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Career Horizons: 7 Non-Clinical Health Care Jobs to Pursue in 2024 and Beyond

United Patients Group

As we move forward into 2024 and beyond, the sector offers diverse paths beyond direct patient care. These roles complement healthcare practitioners’ vital work and shape the future of healthcare delivery, policy, and administration. Adverse drug events (ADEs) affect approximately 7 per 100 hospitalized patients.

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Another Tory Says Let’s Get A Move On With Cannabis – UK’s drug policy is “hopelessly out of date,”

Cannabis Law Report

In an opinion piece published in The Times today , Conservative MP Dan Poulter, a practising NHS doctor, wrote that the drug has a lot of medical benefits – including the treatment of chronic pain, reduction of nausea for patients undergoing chemotherapy, and as a therapy for poor sleep and anxiety disorders.

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Washington State Eliminates Medical Cannabis Taxation

Canna Law Blog

Qualifying patients and providers are exempt from the general and local sales and use taxes on the sale of cannabis products compliant with the Department of Health (“DOH”) but have continued to be subject to the 37% excise tax, until now. The bill now waits for signatures and executive action to become law.

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Jim Belushi to speak at Illinois Cannabis Convention

Illinois News Joint

After finishing its Boston conference, NECANN has now shifted to the 2024 Illinois Cannabis Convention. Attendees to the Illinois Cannabis Convention patients, entrepreneurs, people just curious about cannabis, and more. The 4 th annual NECANN convention is set for May 31-June 1. Friday and Saturday.

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California Awards $12 Million In Local Cannabis Equity Grants To Repair Drug War Harms

Canna Law Blog

Proposition 64, passed a few years later, lacked any discussion addressing the damage caused by past policies. However, with social equity becoming a prominent topic in the cannabis industry, California officials have started investing significantly in social equity policies.

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Europe’s Cannabis-Friendly Hotspots Could Trigger an Economic Shift 

Veriheal

In Germany, legal recreational cannabis sales are slated to launch by the end of 2024. Although regulations are still being hashed out for the market, which will see consumers buy their bud from licensed dispensaries, analysts foresee sales reaching €170 million ($187 million) in 2024 before reaching €1 billion ($1.1 billion) by 2027.

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Top 4/20 Celebrations Across the United States

Veriheal

This festival includes both amazing music and a Policy Summit featuring “the voices of activists and advocacy partners, cannabis experts, community leaders, lawmakers, and veterans’ groups.” This free event is a fundraiser for the Patient Fund and an awesome concert (lineup to be announced!). It’s the place to be!