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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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NORML Activist Spotlight: Tamara Netzel

NORML

She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2013, and for a few years believed she could continue to teach and live her life as long as she followed all the doctors recommendations and took the medications they prescribed. By the time she learned she was breaking the law, cannabis medicine was saving her life.

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From MMJ to Special K

Project CBD

She found that cannabis was an effective therapeutic option for helping chronic pain patients, especially seniors, decrease their dependence on opioids. “It Today she is vice president of Mr. Psychedelic Law , a not-for-profit that advocates for responsible legal reform of psilocybin prohibition in the Sunshine State.

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Khiron Welcomes Dr. Eduardo Faveret as Medical Director for Brazil

Cannabis Law Report

In 2013, Dr. Faveret became one of the first physicians in Brazil to prescribe medical cannabis extract to a child, subsequently treating more than 3,000 patients with conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, MS, cancer, anxiety, depression, insomnia, Tourette’s syndrome, autism, and chronic pain, among others.

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Is weed legal in Iowa?

The Cannigma

Additionally, Iowa law allows property owners and employers to ban medical cannabis use. A 2021 poll by a local paper found that 54% of adults favor recreational legalization, a marked change from just 29% in 2013. Iowa has only five medical cannabis dispensaries and just two manufacturing locations for medication. CBD regulations.

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From MMJ to Special K

Project CBD

She found that cannabis was an effective therapeutic option for helping chronic pain patients, especially seniors, decrease their dependence on opioids. “It Today she is vice president of Mr. Psychedelic Law , a not-for-profit that advocates for responsible legal reform of psilocybin prohibition in the Sunshine State.

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Alabama Legislature agrees to legalize medical marijuana

SpeedWeed

Kay Ivey, who is expected to sign it into law. Deadest bill’ of 2013, passed in 2021. The approval came eight years after a medical marijuana bill in 2013 won that year’s so-called “Shroud Award” for the “deadest” bill of the year in the House of Representatives. . The bill now goes to Gov. This is certainly an emotional issue.