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Medical marijuana news, December 2015

Alchimia

ve got legitimate access to medicinal cannabis for an approved purpose? But on August 17, 2015 a judge has authorized Graciela?s On the 26th of October, 2015 the Government of Chile authorized the creation of the biggest therapeutic marijuana crop in the world, with almost 7000 plants. Source: The Guardian ).

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Understanding Medical Marijuana Laws in California

MMJ Recs

Under the MCRSA, which was enacted in 2015, state licensing authorities are responsible for regulating the commercial cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, and testing of medical cannabis. These include access to banking services, federal prohibition, and ongoing regulatory issues.

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The Latin American Cannabis Landscape – Part Two: Regulated Markets and Patient Access

CannaTech

Medical cannabis continued to pop up across the region year after year: imports in Brazil began in 2014, trials started in Chile in 2014, regulations were implemented in Colombia and Jamaica in 2015, the same followed in the Cayman Islands and parts of Argentina in 2016, Paraguay in 2017, and the list carries on from 2018 to date.

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Revamping Texas’ Medical Cannabis Program Is the Key to Ending the State’s Opioid Crisis

Veriheal

opioid epidemic, which claimed a record number of lives in 2021 , is the result of America’s faulty regulation of these powerful pain-killing drugs and a widespread lack of access to safe and adequate pain management solutions. For too long, America has relied too heavily on opioids for pain relief. The Opioid Problem.

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Medical cannabis studies offer hope to opioid users

Healer

That is, until a “forward-thinking” primary care physician suggested medical cannabis for his chronic pain, which Gresh, 54, said set him on a new path that has changed his life for the better and helped him stop using virtually all drugs classified as highly addictive. . “I In 2015, the institute devoted $21 million to the research.

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Cannabis laws in Malta

The Cannigma

Malta made its first foray into medical cannabis when the country approved Sativex in 2015, though it had an extremely slow rollout. Patients can access the raw plant, but smokable versions are not included. While regulations say you need a medical cannabis card to access CBD, this is not the case in practice.

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Jason Straw: Medical Cannabis Policy, ISNA 2020 Conference

Cannabis Law Report

Now, he is the Vice-Chair of Indiana NORML — an organization who is currently focused on changing cannabis laws for the access to Medical Cannabis as therapeutic treatment in Indiana. Providing patients safe access to therapeutic marijuana/cannabis. Straw is a retired USAF Critical Care Air Transport nurse who has served in combat.

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