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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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Louisiana: Governor Signs Bills Into Law Facilitating Expanded Cannabis Access for Patients

NORML

Late last week, the Governor signed 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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Louisiana: House Lawmakers Advance Measures to Greatly Expand Medical Cannabis Access

NORML

House Bill 819 , which House members passed by a vote of 77 to 15, 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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Louisiana: Bills Facilitating Expanded Cannabis Access Sent to Governor’s Desk

NORML

On Sunday, legislators finalized HB 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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Colorado “Healing Centers” Could Lay Groundwork For Widespread Psychedelic Therapy

Veriheal

Researchers have steadily advanced the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy over the last decade or two. This passage also spurred the development of an eagerly anticipated psychedelic-assisted therapy industry, now ready to see its very first patients very soon. What Does the Colorado Law Legalize Specifically?

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Serious Conditions Are Responding To Cannabinoid Therapy

Peninsula Alternative Health

As medical cannabis emerges from the dark days of prohibition, researchers are finding a wide range of conditions responding successfully to it. Epilepsy Seizure disorders are on the list of qualifying conditions for most medical cannabis states. Because cannabis is still a schedule 1 drug in the U.S., References Staff, T.

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What are cannabis coaches and how can they help close the cannabis education gap?

The Cannigma

Cannabis and cannabis-derived medications can have potentially harmful interactions with specific prescription medications, and not all cannabis preparations work the same for every condition or every patient. They cannot provide certification for a medical cannabis permit, nor can they diagnose any health conditions.

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