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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions.

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How Inflation is Affecting Cannabis: Prices, Closures, and the Job Market

Veriheal

states with Adult-Use and recreational cannabis markets generate huge amounts of tax revenue from recreational sales. Last year, the price of an eighth of weed ranged from about $25 to $60 in s tates with a legal recreational Adult-Use market. This windfall shows no signs of slowing down either.

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The Rise of Anti-Legalization Efforts

Veriheal

The legalization of weed for adults 21 and over has opened the floodgates, prompting 24 states to establish their own recreational, adult-use laws. ” SAM is a prominent opponent of legalization by individual states, as well as federal efforts to legalize and provide access.

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Will Texas Ban Hemp Products?

Veriheal

While Texas still prohibits recreational marijuana, it operates a medical marijuana program that has gradually expanded. THC, and effectively restricts access to THC products exclusively to the states Low THC medical program. Now, state lawmakers aim to ban most of them, citing concerns over abuse and public safety. billion in 2025.

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Dispensary Spotlight: Curaleaf Worth

Illinois News Joint

The retail store opened in 2021 and serves registered medical patients and recreational consumers. For a live medical and recreational menu, visit here. Curaleaf’s medical and recreational dispensary in Worth, Illinois, is conveniently located at 11425 S. Curaleaf Worth is located at 11425 S. Harlem Ave. Harlem Ave.,

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When adult-use eclipses medical: How recreational cannabis legalization has undermined patient care

The Cannigma

Over time, advocates for medical cannabis reform successfully established regulated systems that prioritized patient access and well-being (The Guardian, 2018; American Journal of Managed Care [AJMC], 2022). Dispensaries now prioritize high-THC offerings such as flowers, edibles, concentrates, and vapes to cater to recreational users.

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Ask The Green Nurse is Celebrating Liberation: What 4/20 & the 4th of July Have in Common?

The Cannigma

Cromwell, 2021; Liebman, 2016). Cannabis remains federally restricted, and people continue to face incarceration, stigma, and inequitable access despite growing public support and legalization across many states. True freedom means having the right to choose plant medicine for healing or recreating without fear or punishment.