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Study Finds That Cancer Patients Consume Less Cannabis Than the Public

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Cancer patients arguably stand to benefit the most from cannabis’ unique properties and benefits, such as anti-nausea, anti-inflammation, reduced pain, inhibited tumor growth, and appetite stimulation. Even still, the “odds of a cancer patient using marijuana in the past year were essentially flat between 2013 and 2018.”

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What to Do About the Worrisome Cannabis Vaping Trend Among Adolescents

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According to a recent report published in JAMA Pediatrics , the number of adolescents who reported vaping cannabis within the previous 30 days has increased substantially since 2013—specifically, from 1.6% and Canada.

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Prohibitionists want THC-limit laws. Here’s why patients and consumers are fighting back

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Forcing patients to purchase more. Doing so, Pollara wrote, would effectively force a 50% to 150% tax on patients. It is also the one which produces the most and strongest medicinal effects for patients. Patients will feel the effects of THC caps almost immediately,” Pollara added. Here’s how Pollara explained it: .

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Senators Call For Report On State Of Psychedelic Research

Cannabis Law Report

7] And cities around the country are beginning to decriminalize some psychedelics, with advocates for decriminalization citing the potential medical benefits. In May 2019, Denver became the first city to decriminalize psilocybin, followed by Oakland, CA, Washington, D.C., and Seattle, among other municipalities. Times (Nov.

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Drastic Increase in Scientific Research on Medicinal Cannabis

Sensi Seeds

As a result, a new model of public health in the area of drugs has been generated, as have alternative policies at the local level in different countries to decriminalize and legalize cannabis, despite the fact that these policies do not comply with the international regulatory framework. Prohibition Does Not Stop Science.

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Czech Republic – Medical Insurance: Medical cannabis could be 90 percent covered by insurance companies in the Czech Republic if bill goes through

Cannabis Law Report

But the draft law will also introduce an obligation for doctors to share patient data concerning people using prescribed marijuana. Patients will have the right to stop doctors from entering the data in the drug database. Patients taking medicinal cannabis are increasing in the Czech Republic, but the number is still low.

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US Conference of Mayors: 89th Annual Meeting Federal Cannabis Regulation Discussion & Resolutions

Cannabis Law Report

WHEREAS, in 2013, simple cannabis possession was the fourth most common cause of deportation for any offense and the most common cause of deportation for drug law violations; and. WHEREAS, in 2018, the ACLU found that extreme racial disparities in cannabis possession arrests persists throughout the country, with the cannabis arrest rate 3.64

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