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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. Not much happened between 1979 and 2015, aside from preventing the repeal of the wonky 1979 law. As in, no to anyone who wasn’t an epilepsy patient.]. We need to do more.

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Serious Conditions Are Responding To Cannabinoid Therapy

Peninsula Alternative Health

As medical cannabis emerges from the dark days of prohibition, researchers are finding a wide range of conditions responding successfully to it. Epilepsy Seizure disorders are on the list of qualifying conditions for most medical cannabis states. Because cannabis is still a schedule 1 drug in the U.S., improvement in good sleep.

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Cannabis laws in Georgia

The Cannigma

The program was legalized in 2015 and patients with qualifying conditions can get a prescription for up to 20oz of low THC oil, capsules, patches, or lotion. In 2015, Georgia legalized possession of up 20 fl. oz of 5% or less THC oil for medical patients with qualifying conditions. Georgia’s medical cannabis program.

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Cannabis laws in Texas

The Cannigma

In recent years, lawmakers have eased up on a number of cannabis-derived formulations, and since 2015, people with epilepsy can obtain cannabis oil that contains less than 0.5% Qualifying Conditions. These include HB 43 , which would expand the qualifying conditions to include anything that a doctor prescribes it for.

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Medicinal properties of CBD

Alchimia

A study published in February 2015 in the Pharmacology & Pharmacy journal showed that a CBD-rich extract from cannabis plants is much more efficient than CBD used in its pure form , mainly due the presence of other cannabinoids, terpenes and other molecules that greatly increase the dosage/efficiency ratio of CBD.

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Cannabis laws in Wyoming

The Cannigma

The state has brought forth several legalization initiatives since 2015 , but all have failed. A 2015 bill allows qualified patients to possess and consume high CBD oil with less than 0.3% THC, but the bill has a small list of qualifying conditions: only epilepsy and other seizure disorders are recognized.

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Interview With FN's Lisa Pittman Featured In Dallas News

MJ Business Attorneys

She came to the industry not from the recreational side, but as a mother seeking treatment for her child with epilepsy. In 2014, I was reading the Senate Bill 339 [Texas’ Compassionate Use Act enacted in 2015] testimony of mothers of children with epilepsy. This law was passed in 2015.

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