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Talking to Your Doctor About Cannabis - CCN Interview

Americans for Safe Access

Oregon is one of the few but growing number of states that have both a medical cannabis program and an adult use (recreational) program, and users of cannabis medicine can be found in either group. A big thank you to Debbie for her time and to ASA for all that they do.

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Pennsylvania: Marijuana possession arrests decline statewide

NORML

.” “This is likely the result of two major policy changes: More than twenty decriminalization or penalty downgrade ordinances passed by city councils across the Commonwealth, and approximately a quarter of a million registered medical marijuana patients,” said Goldstein. Most recently, in January, Norristown joined the list.

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Studies: Medical Cannabis Enrollees Typically Reduce Their Use of Opioids

NORML

Patients diagnosed with chronic pain and other debilitating conditions typically reduce, or in some cases, eliminate their use of opioids following their enrollment in state-sanctioned medical cannabis access programs. Several peer-reviewed studies now document this trend. percent versus 44.8 percent versus 3.4

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New Jersey To Hold A Series Of Medicinal Cannabis Program Registration Clinics

Veriheal

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC), which regulates the cultivation, licensing, and selling of cannabis in the state, is set to host a series of clinics designated to help new or existing state medical marijuana patients with signing up or re-enrolling in their cannabis program. and run until 4 p.m.,

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How Medical Cannabis Programs Differ Throughout the United States

Veriheal

Just because medical cannabis and recreational cannabis are legal in so many places doesn’t mean that the programs are uniform across the country. There are many existing differences between medical cannabis programs from state to state. Medical Cannabis Programs: Qualifying Conditions and Reciprocity.

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Every Maryland Dispensary That MMJ Patients Need To Know

MMJ Recs

Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland in 2014, but the MD MMJ program was slow to get off the ground. The Maryland MMJ program is one of the newer programs in the US, but once it started, it quickly became one of the fastest-growing MMJ programs in the country. The program continues to grow in popularity.

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North Dakota Advocates for Hospice Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis

Veriheal

Mary Schneider (D) cleared the House in an 86-6 vote this March, allowing terminally ill patients to use proof of their admittance in hospice care in lieu of a doctor’s written recommendation to register as a medical cannabis patient. This is also the process for those who are treating patients that are terminally ill.