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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. of prescriptions were for sleep disorders. The Guardian writes.

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Vice Article: Australians Can Get a Medicinal Cannabis Prescription for Pretty Much Anything

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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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Ex-Pro Athletes Push For Marijuana Acceptance In Sports

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It could help you sleep, reduce anxiety, inflammation, and arthritis,” former NFL quarterback Jake Plummer told Cronkite News. Here we are talking about football players with inflammation, the onset of arthritis, with sleep issues, with anxiety, PTSD and all this crazy stuff, and here’s this natural plant that can help with all that.”.

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8 famous people you didn’t know were cannabis patients

The Cannigma

Patrick Stewart uses topicals and edibles for his arthritis (Shutterstock). In 2019, Stewart called on the UK government to ease the restrictions surrounding cannabis-based medicines, and said in a statement that “the moment I started using cannabis-based cream it worked and I could feel an immediate reduction in discomfort.

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Meredith Fisher-Corn, MD…….”Are You Able to Answer Your Patients’ Medical Marijuana Questions”

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As reviewed in a recent Forbes article, “a study of more than 400 health care professionals has revealed that most physicians lack knowledge of medicinal cannabis, with 65% saying that they have been asked about medical marijuana as a treatment for chronic pain but were unable to answer their patients’ questions” (1).

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Cannabis for PTSD: Latest Scientific Evidence Shows Promising Results

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Hyperarousal —an aroused emotional state with heightened anxiety and tension which can cause sleeping problems, difficulties concentrating, alterations in thinking and feeling and even aggressive and self-destructive behavior. Patients can also become hypersensitive to everyday situations and feel constantly on alert.

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Cannabis for Migraine

Ezra Parzybok

Sleep Habits: Sleeping too much or too little can trigger migraines. Another study published in the year 2016 stated that medical marijuana was effective in treating migraines. There are three methods of CBD delivery, namely inhalation, Oral & topical. How to use CBD?

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