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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

This trend raises important questions about access, affordability, and the future of medical cannabis as a vital healthcare resource. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions. This decrease has raised concerns about access to cannabis-based treatments for those who need them most.

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Lunch & Learn Episode 6: Is Cannabis' "Accepted Medical Use" Political?

Americans for Safe Access

Watch as we explore the significance of the last 12 years in establishing cannabis' "currently accepted medical use" and learn why this matters!

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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

Veriheal

This policy ensured significant penalties and incarceration for possession, cultivation, and trafficking for anyone found guilty in the U.S. Harpers magazine also released an article in 2016 , with clips from an interview with a top Nixon advisor who made a similar admission.

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Jared Shaw Could Face the Death Penalty for Edibles in Indonesia

Veriheal

Indonesia’s last executions were carried out in 2016. “We are still running the investigation to uncover the international drug network behind this case and to stop its distribution,” Soekarno-Hatta Airport police chief Ronald Sipayung said in a statement to the press. Not only are Black people, like Shaw, 3.73

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Ask The Green Nurse is Celebrating Liberation: What 4/20 & the 4th of July Have in Common?

The Cannigma

Far from being just a countercultural joke, it has emerged as a powerful symbol of bodily autonomy, freedom of consciousness, and resistance to outdated and often unjust drug policies. News Center Maine, 2022; Secret Nature, 2022; Waxman, 2016). Cromwell, 2021; Liebman, 2016). 2016, April 20). References ACLU. Liebman, J.

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NORML Formally Responds to DEA’s Proposed Changes to Marijuana Cultivation Rules

NORML

In 2016, the agency appeared to reconsider its longstanding policy, and publicly stated for the first time that it would consider additional applicants. in 2016, the agency enacted a revised set of rules explicitly designed to expand the pool of applicants eligible to cultivate cannabis for use in FDA-approved clinical protocols.

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Medical Cannabis Patients and Adult-Use Consumers Won Big on Election Night: But What Does This Really Mean for Patients

Americans for Safe Access

This continues a trend from 2016, when eight out of nine statewide cannabis ballot initiatives were successful. While many 2020 general election results remain a mystery until all votes are counted, voters were clear in expressing their support for all five statewide cannabis ballot initiatives offered this cycle.

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