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5 Medical Cannabis Strains That Can be Used to Treat PTSD

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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. It’s helpful to patients who want to increase their appetite. Food and Drug Administration.

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New Research Shows How Medicinal Cannabis Eases Cancer Pain and Reduces Opioid Dependence

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A new 2023 study published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care suggests that cannabis could be the answer millions of cancer patients have been looking for. of patients experience pain after curative treatment, while 66.4% of patients with advanced or metastatic cancer suffer from pain. Interestingly, 72.5%

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US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: “Crash rates jump in wake of marijuana legalization, new studies show”

Cannabis Law Report

Crash rates spiked with the legalization of recreational marijuana use and retail sales in California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and another by the affiliated Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) show. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. THE REPORT.

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Wake Network Retains CRO Santé Cannabis to Conduct Clinical Trials in Psilocybin Therapies

Cannabis Law Report

Both parties to this new relationship are committed to excellence in clinical research and patient access to psychedelic medicine with a focus on naturally derived psilocybin. This engagement will build on the strong foundation on Santé, having treated more than 10,000 patients since 2014 under a real-world data protocol.

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

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Public safety at issue. Proponents of these THC caps—who are often the same politicians who stood against legalization and lost—contend that limiting THC levels will increase public safety. Forcing patients to purchase more. Doing so, Pollara wrote, would effectively force a 50% to 150% tax on patients.

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Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released a report examining the efficacy of state medical cannabis laws.

Cannabis Law Report

The organization has, they say, ……evaluated patient access, affordability, equity, and product safety. With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It Pennsylvania State Rep.

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Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana CEO Asks Why Patients Are Being Taxed

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A patient in Alberta spending $600 (~€397) per month on medical cannabis will pay 24.3% ($145.80) in tax. For most Canadian patients, including myself, this means 24.3% CFAMM’s goal is to support medical cannabis patients, improve their outcomes and enable them to obtain fair and safe access to their medication.

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