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Australia – Policy Analysis: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy – “there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications”

Cannabis Law Report

We conclude that in medical-only access models there is little evidence to justify the differential treatment of medicinal cannabis patients, compared with those taking other prescription medications with potentially impairing effects. Road safety. Access to treatment. Daniel Perkins a b Hugh Brophy a Iain S. Medicinal cannabis.

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Policy Analysis Paper: Medicinal cannabis and driving: the intersection of health and road safety policy

Cannabis Law Report

Road safety risks associated with medicinal cannabis appear similar or lower than numerous other potentially impairing prescription medications. The Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia. methadone) demonstrate a feasible alternative approach.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/22/20

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Update : Hb 1343 is scheduled for a Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Executive Session at 1pm on 3/3/20 in Legislative Office Building 204. The bill would allow qualifying patients to access all the alternative treatment centers instead of having to designate just one. NH resident? NH resident? OK resident? OK resident?

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Benefits of Cannabis for Alzheimer’s disease

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Patient associations estimate that we’ll have around 1,5 million people suffering from Alzheimer in Spain by 2050. Although a balanced nutrition – and regular brain stimulation – can have protective and preventive effects , we still don’t have any effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease once it is active.

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10 THINGS THE ELDERLY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA

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According to a new report, An Aging World: 2015 this percentage is projected to jump to nearly 18 percent of the world’s population by 2050. Marijuana has many healing properties, that many miss out on because of preconceived notions of the safety of the drug. Today, more than 8 percent of people worldwide are aged 65 and over.