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

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So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. And, 2019’s SB 1557 makes it possible for patients to get as much as 10mg of THC in each dose — the same limit as one serving size for edibles in adult-use states.

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Will Georgia Legalize Cannabis? GA Medical Cannabis Program Explained

Veriheal

In 2015, Georgia passed HB 1, also known as the Haleigh’s Hope Act, allowing medical cannabis oil for medical use. In 2021, SB 195 allowed the sale of cannabis tinctures, transdermal patches, lotions, and capsules but continued to prohibit edible products and flower.

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Virginia Lawmakers Pass Bills Allowing Herbal Forms Of Medical Marijuana

SpeedWeed

The legalization of medical marijuana in Virginia began with a strictly limited 2015 law that allowed for CBD and THC-A oils to be used by patients with severe epilepsy. Under Virginia’s current laws, the state medical marijuana program only allows processed forms of cannabis, such as tinctures, edibles, and oils.

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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. Cannabis appears to have strong benefits for people struggling with epilepsy, with a 2015 study finding a 54% reduction in seizures for patients who were not helped by other treatments.

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MMJ In Louisiana: Everything A Medical Marijuana Patient Needs To Know

MMJ Recs

It wasn’t until 2014 and 2015 that the state began to see action in terms of accessing and using medical marijuana for health conditions. In order to get a medical card in Louisiana, you have to be resident of the state who has one of the qualifying conditions.

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10 of the Top US Cannabis Movers and Shakers

Sensi Seeds

When Whoopi Goldberg launched a line of cannabis products with her business partner, Maya Elizabeth, the award-winning edibles maker, in 2016, little did they know that their brand of pain relief creams for women would become the fastest growing cannabis brands of 2017. Whoopi and Maya. Joshua Kaplan.

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What is the Endocannabinoid Profile and How Does It Heal the Body?

Cannabis Law Report

Kumar, “the endocannabinoid system [is] largely involved in various aspects of central neural activities and disorders, including appetite, learning and memory, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, stroke, multiple sclerosis, neurodegeneration, epilepsy, and addiction. References. Nagarkatti, P., doi:10.3390/ijms19030833. C., & Mackie, K.