Cannabis Law Report

MAY 10, 2022

More than half of all prescriptions for medicinal cannabis in Australia are written by doctors in Queensland, with prescriptions often given for conditions there is little evidence medicinal cannabis can treat, new research reveals. Queensland was the source of 51% of prescriptions between 2016 and 2021.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 23, 2022

April 23, 2022 – SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 1186 , which restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis across the state by requiring cities to provide patients access to purchase medicinal cannabis by delivery, passed the Senate Governance and Finance Committee by a vote of 4-1.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Maribyrnong City Council’s Cr Michael Clarke, Maribyrnong’s mayor, has an idea – establishing an enterprise for cultivating, producing and manufacturing medicinal cannabis within the local government area. Victoria was the first Australian state in to legalise access to medicinal cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 10, 2022

First comprehensive study reveals why Australians take medicinal cannabis. First academic study of national medicinal cannabis data. The first in-depth study of Australia’s medicinal cannabis program, which began in 2016, shows the drug is being increasingly prescribed for various conditions. 11 May 2022.

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Sensi Seeds

JANUARY 4, 2019

Context of the Medicinal Cannabis Situation. Since 2001, Canadians seeking to use cannabis for medical treatment have had access to it under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR ). Under the regulations, no intermediaries are allowed to sell medicinal cannabis to patients.

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CannaTech

JANUARY 16, 2019

Thanks to the recent emergence of regulated medical cannabis markets, the success of this versatile plant can be followed from farm to pharma and prescriber to patient, however, the origins of cannabis as medicine cannot be as simply traced as the plant is today from seed to sale. Legal access does not necessarily equate to financial access.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

That is Dr Vicki Kotsirilos, GP and Australia’s first authorised GP prescriber of medicinal cannabis. . When fully opened in April, the Releaf Clinic will feature doctors who specialise in prescribing medical cannabis, complementary medicine services, and a shop selling hemp-based products and organic honey. .

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2019

There have been more than 7,500 approvals for medicinal cannabis in Australia since legalisation in 2016 – so why don’t we know if it is helping patients? Access to medicinal cannabis for patients was legalised in Australia in 2016, allowing doctors to request permission to prescribe from the Australian government.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 14, 2020

The Australian government passed a law in 2016 that … Read More. Highlights Australia’s medical cannabis patients are still turning to the illicit market, despite legal medical cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

List Medicinal Cannabis on the PBS. The Federal Parliament legalised the use of medicinal cannabis products in Australia in February 2016, but access to treatment is still severely limited due to cost, with patients reporting average monthly costs in excess of $300 , or approximately $10 per day.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

Right now, there is an ongoing battle between the state and local governments for access to cannabis, which should be the first place that states (and possibly even Congress) look when considering legalization. This continued prohibition even occurs in many cities whose voters approved of adult use cannabis sales back in 2016.

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WeedAdvisor

MAY 9, 2019

Thankfully, world-famous singer Olivia Newton-John wants to see easier access to medical marijuana in Australia, according to Australian publication The New Daily. Since the drug was legalised in Australia in 2016 for medical purposes it has been fraught with legal and prescription confusion. No Compassion. .

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In May 2014, Barnaby Joyce spoke out in support of legalising cannabis medicine: a campaign fronted by a young patient named Dan Haslam. And two years later, the Nationals MP helped open the nation’s first medicinal cannabis farm in memory of Dan, who’d lost his battle with cancer. “That is not the truth.”

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 29, 2023

Though there are many reasons patients in Illinois are not be able to grow their own medicine at home, we are going to focus on one: Multiple Sclerosis. Cow started in the Medicinal Program in 2015 and was one of the first people to buy medical cannabis in Illinois. “I A perfect illustration of this would be Cow.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal Cannabis has deep historical roots in Bolivia, where it has been traditionally used in various cultural and medicinal contexts. In 2016, the government passed a law allowing for the medical and scientific use of cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 28, 2022

California Senate Committee gave the green light to a bill that restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis by requiring cities to provide patients access to purchase medicinal cannabis via delivery. When cities ban purchasing medical cannabis, it denies access and fuels the illegal market.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 23, 2021

Iron ore magnate and cattle queen Gina Rinehart has added medicinal cannabis to her portfolio as she invests $15 million into the European expansion of a Perth-based company in the growing industry. The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Ms Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting was the cornerstone in a $27.2 Source: [link].

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The Cannigma

JANUARY 11, 2023

Medical: legal Recreational: illegal North Macedonia legalized medical marijuana in 2016 , and hemp products that contain less than 0.2% Medical marijuana in North Macedonia North Macedonia legalized medical marijuana in 2016 , becoming the second Balkan country to do so, after Croatia. THC) at pharmacies with a prescription.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

With Australia relaxing its cannabis laws, the Greek heir of Coca Cola bottling Aki David is planning to bring his Swissx brand of medicinal cannabis products to Australia and also plans to set up an island resort for lovers of the plant. My intention is to bring plant-medicine wellness to Australia as best as I can. Source: [link].

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 29, 2021

“The future of access for women, the future of medical cannabis, I think, lies in ensuring that we have a voice and we share our experiences.”. Ashleigh Brown found little relief from epilepsy in traditional medicine.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Barriers confronting patients trying to access medicinal cannabis in Australia will be scrutinised in a Parliamentary inquiry into how the drug is regulated. The Greens said the medicinal cannabis system is “broken” and in urgent need of reform as their push for an inquiry into access to the drug won support in the Senate on Thursday.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 18, 2022

“There was a fellow here only yesterday who pleaded guilty to possessing non-medicinal cannabis because as his lawyer explained to the court he couldn’t afford the prescribed stuff,” Bradley said. Bradley said the legalisation of cannabis would make it easier for people to access the drug for medicinal reasons.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 25, 2022

Psychedelics, medicine and ethics has always been a tricky thing and we’re suprised (or maybe not) that those who have held themselves up to be the paragons of perfection in the field over the past few years, have in fact been either arrogant, dumb or lazy when it comes to managing ethics at their organisations.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In 1942, New York Mayor Henry LaGuardia commissioned the New York Academy of Medicine to do a full report on marijuana. The New York Academy of Medicine found the gateway theory to be untrue , along with most of the negative claims about cannabis. New York Allows MMJ Patients to Grow at Home.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Minister for Health Simon Harris TD today signed legislation which will allow for the operation of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme on a pilot basis for five years. The Programme will facilitate access to cannabis-based products for medical use in line with legislation. Further information on the Medical Cannabis Access Programme.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 26, 2021

The country legalized medical cannabis in 2016, but patients in the country have long criticized the program as too restrictive, and access to cannabis-based medicines remains behind that of many other legal cannabis jurisdictions. This represents nearly double the level of support found in a 2007 survey (21%).

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

In August 2016, the US Drug Enforcement Administration announced in the US Federal Register that the agency was “adopting a new policy that is designed to increase the number of entities registered under the Controlled Substances Act to grow (manufacture) marijuana to supply legitimate researchers in the United States.”

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The Cannigma

MARCH 25, 2021

A United Kingdom police chief proposed a novel idea this January: Allow drug-dependent inmates access to free cannabis to help them overcome opioid addiction. This creates a situation where state detention facilities — even where cannabis is legal — do not allow inmates access to medical cannabis because it violates federal law.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 19, 2021

The Colorado state Senate passed a bill this week that would expand students’ access to medicinal cannabis while in school. Under the bill, children with complicated medical conditions would be able to receive cannabis-based medicines from school personnel while on campus. Parents Call On Lawmakers To Pass Bill.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2022

In 2016, voters approved Proposition 64, to legalize the recreational adult use of cannabis and impose two types of taxes on commercial cannabis sales: a cultivation tax and an excise tax. SB 1336 is sponsored by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Western States Council.

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PrestoDoctor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

One of the primary reasons for this shift is the growing acceptance and accessibility of cannabis as an alternative pain management option. In regions where medical cannabis is accessible, some studies have shown a decrease in opioid prescriptions and opioid-related fatalities.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 9, 2022

In Linn County , a commissioner said he feared access to psilocybin might lead youth to “doing things that may cost them their life” as the board sent the issue to the ballot. The trend is reminiscent of 2016, when the state gave local governments the ability to opt-out of legal cannabis sales. Pendleton wasn’t alone.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Dr Winlow told AAP that companies have been putting too much effort into growing pot and not enough into proving the drug is a safe and effective medicine. “What these companies have failed to do is penetrate mainstream medicine.” In the year ending June 30, it had revenue of $109,909 and expenses of $2.68

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 23, 2022

Tilray’s EU-GMP-certified medical cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Portugal provides patients in Luxembourg and across Europe, where permitted by law, with safe and reliable access to high-quality medical cannabis. Sven Back, Department of narcotics and medicinal cannabis. Alain Origer, National Drugs Coordinator.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2022

Compass Cannabis operates one of the longest-running networks of holistic medicinal cannabis clinics in Canada. The company is zooming in on Australia’s burgeoning medicinal cannabis market. Australia made landmark changes to the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 in 2016. Previously, they had been prescription-only medicines.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 28, 2019

Veterans Struggle to Gain Access to Medical Marijuana. Despite this expansion military veterans often face greater obstacles to gaining access to medical marijuana than other groups. A recent study by the American Legion suggests 22% of veterans are already using marijuana for medicinal purposes. May 2, 2019.

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Canna Care Docs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

After voting in 2016 to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana to adults 21 years or older, Maine officially began selling in October! in sales during the first month, many people are being left out of obtaining their medicine by purchasing recreationally. Although there has been a reported $1.4M Well, wait no more!

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