NORML

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

SB1719 allows “registered agents” for those patients physically unable to pick up or receive delivery of their medical cannabis, like those in hospice, assisted living facilities, and those who rely on home healthcare providers. “It is comforting to know I will still be able to send my husband to get the medicine I need.”

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As medicinal and recreational cannabis legalization continues to sweep across the United States, a recent study paints a concerning portrait of many states denying or restricting medical marijuana (MMJ) access. Why Do MMJ Patients Use Cannabis? How Do MMJ Restrictions Affect Patients and Doctors?

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

For terminally ill patients living out their final days, cannabis can make a world of difference –but they’ve traditionally faced barriers attempting to use the plant medicine in hospital settings. The stack of scientific studies supporting the medical benefits of cannabis grows larger by the year. 28 when Gov.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Senior Associate, David Hardstaff and Partner, John Binns of BCL Solicitors LLP , explore the UK’s doomed Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill. For UK-based patients struggling to access much needed cannabis-based medicines, it has been difficult to be heard over the white noise of the daily news cycle.

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Veriheal

JUNE 11, 2021

As a cannabis coach, I talk to many people who are seeking information about cannabis to improve their health and their lifestyle. Through these conversations, I am able to capture first-hand stories about how current cannabis policy impacts their lives – both positively and negatively.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 14, 2020

Over the past decade, there has been an increasing demand for access to medicinal cannabis by patients and their families. As the social and political … Read More.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Those suffering from chronic pain report significant improvements in health following the passage of medical cannabis access laws, according to data published in the journal Forum for Health Economics & Policy. Among state-licensed medical cannabis registrants, two out of three report consuming cannabis to mitigate pain conditions.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Yet, even in the majority of states where medical cannabis is legal, VA physicians are prohibited by federal law from filling out a state-legal medical marijuana recommendation form. Research published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs found a 75% reduction in Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Scale scores following cannabis therapy.

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Americans for Safe Access

APRIL 15, 2021

Cannabis was listed as a Schedule I substance, a category for “drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse”; this is a stricter classification than even raw opium, which is Schedule II. Now, two-thirds of Americans live in states where medical cannabis is legal.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 18, 2023

Cannabiz Australia reports Cook Islanders could have access to imported medicinal cannabis products as early as next month and certainly before the end of the year according to the country’s health secretary Bob Williams.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

While most of the recent media conversation around cannabis and the Super Bowl surrounded the ability for a medical marijuana company’s attempt to air an advertisement, one of the issues raised by various NORML members over the last few weeks has been more focused on the actual well-being of the players themselves.

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Leafly

MARCH 6, 2020

The United Kingdom loosened draconian import rules on medical cannabis products Monday, allowing licensed wholesalers to bring in much larger quantities of cannabis flower and oil, and at a greatly reduced cost. It also […].

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Veriheal

MAY 30, 2023

A new 2023 study published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care suggests that cannabis could be the answer millions of cancer patients have been looking for. of the patients reported pain as their primary motivation for obtaining a medicinal cannabis prescription. years between May 2015 and October 2018. Interestingly, 72.5%

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Nobody can be surprised by this state of affairs in Australia… the govt would hand out prescriptions to go and sit in a room full of pokies before a cannabis prescription. Revealed: how injured and sick workers are being denied access to medicinal cannabis subsidies. Read full article – paywall.

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Cannabis Chronicles

MAY 22, 2019

SPOKANE — Researchers at Washington State University are teaming up with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in an effort to chart the tribe’s outcomes prescribing medicinal marijuana to patients. Some of the outcomes we’re interested in looking at, is what kind of cannabis are they using?

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NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Today, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act , to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

KEY POINTS Demand for medicinal cannabis is booming seven years on from legalisation. It’s been seven years since medicinal cannabis was legalised in Australia, yet debate over its usage, efficacy, availability, and cost continues. Doctors say scientific evidence to support its use is still lacking.

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The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Dueling press releases over medical cannabis fees show the continuing, contentious relationship between a medical cannabis producer and the New Mexico Department of Health. Continue reading Cannabis producer says state is pricing out smaller producers, limiting access to medicine at The NM Political Report.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

BCL Senior Associate, David Hardstaff and Partner, John Binns write for Open Access Government exploring the UK’s doomed Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill. For UK-based patients struggling to access much needed cannabis-based medicines, it has been difficult to be heard over the white noise of the daily news cycle.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The organization has, they say, ……evaluated patient access, affordability, equity, and product safety. With a decline in legislative improvements in state medical cannabis programs, millions of patients are left with limited or no access,” ASA Executive Director Debbie Churgai said. “It Pennsylvania State Rep.

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Veriheal

MAY 15, 2023

In 2016, North Dakota voters approved a medical cannabis ballot. Mary Schneider (D) cleared the House in an 86-6 vote this March, allowing terminally ill patients to use proof of their admittance in hospice care in lieu of a doctor’s written recommendation to register as a medical cannabis patient. Doug Burgum (R).

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 22, 2023

New research from the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative finds most Australians are still medicating with illicit cannabis, although numbers accessing prescription products have risen dramatically. The results were recently published in Harm Reduction […]

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 23, 2021

In Peru , Congress approved a bill that will allow the self-cultivation of medicinal cannabis and associative cultivation regulated by the State. Thus, with 100 votes in favor, zero against and four abstentions , the legislators expanded the scope of Law 30681, which regulates medical cannabis since 2017.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Our families and communities are suffering, and we urgently need access to preventative and curative medicines and medical care that is safe and effective. These ground-breaking treatments offer therapeutic access to either psilocybin (the active ingredient in ‘magic mushrooms’) or MDMA, a synthetic medicine.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 10, 2021

Here’s the announcement just in… The Government remains committed to continuing patient access to prescribed medicinal cannabis products and has… Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 2, 2021

These are the hoops you have to go through in Australia.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 15, 2020

ABC News Australia reports… In a secret location near Swan Hill, an organic trial crop of medicinal cannabis has been growing out in the paddock … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Politico reports A Russian man appealing an asylum rejection in the Netherlands on the grounds that he would lose access to medicinal cannabis if he returned to Russia has won his case.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 25, 2022

May 25, 2022 – SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)’s Senate Bill 1186 , which restores voter-created access to medicinal cannabis across the state by requiring cities to provide patients access to purchase medicinal cannabis by delivery, passed the Senate with a unanimous bipartisan vote.

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MMJ Recs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Mountain State’s journey to legalizing medical marijuana has been a transformative one, and it marks a new era for MMJ access in West Virginia. This act has opened the doors to legal MMJ access for eligible patients, offering an alternative approach to managing their health.

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Puff Puff Post

JUNE 5, 2019

For most cultures, the use of cannabis as a medicine can be traced back to thousands of years ago. The Canadian government paid less attention to cannabis having medicinal properties, and added it to a list of restricted drugs under the Opium and Narcotic act in 1923. Legalization of medical use.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 4, 2022

People on the Isle of Man with private prescriptions for medicinal cannabis could soon be able to access the products through a local pharmacy. A public consultation in 2019 showed strong support for access to the products to be made available. Read more at [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 24, 2022

Here’s what they say – nothing that any cannabis user hasn’t know since the 19080’s ! Results from the third Cannabis as Medicine study. The survey found 37 percent of respondents had received a legal prescription for medicinal cannabis – a significant increase from the 2.5 25 August 2022.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Open Access Govt Reports The results are in – The UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) published… Read More.

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Medicinal Genomics

AUGUST 17, 2021

Medicinal Genomics Corp. MGC), a pioneer in harnessing cannabis genomics to improve the agricultural productivity, safety, and transparency of cannabis, today announced that AOAC International has approved its PathoSEEK® 5-Color Aspergillus Multiplex Assays with SenSATIVAx Extraction for cannabis flower and infused edibles.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

End of Medicinal Cannabis Scheme transitional arrangements for existing products on 30 September 2021. From 1 October 2021, all medicinal cannabis products (imported and manufactured in New Zealand) must be verified as meeting the medicinal cannabis quality standards before they can be supplied in New Zealand.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

With this Australian government, poll results like this will just encourage them to curb public access and see it as a way of creating an export-based pharma market that will enrich the few and benefit virtually nobody at home.

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