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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. Furthermore, Virginia’s consumption/product regulations are smoke-free. Not much happened between 1979 and 2015, aside from preventing the repeal of the wonky 1979 law.

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How medical marijuana could help you find the ‘new you’ in the New Year

Canna Care Docs

Medical cannabis is available in any of the same forms as recreational cannabis—as smokable flower, edibles , tinctures, topical products , and more. Consumption of THC has also shown a reduction in tremors altogether for some individuals with MS. The staff at your dispensary can help you find the product that’s right for you.

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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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NC Senate Committee Votes to Advance Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill

Veriheal

Contrastingly, in March 2015, a group of Republican military veterans was left feeling disappointed after lawmakers rejected their attempt to legalize medical cannabis. “We’re encouraged that SB711 has been advanced by the Judiciary Committee,” said DeVaughn Ward , who serves as senior legislative counsel for the Marijuana Policy Project.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

Cannabis Law Report

This differs sharply from the conventional course of cannabis medicine, which is to use whole, clean plant extracts to treat epilepsy and to gradually discontinue use of conventional pharmaceuticals. An Israeli study of cannabis versus epilepsy, however, used natural extracts with a ratio of 20:1 CBD:THC. Lancet Neurol Dec 23 2015.

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Cannabis Bills Filed In Missouri & Texas

Cannabis Law Report

Efforts to legalize marijuana for medical treatment made a major step forward in 2015 when a bill sponsored by former nurse and State Rep. The bill permits products with high levels of CBD and low levels of THC to be used, primarily by residents who have epilepsy and are not responding to other legal forms of medical treatment.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. It was also used as a topical treatment for haemorrhoids, ear infection, and wounds (Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ). Refractory paediatric epilepsy. Conclusions.