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Survey Reveals Almost Half of Canada’s MMJ Patients Reduced Their Alcohol and Opioid Consumption

Veriheal

One particular study featured in the 2019 edition of the American Journal of Psychiatry found that the cannabinoid CBD may ease drug cravings and feelings of anxiety in heroin addicts. An ever-growing list of research efforts shines a light on the plant’s ability to relieve symptoms and potentially treat widespread medical conditions.

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Cannabis Consumption Lounges Set to Hit Nevada Next Year

SpeedWeed

6, 2019, and Dec. The DHSS approved 23,000-plus patients and caregivers in program year 2019—before commercial sales began—with roughly 33% also approved to home cultivate. Meanwhile, 17,492 patients with non-defined chronic medical conditions were the second most common. Psychiatric disorders accounted for 11,914 patients.

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Cannabinoids for Tinnitus?

Project CBD

She was upset with herself for being so careless and concerned that the condition would persist. For many other people of all ages, tinnitus is indeed a chronic condition that has nothing to do with loud ‘80s cover bands in small clubs. And it’s not just ringing.

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EAZE INSIGHTS | 2019 State of Cannabis report (California)

Cannabis Law Report

In 2019, California cannabis consumers continued to learn about and turn to cannabis to address their various needs. To provide a picture of California’s legal cannabis marketplace, we’ve aggregated our proprietary data to illustrate the behavior of over half a million cannabis consumers who purchased via the Eaze platform in 2019.

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Pennsylvania’s Medical Cannabis Board Rejects Requests to Expand State’s List of Qualifying Conditions

SpeedWeed

As normalization continues to spread, 49% of Americans 18 years and older said they have tried cannabis—a 4% increase from 2019 and 2017—according to results from Gallup’s annual Consumption Habits poll conducted July 6-21. The percentage of U.S. adults who have tried cannabis is the highest it has ever been. View original article.

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Nevada: Reform Efforts are Still Alive

NORML

Even though cannabis has been recreationally legal in the Battle Born State for nearly two years and Sin City has become a greenish gold mine of legal cannabis, many problems and societal penalties still arise with the use of it; no social consumption lounges being among the most glaring.

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New Data Reveals Legal States Experienced Fewer Cases of EVALI

Veriheal

In 2019 the E-cigarette or Vaping-Use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) outbreak was responsible for putting thousands of people in the hospital. The Popularity of Vaping as a Consumption Method. Many blame an agent called vitamin E acetate , while one study has pointed to a terpene called phytol as the main culprit.

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