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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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Study: Cannabis Use in Older Patients Associated with Improved Quality of Life, Lower Demand for Prescription Drugs

NORML

"The results of this study indicate that cannabis may be a relatively safe and effective treatment for chronic pain, sleep disturbances, and other conditions associated with aging, leading to subsequent reductions in prescription drug use and healthcare costs, as well as significant improvements in quality of life.

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Study: Musculoskeletal Pain Patients Experience Symptom Improvements, Minimal Side Effects Following Sustained Use of Cannabis

NORML

"These findings add to the growing body of evidence that cannabis is effective in the treatment ofmultiple conditions, includingchronic pain, and that it possesses asafety profilethat is often superior to traditional medications, like opioids."

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Texas: Lawmakers Advance Bill Expanding State’s Medical Cannabis Access Program

NORML

Provisions in the bill open the program to those suffering from chronic pain, among other newly eligible conditions. It also expands the variety of cannabis formulations that may be possessed by patients and significantly increases total number of state-licensed dispensaries that can operate in the state.

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Cannabis Report FY2024 (IDPH portion)

Illinois News Joint

The focus of the subsequent three meetings was the examination of conditions under consideration for addition to the list of debilitating conditions that are qualifying for participation in the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP). Those recommendations are being reviewed by the IDPH director’s office.”

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The Changing Landscape of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What Patients Should Know

Canna Care Docs

The Changing Landscape of Me dical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What Patients Should Know The Massachusetts medical marijuana program has been a cornerstone of cannabis access since its inception in 2012. MPAA) the states leading voice for patient rights and cannabis policy reform. decrease from peak enrollment.

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Does “low dose” CBD pose a risk to liver health?

Project CBD

But pioneer cannabis clinician Bonni Goldstein, MD, cautions patients and physicians not to overstate the findings of the new FDA study, which was published in JAMA Internal Medicine. In all cases, the liver enzyme levels returned to normal within one or two weeks of stopping CBD.

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