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Legislation To Produce And Research Cannabis Introduced

NORML

A bipartisan coalition of House lawmakers has introduced The Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2019 ( HR 601 ), to facilitate federally-approved clinical trials involving cannabis. Click here to send a message to your Representative and urge them to support the measure. . The agency ultimately rejected her decision.

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CDC Seeks Public Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management

NORML

.” The CDC’s interest in alternative methods of chronic pain management may be of particular significance to many medical cannabis patients. According to state-registry records, “Chronic pain is currently and historically the most common qualifying condition reported by medical cannabis patients (67.5

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Study: Marijuana Provided For FDA-Approved Clinical Research Genetically Similar to Hemp

NORML

Marijuana grown by the University of Mississippi for clinical research purposes is genetically divergent from strains of cannabis commercially available in retail markets, according to an analysis prepared by researchers at the University of Northern Colorado.

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NORML “Senate Unanimously Approves Legislation Providing US Attorney General with Greater Say in Cannabis Research Decisions”

Cannabis Law Report

Legislation unanimously passed by members of the US Senate empowers the US Attorney General to facilitate clinical research trials involving cannabis. NORML write. The action represents one of the very few occasions that members of the Senate have ever advanced a marijuana-related reform bill.

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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

NORML

A federal court on Friday denied a petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to order the US Drug Enforcement Administration to begin licensing private entities that wish to cultivate cannabis. The agency in 2016 first announced its intent to license private entities to grow cannabis for FDA-approved clinical trials.

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Cannabis laws in San Marino

The Cannigma

A limited form of medical marijuana has been legal in San Marino since 2016. Recreational cannabis is not legal, despite a 2019 citizen’s initiative that called for legalization. Cannabis use is not uncommon in San Marino, despite its illegal status, and many visitors find it easy to buy the plant. Is weed legal in San Marino?

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More than half of prescriptions for medicinal cannabis in Australia given in Queensland, study says

Cannabis Law Report

Anxiety and sleep disorders were some reasons given for prescriptions despite lack of evidence for cannabis treatment, researchers find. The researchers’ analysis found anxiety was the reason given for 16% of medicinal cannabis prescriptions. Queensland was the source of 51% of prescriptions between 2016 and 2021.