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The Evolution of Medical Marijuana: From Stigma to Acceptance in the US

MMJ Recs

Discover how legalization and regulation have influenced access and usage, and learn about the latest research and medical applications. Conversely, some states opted for more conservative medical-only programs, tightly regulating patient access and product availability.

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Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes

The Cannigma

We’ve got our regular segment with our Co-produces on this podcast with Americans for Safe Access. Also because I had access to so much cannabis and I’d really become obsessed with finding the best cultivators in California. So you look at these studies on CBD and epilepsy, I mean they’re not taking ten milligrams.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. Patients can legally access medicinal cannabis through a doctor, via the TGA’s Authorised Prescribers and Special Access schemes.

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Is Europe falling behind?

The Cannigma

The Cannabis Enigma podcast is a co-production of The Cannigma and Americans for Safe Access. You’ve had this conversation in the US for over 20 years in some states so it’s not as if suddenly overnight, people have woken up to the discussion of cannabis and cannabis legalization and cannabis access. Music by Desca.

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Cannabis in Israel, with Itai Rogel

The Cannigma

The Cannabis Enigma is a co-production of The Cannigma and Americans for Safe Access. EG: Yeah, definitely. We’ve got our regular segment with Americans for Safe Access. We have autism and epilepsy. It’s actually making decisions, what is the definition of the product? Music by Desca.

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NORML Chapter Newsletter – April 2019

NORML

David Phipps, communications director of Indiana Norml, said CBD oil can help with epilepsy, noting cases where some child patients went from over 100 seizures a day to near zero when they started taking CBD.” David Phipps, Communications Director, Indiana NORML. “PTSD is not the only neurological disorder CBD can assist with.

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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

While patients won’t be rolling up joints full of pungent flower, they can still access oils, tinctures, lozenges, inhalers, topicals, and pills packed with non-intoxicating CBD or THC-A, the acidic precursor of THC. These were moms and dads and grandparents of children [with intractable epilepsy] who were using medical cannabis oils.

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