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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions.

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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

What’s more, synthesized Delta-9 THC is present in many of these products, despite being prohibited in both California’s cannabis and hemp programs. In response to its growing popularity, the DEA announced in 2016 that kratom would be placed in the restrictive Schedule I along with cannabis.

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How to Stay Compliant with Cannabis Licensing Regulations in Nevada

Connor & Connor PLLC

After the 2016 election, Nevada legalized recreational cannabis, in addition to the states medical-marijuana program. The CCB oversees and regulates Nevadas legal medical and adult-use cannabis programs. The CCB oversees and regulates Nevadas legal medical and adult-use cannabis programs.

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Oregon Cracks Down on THC Inflation and Testing Labs

Canna Law Blog

In 2016, the OLCC program launched, with more testing rules and more enforcement authority, at which point a serious testing bottleneck ensued. First, for as long as the OLCC program has existed (and even before that, in the OHA medical program), agencies have fielded complaints from cannabis licensees around testing.

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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

Veriheal

Harpers magazine also released an article in 2016 , with clips from an interview with a top Nixon advisor who made a similar admission. Since then, states in many diverse areas of the country have begun to enact their medical marijuana programs under the argument of state rights.

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Study Finds That Medical Marijuana Patient Registration Has Grown More Than 600% Since 2016

Veriheal

million registered in 2020 and an even more dramatic rise from the 678,000 registered in 2016. While there have been some drops in medical patient registration in states with adult-use (recreational) programs, pandemic-era programs also directly attributed to part of the increase in patient registration.

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CDC Seeks Public Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management

NORML

percent in 2016).” ” Among pain patients enrolled in medical cannabis access programs, most subjects report eventually decreasing or even eliminating their use of opiates. ” This finding is hardly a surprise, as cannabis is well-established to mitigate pain in clinical models, particularly in patients with neuropathy.