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5 Medical Cannabis Strains That Can be Used to Treat PTSD

FloridaMarijuana.net

PTSD patients lack the necessary endocannabinoids to fill the receptor sites properly. Medical marijuana and cannabinoids can be used to treat a patient’s physical and psychological health, alleviating the debilitating symptoms of PTSD. The study has received full approval from the FDA, DEA, and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs).

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U.S. Cannabis Legalization Update: Who’s Still Waiting and Who May Legalize

Veriheal

In 2014, CBD with under 0.9% The Act aimed to provide patients access to smokable flower for 15 medical conditions. This progressive legislation, once implemented, means a brand new slew of patients will have access to cannabis medicine. Larger quantities will get you a felony. Cannabis sale and delivery offenses are felonies.

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CBD: Everything You Need to Know

CannaMD

Drugs, substances, and certain chemicals used to make drugs are classified into five categories (known as schedules ) depending on the Department of Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)’s definition of the drug’s acceptable medical use and abuse/dependency potential. ”, our first instinct is to remain patients that CBD is CBD.

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From One to Five: A “Snapshot” Look at the Breakthrough in the Scheduling System for Cannabis Based Medication

Cannabis Law Report

These are many of the common questions and concerns your average patient has with respect to cannabis today and the answer isn’t quite as clear as we would like it to be; however, there is a linguistic trend steering towards the term “medicated” to replace, the pejorative, “high” for cannabis users seeking medical relief. AUTHOR: Anthony S.

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40 Incredible Marijuana Statistics

The Herb Collective

From 1990-2014, there were 60 peer-reviewed studies on medical marijuana. According to Trend Statistics, there are over 2,604,079 medical marijuana patients in 2016, with 19.8 patients per thousand residents in Colorado, 19.4 patients per thousand residents in Phoenix AZ, Las Vegas NV, and California, and 19.2

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U.S. Government Increases Marijuana Being Grown for Research

The Joint Blog

We want to study what our patients are using,” said University of Colorado Assistant Professor Emily Lindley, who is investigating marijuana with high THC as an alternative to opioids for chronic back pain. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to order the DEA to process the applications. “We Others are focused on THC. “We

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

Cannabis Law Report

Patients would participate in therapy sessions to prepare for the use of psychedelics, after which the substances would be administered under the guidance and supervision of trained medical professionals. Right to Try laws permit patients with serious or life-threatening diseases to access drugs that do not yet have government approval.

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