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2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of expanded decriminalization.
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Meanwhile, a decriminalization bill was defeated in the Virginia House this week. Legislation is pending, House Bill 1540, to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.
Senate Bill 19-013 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. House Bill 19-1028 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy to those diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.
In an even larger trend, the health care provider community seems to be exploring various alternative therapies and emerging medicines to improve quality of care. Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine.
In Texas, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence passed a marijuana decriminalization bill out of committee this week. House Bill 19-1028 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy to those diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Click here to email your lawmakers in support of decriminalization.
Medical marijuana is effective at helping with a wide range of physical and mental health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , anxiety, chronicpain, and more. Countless veterans suffer from these ailments, and, as such, are pushing for access to as many treatments and therapies as possible.
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Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized. Cannabis has been decriminalized in the Netherlands since 1976. But the countless tourist encounters along the canals of the capital don’t tell the whole story. Cannabis is actually illegal in the Netherlands unless it is purchased and consumed on-site at a coffee shop.
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Efforts to Move Medical Marijuana Forward House Bill 218, also known as the Texas Marijuana Decriminalization Bill, was introduced in the Texas House of Representatives in 2021. The post Texas Is Attempting to Combat Its Opioid Crisis With Medical Cannabis appeared first on Cannabis Central.
Decriminalization occurred last year in Denver, Oakland and Santa Cruz, and that was just a start: nearly 100 other cities are looking at decriminalizing psychedelics. Federally, legislation has been proposed to allow research into psychedelic drugs, alongside calls for decriminalization.
In an even larger trend, the health care provider community seems to be exploring various alternative therapies and emerging medicines to improve quality of care. Recently, the decriminalization of psilocybin (by various cities) has been in the news as an emerging medicine.
Common challenges that veterans face include chronicpain, PTSD, depression, insomnia, traumatic brain injury, broken bones, and musculoskeletal ailments. With the increasing decriminalization of medical cannabis, more and more military veterans have turned to the plant for help. Is Medical Cannabis Legal?
From Hawaii to California to Maine, elected representatives proposed bills that would allow for the study of psychedelic substances in the treatment of mental health conditions and others that would decriminalize psychedelic drugs at the state level. Statewide Legislation. California. The bill remains in committee.
State lawmakers passed SB 13 , permitting physicians to recommend cannabis therapy for any condition for which the physician “could prescribe an opioid.” State lawmakers passed HB 1383 , which decriminalizes activities involving the possession of up to three grams of marijuana. The new law takes effect on March 1, 2020.
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