans for Safe Access?

Americans for Safe Access

In 2010, my family’s life was turned upside down when my son Logan began suffering from uncontrolled seizures. We learned online about parents successfully utilizing cannabis treatments; many of them were moving their families to states with medical cannabis programs. Doctors could not help him, and we felt powerless.

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New Jersey Cannabis Legalization Guide (Public Question 1)

Canna Law Blog

However, medical cannabis was legalized in 2010 when then-Governor Jon Corzine signed the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CAMMA) into law. CAMMA, which started as a senate bill, allows patients with qualifying conditions and their caretakers to purchase cannabis from state-licensed alternative treatment centers.

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Scientists Rank Most Dangerous Drugs

CannaMD

In 2010, a group of scientists from the United Kingdom’s Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs , including two invited specialists, met to rank the harm levels of 20 drugs. Their findings defied expectation, and now – over a decade later – their predictions appear to be more accurate than ever. Drug Harm Study: Background.

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Press Release: Algernon Pharmaceuticals Completes Manufacturing of Psychedelic Drug DMT Appoints UK Stroke Experts for Phase 2

Cannabis Law Report

as medical consultants to the Company’s DMT stroke clinical research program. He was the London Stroke Clinical Director from 2010-2019 and the National Clinical Director for Stroke for NHS England from 2013-2019, where he oversaw dramatic improvements in the paradigm of NHS stroke treatment.

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Report: A War on Us: How Much New Jersey Spends Enforcing the War on Drugs

Cannabis Law Report

Billion to Enforce the Drug War (2010-2019). People who have access to harm reduction programs are five times more likely to connect with drug treatment than those who do not and three times more likely to stop problematic drug use. times greater than it had been in 2010; for Black residents, this rate was 3.6

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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

Smith was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in 2009 and sought treatment from the internationally known Cedars-Sinai in L.A. Smith’s cancer was in remission until just recently, but now he is scheduled to undergo radiation treatments in a few days. Sixty-three-year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B. Dr. Steven D.

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New York: New Report Released Showing Ongoing Extreme Racial Disparities in Marijuana Enforcement at City and County Levels

NORML

At the same time, the bill would redirect tax revenue from a legal industry towards various programs that redress harms from the War on Drugs, while also increasing and improving public education and treatment programs geared towards responsible use, reducing overdoses, and saving lives.

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