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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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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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Answer of the Day for Aug 24, 2022

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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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How Do I Get My Iowa MMJ Card In 2022?

MMJ Recs

Today, we’ll go through the process of how to get a medical marijuana card in Iowa in 2022. Initially, when the Iowa MMJ program was introduced, patients were limited to low-THC preparations. This changed in 2020, and Iowa now allows patients access to higher-THC preparations. So, how do I get my Iowa MMJ card in 2022?

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Answer of the Day for Jul 10, 2022

TheAnswerPage

Chronic pain was the most common qualifying condition for receiving medical cannabis in 2020 in the US. What percentage of patients reported chronic pain as their qualifying condition? In 2020, nearly 61% of the patients enrolled in a medical cannabis program reported chronic pain as the qualifying condition.

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Answer of the Day for Mar 22, 2022

TheAnswerPage

One of the most common physical conditions for which patients are certified to receive medical marijuana is chronic pain. Have any randomized controlled trials (RCT) evaluated the efficacy of marijuana to treat pain? 30% reduction in pain scores. Baltimore (MD): Johns Hopkins University; 2022 Jan 24.

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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.