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Medicinal Cannabis Use Approved in French Polynesia

Veriheal

The people of French Polynesia can now legally use medicinal cannabis following the local assembly’s approval of a consumption law. A total of 20 opposition members voted against French Polynesia’s medicinal cannabis law. French Polynesia’s Medicinal Cannabis Law May Be Challenged in France .

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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. The use of cannabis as a therapeutic and medicinal aid is widely supported.

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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. “It Meanwhile, 17,492 patients with non-defined chronic medical conditions were the second most common. 19, when the second annual report was published. “I

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 3/1/18

NORML

In Congress this week Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), introduced The Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and incentivize states to end the racially disparate criminalization of marijuana consumers. CO resident? GA resident?

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What Does Cannabis Legalization Look Like in the UK?

Veriheal

African, Asian, American, European, and other countries have all been following the global cannabis movement, whether for recreational or medicinal purposes. Despite that, the following punishments have been handed out for cannabis-related consumption or possession. As a result, the UK proposed medicinal cannabis regulations in 2018.

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Cannabis co-evolution: are we hardwired to use cannabis?

The Cannigma

Moreover cannabis has been used medicinally and recreationally for thousands of years. 5 William O’Shaughnessy, a medical doctor who had practiced medicine in british-occupied India, is credited as the first to bring medical cannabis over to Europe. But of course, cannabis is not solely used as medicine.

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Is weed legal in Norway?

The Cannigma

Regardless, minor cannabis violations like consumption or possession are typically punished with a simple fine. Since 2018, the Norwegian Medicines Agency allows doctors approved by the agency to prescribe medical cannabis for patients on a case-by-case basis. A survey of 102 physicians in 2019 found that 44.1% In addition, 29.2%