Americans for Safe Access

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While preparing this report, it was impossible to overlook the immense amount of work that patient advocates and state policy makers have undertaken to create these medical cannabis programs, and the daunting challenges still facing them.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 5, 2023

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported December 2022 medical cannabis sales totals. were the most medical cannabis sales since April 2022 ($31,774,180.50). However, the overall 2022 yearly total sales of $353,601,178.56 IDPH has the 2022 yearly sales totals listed at $353,601,178.56. ILNJ graphic.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

December 2022, I published a 6-part series titled, “What Illinois cannabis patients really want” to start a dialogue about the large gap between patients’ needs, wishes, concerns, and recommendation for improving the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP) and the actual amendments to the law legislators have introduced.

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Americans for Safe Access

MARCH 1, 2022

The issue of adulterants in cannabis vape products has once again resurfaced as the Pennsylvania Office of Medical Marijuana issued a notice to medical cannabis patients on February 4, 2022 advising them of a recall of over 500 different products containing substances not suitable for inhalation.

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Project CBD

JUNE 20, 2023

In a newly published survey of 162 IBD patients in Puerto Rico, where medical cannabis is legal but recreational use is punishable with prison time , about 25% anonymously reported using cannabis to treat their symptoms. Findings from another recent survey of New York and Minnesota medical cannabis dispensary patients were similar.

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 5, 2023

The record-breaking month pushed Illinois’ sales totals for 2022 passed the 1.55 December total out-of-state resident sales reached $41,439,616.92, which finished only behind July 2022 total of $43,503,289.06. The 2022 sales totals of $1,552,324,820.37 2022 Totals: $1,552,324,820.37. billion mark at $1,552,324,820.37.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Under the plan, patients in the state’s medical access program will be able to purchase marijuana-infused gummies or other similar chewable products beginning on August 1, 2022. Currently, qualified patients are only permitted to obtain cannabis products in the form of pills, extracts, tinctures, lozenges, or powdered mixtures.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We are honored to present the five recipients of Veriheal’s 2022 Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship. Producing cannabinoids with yeast would reduce environmental impact drastically while also lowering costs for medical cannabis patients. These bright innovators will receive $5,000 each to be used toward college tuition and fees.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

On July 6, 2022, Washington, D.C. The Medical Marijuana Self-Certification Temporary Amendment Act of 2022 currently permits D.C. This 90-day amendment expired in May 2022; however, seniors retain the self-certification option through the emergency law now in effect. A Temporary Triumph for Medical Cannabis Patients.

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Veriheal

APRIL 11, 2024

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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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A state district judge last week ordered RLD, the New Mexico Department of Health and the governor’s office to either change their policy for medical cannabis patient purchase amounts or present a compelling argument for not doing so. For years, New Mexico cannabis patients have been limited to 230 “units” in a rolling 90-day period.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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. However, Maryland voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in November 2022.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 3, 2022

With the growing acceptance and legalization of cannabis, the pharmaceutical industry is taking serious hits, according to a 2022 novel study into the impact of cannabis legalization on pharmaceutical firms. Why Patients Are Choosing MMJ Over Pharmaceuticals. Where allowed, patients can also cut costs by growing their own supply.

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NORML

APRIL 11, 2022

Includes eliminating the requirement that patients register with the Board of Pharmacy after receiving their written certification from a registered practitioner. The post Virginia: Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation to Improve Medical Cannabis Program appeared first on NORML.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

That news comes via AL.com , which said that the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has been in discussions with state legislators “about changing the date to allow cultivators to be licensed sooner, by no later than early 2022.”. The post Medical Marijuana Cultivators in Alabama to Start Planting in 2022 | appeared first on SpeedWeed.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Effective January 1, 2022, most Philadelphia employers will be prohibited from requiring prospective employees to undergo testing for the presence of marijuana as a condition of employment. Currently, only New York City and Nevada have similar drug testing restrictions, but we expect this trend to continue.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With legalization, patients and consumers have more freedom in product choice, and many are turning to homegrown cannabis. As of July 2022, 38 states in America have legalized medical cannabis, and 19 states and the District of Columbia have established recreational cannabis programs. Cultivation Costs for Homegrowers.

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Project CBD

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Instead, patients turn to a mix of whatever individual medications, therapies, and lifestyle changes (especially exercise) help ease symptoms and improve quality of life. 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.

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Peninsula Alternative Health

MARCH 22, 2023

On November 8th, 2022, Maryland passed a new law legalizing recreational cannabis use for adults 21 and older, opening up a whole new industry for the state. Here is a closer look at what legal cannabis may look like for patients and marijuana users in the state of Maryland. This applies to both medical and adult-use cannabis.

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TheAnswerPage

AUGUST 23, 2022

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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TheAnswerPage

JULY 7, 2022

According to an anonymous, cross-sectional online survey conducted in May 2021 that involved 2,697 adult Canadian federally-authorized medical cannabis patients, many patients substituted cannabis-based products for pharmaceutical drugs. J Cannabis Res 4, 32 (2022). What percentage used cannabis-based products as a substitute?

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In case you were wondering, self-certification has increased the number of medical cannabis patients – there’s been a 90% jump since October 2021. Note to out-of-towners: many of the attractions you may wish to visit sit on federal property, and marijuana is still illegal there.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 30, 2022

Patients would no longer need a special government permit and could get a prescription from their doctor. A 2020 drive gathered sufficient signatures, but was deemed to contain more than one subject and tossed off the ballot. switzerland. Businesses welcome the change, believing that it will allow them to expand their offerings.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 27, 2022

High Court rejects petition asking to allow patients to grow cannabis at home. This morning the judges of the High Court rejected the petition submitted by 8 patients demanding to allow them and the other holders of the license to use cannabis to grow the cannabis themselves, in their home, for their personal use.

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Project CBD

APRIL 26, 2023

“Due to its excellent tolerability and promising efficacy … and its innovative new mechanisms of action, we decided to offer a respective treatment with cannabidiol to [the] patient,” they write. 10 And a 2022 study showed that CBD treatment improved both glucose metabolism and memory in a rat model of Alzheimer’s Disease.

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Leafwell

JANUARY 31, 2022

Did you miss any of the educational blogs about medical cannabis and what it means to be a medical marijuana patient in the US? Here’s our round-up of the best article we published in January 2022.

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Americans for Safe Access

JULY 22, 2024

For immediate release: Media Briefing on the Next Steps of the Rescheduling Process July 22, 2024, 1 pm ET Zoom Conference: Please go to the bottom of this page for the Zoom sign-in link.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Cops in Kansas made a terminally ill cancer patient’s last days a little less cheerful. Greg Bretz of Kansas was a 69-year-old terminally ill cancer patient who recently lost his battle with cancer. In mid-December 2022, a hospital staff member contacted authorities regarding Bretz vaping cannabis inside his hospital room.

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 4, 2023

Medical cannabis sales for 2023 started well below the 2022 and 2021 monthly totals. In contrast, January and February 2022 totals reached $29,686,123.47 Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 62,335 unique patients, who purchased 1,126,300 grams of dry cannabis. Monthly Totals for 2022: January: $29,686,123.47

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 9, 2025

The 2023 totals dropped nearly $29 million from the 2022 totals of $353,601,178.56. The 2022 totals dropped more than $8 million from 2021 totals of $361,824,413.03. Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 59,441 unique patients, who purchased 1,308,958 grams of dry cannabis. Monthly Totals for 2022: January: $29,686,123.47

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The Cannigma

JULY 12, 2022

Roll out of the program has been slow, and as of June 2022, there were still no doctors certified to issue prescriptions, no licensed dispensaries, and no legal farming of cannabis products. As of June 2022, there is no way for medical patients to obtain a cannabis prescription or get medication. Possible penalties for cannabis.

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CannaMD

AUGUST 26, 2022

On August 26, 2022, the Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) sent a directive to certifying physicians regarding a new milligram cap scheduled to go into effective on August 29, 2022. As Florida’s leading network of medical marijuana physicians, CannaMD has summarized everything patients need to know.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Cannabis may be on the 2022 ballot in Nebraska. And finally, veterinarians in Nevada can now prescribe CBD to their patients. Could cannabis be on the 2022 ballot in Nebraska? In Nevada, veterinarians will soon be able to discuss and prescribe cannabidiol with their patients patients’ owners. and finally.

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Project CBD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

11 A separate paper, published in February 2022, analyzed the CBD content of 11 commercially available CBD oils and found that only four (36.4%) matched the amount stated on the label. Available at: [link] Accessed October 17, 2022. Accessed October 17, 2022. February 2, 2022. Accessed October 17, 2022. Stanley TL.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 4, 2025

Licensed medical cannabis dispensaries served 56,847 unique patients, who purchased 1,298,645 grams of dry cannabis. Monthly Totals for 2022: January: $29,686,123.47 2022 Yearly Total: $324,792,664.73 Retail sales of medical cannabis for March totaled $10,816,859.45 in dry flower and $11,291,256.40 February: $19,748,199.87

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Starting January 1st, 2022 , every insurance provider in Colombia , is now mandated to cover the costs of high and low THC medical cannabis prescriptions. Significantly improves the current insurance coverage process, simplifying the procedure and reducing approval times for patients to obtain insurance coverage across the country.

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The Cannigma

AUGUST 1, 2022

The state is still a full cannabis prohibition state after a bill to create a medical program was stalled in the state House in July 2022. Prior to the passage of the 208 Farm Bill, North Carolina legalized CB D oil for patients with epilepsy. There is no legal medical or recreational cannabis program in North Carolina.

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