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Mississippi Becomes 37th State to Legalize Medical Cannabis With a Law that Provides Limited Access to Patients

Americans for Safe Access

In November 2020, Mississippi voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot initiative (74.1% Patients across the state should have equitable access to this treatment option and should not be burdened by localities that wrongly choose to opt out of the law. ASA strongly opposes both of these provisions.

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Marijuana Legalization Linked to Decline in Youth Drug Treatment Admissions

CannaMD

Researchers from Temple University sought to find out how recreational marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado influenced adolescent treatment admissions for cannabis. MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION & YOUTH DRUG TREATMENT ADMISSIONS. Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize recreational cannabis use in 2012.

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Best Cannabis Disorder Treatment: More Cannabis (Study)

CannaMD

Yet these conversations have become increasingly animated in light of a recent study, when scientists in 2020 discovered a promising new cure for problematic cannabis use. Cannabis Use Disorder: 2020 Study. Cannabidiol could offer a novel treatment, [and] could help people to quit in an acceptable treatment format.

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Canada Opens Access for Psilocybin and MDMA Therapy

Cannabis Law Report

Subsection 56(1) of the CDSA will exempt medical providers from enforcement of the CDSA when providing psilocybin and MDMA treatment to patients suffering serious or terminal health conditions. In January 2022, the FDR statute was amended to give healthcare professionals access to restricted drugs through SAP.

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Press Release: Cannabis Patient Care™ and Americans for Safe Access Form Partnership

Cannabis Law Report

Cannabis Patient Care™ launched in November 2020 and has already made a big impression in the medical cannabis community due to the quality of its content and the important message behind each issue,” said Mike Hennessy Jr. ASA was founded in 2002 as a vehicle for patients to advocate for the acceptance of cannabis as medicine.

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CDC Seeks Public Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management

NORML

CDC invites comments specifically on topics focused on using or prescribing opioid pain medications, non-opioid medications, or non-pharmacological treatments.” ” Among pain patients enrolled in medical cannabis access programs, most subjects report eventually decreasing or even eliminating their use of opiates.

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FDA Expands Epidiolex Access for Those with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Veriheal

Up until March 2020, CBD was lumped in with cannabis as a Schedule I substance—highly addictive and with no accepted medical uses. The FDA Adds a New Condition for Treatment. Soon, we hope to see cannabis-based treatment options made available for people managing a much wider variety of health conditions.

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