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CDC Seeks Public Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management

NORML

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking public comments on how Americans with chronic pain are successfully treating their symptoms. ” The CDC’s interest in alternative methods of chronic pain management may be of particular significance to many medical cannabis patients.

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Survey: Majority of Health Care Professionals Endorse Cannabis Use Instead of Opioids in Chronic Pain Patients

NORML

The post Survey: Majority of Health Care Professionals Endorse Cannabis Use Instead of Opioids in Chronic Pain Patients appeared first on NORML. Sixty-three percent of respondents also agreed, “The DEA should reclassify marijuana so that it is no longer a schedule I drug.".

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A Guide to Choosing Cannabis Strains for Chronic Pain Relief

United Patients Group

A Guide to Choosing Cannabis Strains for Chronic Pain Relief The use of cannabis to treat chronic pain is becoming increasingly popular among patients seeking alternative treatments for their symptoms. What are the Best Cannabis Strains for Chronic Pain?

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Study Finds That Medical Marijuana Patient Registration Has Grown More Than 600% Since 2016

Veriheal

million patients in 2022, a sharp increase from the 3.1 While there have been some drops in medical patient registration in states with adult-use (recreational) programs, pandemic-era programs also directly attributed to part of the increase in patient registration. The study also analyzed peoples’ reasons for registering.

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Study on cannabis and chronic pain management

Project CBD

The information you provide will help inform physicians, researchers, policy-makers, and patients about potential benefits and risks of cannabis as a therapeutic or recreational agent. The University of Michigan is now conducting TWO studies on medical cannabis and we’d like you to participate!

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The Good, The Bad, and the Disappointing: Takeaways of the 2022 State of the States Report

Americans for Safe Access

After 25 years of the state cannabis policy experiments, there is no denying that the national acceptance of cannabis has changed. In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that one in three Americans are utilizing medical cannabis to manage chronic pain, all but two U.S.

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Study: Pain Patients Report Significant Health Improvements Following Enactment of Medical Cannabis Access Laws

NORML

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.

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