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Microdosing Cannabis in Miami: What It Is and How It Might Help

LifeCannMD

Fernando Fandio-Sende, LifeCannMD After thirty years practicing medicine and specializing as a Miami cannabis doctor , I’ve had countless conversations with patients who tell me the same thing: “Doctor, I want to try medical marijuana , but I’m scared of getting too high.”

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

The Cannigma

The cannabis movement began with a mission rooted in compassion—dedicated to providing relief for patients suffering from severe conditions such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, epilepsy, and chronic pain. It’s frustrating—they’ve completely overlooked patients like me.” Consider Olivia’s story.

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The Good, The Bad, and the Disappointing: Takeaways of the 2022 State of the States Report

Americans for Safe Access

In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that one in three Americans are utilizing medical cannabis to manage chronic pain, all but two U.S. After 25 years of the state cannabis policy experiments, there is no denying that the national acceptance of cannabis has changed.

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Study Finds That Medical Marijuana Patient Registration Has Grown More Than 600% Since 2016

Veriheal

million patients in 2022, a sharp increase from the 3.1 While there have been some drops in medical patient registration in states with adult-use (recreational) programs, pandemic-era programs also directly attributed to part of the increase in patient registration.

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Answer of the Day for Aug 24, 2022

TheAnswerPage

A June 2022 research study conducted in Ontario Canada (where cannabis-based medicine is legal at the federal level), assessed how chronic pain patients view the use of cannabis-based products for medicinal purposes. Do you think that most patients viewed cannabinoid-based therapeutics as an effective pain remedy?

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Every Maryland Dispensary That MMJ Patients Need To Know

MMJ Recs

By the end of 2018 there were almost 60,000 patients, and nearly $100 million had been taken in the first year of sales. It is projected that there will soon be over 200,000 registered medical marijuana patients in Maryland. Severe or chronic pain. The program continues to grow in popularity. Let’s dive in! Severe nausea.

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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

No single drug yet exists to address all of the disease’s effects on the body, which can include widespread aches and pains, sleeplessness, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. Instead, patients turn to a mix of whatever individual medications, therapies, and lifestyle changes (especially exercise) help ease symptoms and improve quality of life.

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