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Texas Is Attempting to Combat Its Opioid Crisis With Medical Cannabis

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In 2015, Texas passed the Compassionate Use Act, which allowed patients with intractable epilepsy to access low-THC cannabis oil containing no more than 0.5% In 2019, the program was expanded to include patients with other qualifying conditions, such as terminal cancer, autism, multiple sclerosis, and certain neurological disorders.

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Chad West Law Firm Reports On The More Promising Bills From The Texas 2019 Session

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Chad West March 27, 2019. Texas could make meaningful progress on marijuana-related bills by the end of the 2019 legislative session. Currently, only epilepsy patients may use the drug produced at three state facilities. Jose Menendez, D-San Antonio. If passed, S.B. If passed, H.B. 3703 – Rep. If passed, S.B.

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Not-very-NICE: UK Cannabis Policy and Harm to Patients

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The acceptance of medical cannabis by clinicians, researchers and government bodies is fairly universal, and patients have benefited from widespread access to full-spectrum cannabis in flower and oil form. Israel’s approach to cannabis has contributed to reducing stigma and increasing access for patients around the world.

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The Latin American Cannabis Landscape – Part Two: Regulated Markets and Patient Access

CannaTech

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. Of course, patients need product and product costs money.

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NHS To Launch Its First Evidence-Based Cannabis Patient Data Registry This Week – Cannabis Business Executive

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THE UK’s first National Health Service patients registry will start collating data from Thursday this week in a significant move for medical cannabis in the country. An estimated 250 patients a month are said to be prescribed cannabis medicines through the NHS compared to over 2,500 in the UK’s private sector. Step In Right Direction.

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Cannabis laws in France

The Cannigma

Under the plan, some 3,000 patients in France will be treated with medical cannabis and monitored closely. The plan was initially passed in 2019 but was delayed multiple times, including because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients can take part if they have a medical condition which has not responded to pharmaceutical drugs.

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Medical Marijuana in Japan

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was before the 2018 Farm Bill, the cultivation of hemp in Japan is strictly controlled by the government. Last year, it recommended that the government allow the use of marijuana to treat “refractory epilepsy.” Japan also ratified the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Similar to how the U.S.