Veriheal

JUNE 19, 2025

In theory, medical cannabis has been legal in the United Kingdom since 2018. These patients and their stories raise urgent questions about the UK’s medical cannabis system: Why must so many severely ill individuals break the law to access medicine? Campaigners believe this number is only a glimpse of a much larger, hidden population.

Patients

The Cannigma

JULY 18, 2025

The cannabis movement began with a mission rooted in compassion—dedicated to providing relief for patients suffering from severe conditions such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, epilepsy, and chronic pain. It’s frustrating—they’ve completely overlooked patients like me.” Consider Olivia’s story.

Recreational

The Cannigma

JUNE 21, 2025

Cannabinoids like CBD have been shown to possess anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative properties, which could help manage conditions like benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (Adhikary et al. 2018; Walsh et al., 2018; Hurd et al.,

Cannabinoids

MMJ Recs

JULY 30, 2019

More progressive states have been making it easier and easier for patients to have access to medical marijuana for years – but there are a few places where this progressive policy may come as a bit of a surprise… States like Oklahoma, for example. Oklahoma and Medical Marijuana: A History. How is Oklahoma Different?

Law

FloridaMarijuana.net

JUNE 12, 2018

The Epilepsy Foundation defines epilepsy as a chronic condition of the brain which causes seizures and affects 65 million people worldwide. It is not fully known the genetic origins of epilepsy or if the condition is hereditary. The post How does medical marijuana help patients with Epilepsy? appeared first on.

Epilepsy

Project CBD

AUGUST 15, 2018

This life threatening condition can also occur after a patient receives a blood transfusion or other forms of transplanted tissue from a genetically different person. Graft-versus-host disease ( GVHD ) is a common – and potentially fatal – complication following bone marrow and solid organ transplants.

CBD

The Cannigma

MARCH 18, 2021

Published in Nature Partner Journals and sponsored by the Parkinson’s Foundation, the study found that nearly 25% of Parkinson’s patients had used cannabis in the past six months, but that one in four of that group did not know what type or form of cannabis they used, and nearly half did not know their dosage. Of the 43.9% Altogether, 24.5%

Patients

Project CBD

AUGUST 15, 2018

This life threatening condition can also occur after a patient receives a blood transfusion or other forms of transplanted tissue from a genetically different person. Graft-versus-host disease ( GVHD ) is a common – and potentially fatal – complication following bone marrow and solid organ transplants.

CBD

Veriheal

APRIL 21, 2021

According to the 2021 State of Mental Health in America by nonprofit organization Mental Health America (MHA), 19% of adults experienced a mental illness between 2017 and 2018, an increase of 1.5 According to MHA: 60% of youth with major depression did not receive any treatment in 2018. Qualifying Mental Health Condition.

Conditions

NORML

MAY 28, 2019

The decision reverses a 2018 ruling by the Arizona Court of Appeals. ” They added: “Proposition 203 was intended to allow the use of marijuana in connection with a wide array of debilitating medical conditions. ounces of hashish.

Concentrates

The Cannigma

MARCH 25, 2021

In nursing school, I wrote my dissertation on the role of the nurse when caring for patients using cannabis therapeutically, knowing that nurses are often the first healthcare professional to whom patients disclose their cannabis use. I remain in awe of these patients to this day. Transfering nurses’ skills to cannabis medicine.

Patients

NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

Virginia has been one of the most reluctant states to consider marijuana law reform, though it recently began allowing some forms of cannabis oil for approved patients. Then, in 2017 and 2018, Virginia finally made some moves to establish its own medical marijuana industry. JM Pedini | Photo by Adam Ewing.

Marijuana

NORML

MARCH 18, 2019

State lawmakers have approved a series of bills reducing penalties for marijuana possession offenses and strengthening and expanding legal protections for medical cannabis patients. Senate Bill 406 expands medical cannabis access and provides important new patient protections. The measures now await action from Democratic Gov.

Decriminalization

Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2021

However, the number of states that will authorize qualified patients from out-of-state medical marijuana programs is still relatively small. . Many places will either permit patients access to dispensaries and/or permit medical cannabis possession within a reasonable amount. These conditions are: Cancer. New Jersey. Washington.

Patients

NORML

APRIL 23, 2020

The questions : Initiative 65 (citizen initiated) : Should Mississippi allow qualified patients with debilitating medical conditions, as certified by Mississippi licensed physicians, to use medical marijuana? Under this proposal, patients would be prohibited from smoking whole-plant marijuana. South Dakota. North Dakota.

Collective

Veriheal

MAY 15, 2023

Since 2018, voters have attempted to pass adult use but have failed. Mary Schneider (D) cleared the House in an 86-6 vote this March, allowing terminally ill patients to use proof of their admittance in hospice care in lieu of a doctor’s written recommendation to register as a medical cannabis patient. Doug Burgum (R).

Access

NORML

JUNE 11, 2019

Patients diagnosed with chronic pain and other debilitating conditions typically reduce, or in some cases, eliminate their use of opioids following their enrollment in state-sanctioned medical cannabis access programs. Several peer-reviewed studies now document this trend. percent versus 44.8 percent versus 3.4

Chronic Pain

Peninsula Alternative Health

MAY 15, 2019

As medical cannabis emerges from the dark days of prohibition, researchers are finding a wide range of conditions responding successfully to it. Epilepsy Seizure disorders are on the list of qualifying conditions for most medical cannabis states. These symptoms can be unbearable for both patients and their caregivers.

Conditions

Project CBD

MARCH 8, 2019

Although the federal legality of these products has been a matter of debate, the 2018 Farm Bill signed into law last year officially took hemp and CBD from hemp off of the federal controlled substances list. In response, veterinarians and others concerned for patient safety promoted a change in state law. Related story.

Pets

MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By the end of 2018 there were almost 60,000 patients, and nearly $100 million had been taken in the first year of sales. It is projected that there will soon be over 200,000 registered medical marijuana patients in Maryland. What Are The Qualifying Conditions For Medical Marijuana In Maryland? Wasting syndrome.

Dispensary

MedicalJane

JUNE 12, 2020

A web-based study enrolled 1,276 participants (including those already using a cannabis product and those considering its use) between April 2016 and February 2018. Of the 1,276 participants, 524 adult patients and 284 adult caregivers of children or dependent adults, all self-reported using cannabis for medicinal purposes.

Chronic Pain

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

The MS Society has said that thousands of multiple sclerosis patients are being denied access to the approved drug Sativex, which helps improve spasm symptoms in sufferers. Chris Todd was diagnosed with MS in 1999, he lives in Hull with his wife Anne who also suffers from relapsing MS.

Access

Project CBD

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Medicine in a Can A total of 15 patients with different incurable ailments would enroll in the Compassionate IND Program to study cannabis before it was officially shut down in 1992. There’s no doubt that cannabis helps Rosenfeld’s condition, but it’s not a cure.

Chronic Pain

Veriheal

AUGUST 7, 2022

New data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research claims that almost one in two authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada managed to either completely stop or reduce their intake of controlled substances, such as alcohol and opioids , by using cannabis. As of 2020, the market was worth CAD $2.6 billion (USD $2 billion).

Consumption

The Cannigma

JUNE 30, 2021

In these three dozen states, from the West Coast to the Midwest to the South and the Northeast, patients use cannabis to treat countless medical conditions and everyday ailments. of patients reported chronic pain as their primary condition, while in Connecticut 70.4% The most common medical conditions.

Chronic Pain

CannaTech

JANUARY 16, 2019

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.

Access

The Cannigma

JUNE 2, 2021

Today, Europe’s largest country is also the continent’s leading medical cannabis market, with more than 128,000 patients receiving medical cannabis in the country each year, according to Prohibition Partners. Any physician can prescribe medical cannabis and there is no set list of qualifying medical conditions. million) in 2018 alone.

Law

The Cannigma

MAY 5, 2021

An unknown number of recovered COVID-19 patients are walking through a fog, uncertain when it will end and what can be done to help. Amid the uncertainty and mystery surrounding long COVID, many long haulers are exploring their own methods to treat the symptoms of the condition. How common is long COVID?

Chronic Pain

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 27, 2022

High Court rejects petition asking to allow patients to grow cannabis at home. This morning the judges of the High Court rejected the petition submitted by 8 patients demanding to allow them and the other holders of the license to use cannabis to grow the cannabis themselves, in their home, for their personal use. Lior Perry. .

Patients

SpeedWeed

AUGUST 31, 2021

16, 2020, but a report released earlier this month revealed the extent to which licensed patients were lined up for access. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) issued 56,448 new patient licenses and 12,062 renewed patient licenses between Dec. Psychiatric disorders accounted for 11,914 patients.

Programs

The Cannigma

JULY 24, 2022

Qualifying medical patients can purchase and consume medicinal CBD oil that contains less than 0.9% It expanded qualifying conditions and allowed patients to access select THC products through state-licensed dispensaries. The conditions are: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Dravet Syndrome Other severe forms of epilepsy.

Law

FloridaMarijuana.net

AUGUST 15, 2018

Living with PTSD, no matter the underlying cause of the trauma, can be extremely difficult for patients and their loved ones. Medical marijuana and cannabinoids can be used to treat a patient’s physical and psychological health, alleviating the symptoms of PTSD. Get your Florida Medical Marijuana Card.

Treatment

Medicinal Marijuana Association

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CBD is the best and most widely used cannabidiol form, which can treat several medical conditions. Without delay, let’s check out the top 5 medical conditions that CBD can help treat! The most available pain killers are long-term medications, which make patients vulnerable to addictions. Chronic pain. Treating Epilepsy .

Conditions

MMJ Recs

AUGUST 1, 2020

The accessibility of medical marijuana is an important issue for MMJ patients all over the country. In Oklahoma, accessibility has never been a problem since MMJ became legal in 2018. But since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, getting Oklahoma MMJ has become a slightly trickier process for patients and their caregivers.

Access

The Cannigma

JULY 12, 2022

As of June 2022, there is no way for medical patients to obtain a cannabis prescription or get medication. Patients can only be prescribed manufactured cannabis products including: pills, capsules, suppositories, tinctures, gels, oil, cream, patches, or nebulizers. CBD is legal in Alabama under the 2018 federal farm bill.

Legalization

Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It was approved in 2018 as a Schedule V substance, which is to say, a substance with a low potential for abuse considered not to be dangerous. Though Dravet Syndrome typically manifests itself in the first year of life, Epidiolex is only approved for treating patients two years of age and older. . Epidiolex has a complex history.

Access

The Cannigma

JUNE 1, 2021

Under the plan, some 3,000 patients in France will be treated with medical cannabis and monitored closely. Patients can take part if they have a medical condition which has not responded to pharmaceutical drugs. Patients can take part if they have a medical condition which has not responded to pharmaceutical drugs.

Law