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Doctors Get New Clinical Guidelines for Managing Chronic Pain With Cannabis, Courtesy of Canadian Researchers

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Chronic pain —a condition that affects 50.2 Nonetheless, guidelines pertaining to the use of cannabis-based treatments for chronic pain relief have been somewhat hazy…up until now. New guidelines for cannabis in chronic pain were recently published by a group of Canadian researchers.

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Video & Article: Can truck drivers use CBD? All you need to know about cannabis, hemp, testing and the clearinghouse

Cannabis Law Report

Across the country, more and more states are decriminalizing and outright legalizing marijuana, and meanwhile CBD, an extract of industrial hemp plants, a legal cousin to marijuana, has emerged as an effective treatment for everything from chronic pain to anxiety and sleep disorders. .

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Cannabis News & Research 3/5/21

Nature's Way Medicine

Law makers voted 21-8 to allow doctors to approve cannabis for patients for conditions like anxiety, nausea, chronic pain, and sleep disorders. This is a great step forward for Alabama since sleep disorders is allowed to be treated with cannabis. The bill still has to pass the House of Representatives to become law.

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Cannabis as Medicine: 101

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As of October 17 th 2018, the Canadian government has decriminalized recreational use of cannabis under legislative bill C-45, also known as the Cannabis Act. This legislative was known as the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations , or simply the ACMPR. Legalization of recreational use. The “Entourage Effect”.

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Thailand Decriminalizes Kratom in Amended Narcotics Act

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2522 (1972), effectively decriminalizing the consumption, production, disposal, import, export, and possession of kratom, for any purpose and in any quantity or form, effective August 24, 2021. 9] Some people take it for managing chronic pain , for treating opioid withdrawal symptoms, or for recreational purposes. [3]

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Medical Pot on Campus: Colleges Say No and Face Lawsuits

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Sheida Assar said she was expelled from GateWay Community College in Phoenix last month for violating the school’s drug policy after she tested positive for marijuana, which she uses to treat chronic pain from polycystic ovary syndrome. “They escorted me to the administration like I was a … criminal.

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The Endocannabinoid System-History, Health and Why We Feel High

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As of October 17th 2018, the Canadian government has decriminalized recreational use of cannabis under legislative bill C-45, also known as the Cannabis Act. Sleeping aid. Pain relief, muscle relaxant. Pain relief, muscle relaxant. Acute and chronic pain (i.e. Improving mood and regulating sleep (i.e.

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