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Texas Expands Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis

NORML

The new law opens the Texas Compassionate Use Program to include those suffering from chronic pain and other newly eligible conditions. It also expands the variety of cannabis formulations that patients possess and significantly increases the total number of state-licensed dispensaries that can operate in the state.

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Louisiana: Senate Passes Amended Bill Permitting Doctors to Recommend Medical Cannabis for ?Any Condition?

NORML

Members voted 28 to 6 in favor of an amended version of House Bill 819, which expands the discretion of physicians so that they can recommend cannabis therapy for “any condition” that he or she “considers debilitating to an individual patient and is qualified through his [or her] medical education and training to treat.”

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North Dakota: Governor Signs Medical Cannabis Expansion Laws

NORML

House Bill 1519 significantly expands the pool of patients eligible for medical cannabis therapy to include those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, migraine, anorexia, and Tourette Syndrome, among other debilitating conditions.

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Municipalities Moving Away from Marijuana Testing for Employees

NORML

The new law took effect immediately upon passage. “Now is the time for municipalities throughout the state to review and update their policies so they may better align with state law and public opinion.” Those new laws take effect on July 1, 2020. It is time for workplace policies to adapt to this new reality.”

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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. Among state-licensed medical cannabis registrants, two out of three report consuming cannabis to mitigate pain conditions.

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Advantages of Medical Marijuana Cards

Cannabis Cheri

Now rules vary from state to state, so check the laws where you live, but these are typically the advantages of a medical marijuana card: It saves you money in the form of lower tax rates at dispensaries. If you are a grower, you can usually grow more plants with a medical marijuana card, so check the laws in your state.

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MCAB recommends fourth condition, agrees more education needed

Illinois News Joint

MCAB members voted to recommend Uterine Fibroid and Painful Uterine Fibroid but did not recommend Generalized Anxiety as a qualifying debilitating condition. After back-and-forth discussion, board members first voted 7-0 to approve Uterine Fibroid as a qualifying debilitating condition. Subieta Benito abstained from the vote.