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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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Luxembourg facing three types of medicinal cannabis bottlenecks / shortages

Cannabis Law Report

Health minister Paulette Lenert (LSAP) responded to a parliamentary question that the country was facing three types of medicinal cannabis bottlenecks. Firstly, there was a peak in consumption up to April 2021. Initially, Aurora supplied the medicines, a Canadian firm that was replaced in 2019 by Canopy Growth-Spectrum Pharmaceutics.

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Research Finds That Legalized Cannabis Does Not Increase Youth Use

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A federally funded study on the effects of adult-use legalization looked at data on middle schoolers in New Mexico and Nevada between 2017 and 2019. During this period, recreational cannabis was legal in Nevada, and medicinal cannabis was legal in New Mexico. percent in 2019. percent in 2017 to 13.3 percent to 8.9 percent to 17.4

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2019: A High-storic Year for Nevada NORML Chapters

NORML

When the state legislators pulled the plug on the plans of cannabis consumption lounges guaranteed by the Las Vegas city council vote, almost 40 volunteers showed up to protest the Legislature’s disregard for consumer rights at the entrance of the Grant Sawyer Building. In 2019, NORML drastically increased our online presence.

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New Zealand: Medicinal cannabis products that meet the minimum quality standard – Statement

Cannabis Law Report

Medicinal cannabis products that meet the minimum quality standard. The Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) set the minimum quality standard that medicinal cannabis products and ingredients must meet before they can be supplied in New Zealand.

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Medicinal cannabis users in the UK could be unfairly criminalised as study finds failures in roadside drug testing

Cannabis Law Report

The double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial took place over two years between 2017 and 2019 at the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California. hours after consumption. hours after consumption. Further simulator tests were given at 30 minutes, 1.5, hours after smoking.