2021

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5 Things You Need to Know When Traveling as a Medical Cannabis Patient

Americans for Safe Access

Are you allowed to travel with medical cannabis? Can you cross state lines with medical cannabis? Can you bring cannabis on a plane or train? What about a bus? While in another state, what are the rules to purchase it legally? These are just a few of the many questions that medical cannabis patients may have while travelling for the holidays.

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Why is it so Hard to Dose Cannabis Edibles?

Leafwell

Americans have purchased a lots of legal cannabis over the last year or so. To be precise, $18 billion worth in 2020. When you think about it, if you’re stuck in your house for months on end during a global pandemic that has turned your desk job into a couch job, your TV into a make-shift movie theater, and that spare bedroom into a home gym, it only makes sense to enjoy a little bit of cannabis.

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Cannabis Treatment for Aches & Pains

Project CBD

Dr. Mikhail Kogan’s cannabis recommendations for chronic pain.

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New Congressional Report Provides Pathway for How the Biden Administration Can Deschedule Marijuana and Issue Blanket Pardons to Past Offenders

NORML

“Should President Biden wish to acknowledge the political, economic, and moral realities surrounding cannabis policy, and fulfill the promises he made on the campaign trail, this report lays out a clear roadmap for how to do so.”. The post New Congressional Report Provides Pathway for How the Biden Administration Can Deschedule Marijuana and Issue Blanket Pardons to Past Offenders appeared first on NORML.

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Where the Money Grows: Learning the Industry Trends in Medical Cannabis, Recreational Marijuana, Hemp, and Beyond

Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken

The U.S. cannabis industry is still in its infancy, even though states began engaging with legalization in one form or another in the late 1990s. Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Some want to directly own licensed businesses, while others prefer to keep the industry at an arm’s length and merely profit from it.

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How Can Cannabis and CBD Help with Addiction?

Leafwell

For many years, people thought of cannabis as a gateway drug. However, as many states start seeing a reduction in opioid overdose deaths once medical or recreational cannabis is legalized, this view is being challenged. Science has started to see cannabis as an exit drug instead, and some have started to integrate cannabis and cannabidiol (CBD) into their drug treatment programs.

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5 Things Every Cannabis Physician Should Know

Leafwell

This article is for medical marijuana patients and physicians alike. We believe knowledge is power and Leafwell seeks to educate not only patients but medical professionals as well. As common wisdom knows, marijuana is reputed to be the world’s safest drug, whether those proactive cannabinoids are purchased and ingested through the pharmaceutical or artisanal marketplaces.

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Top 10 Things You Should Know About Cannabis

Americans for Safe Access

While mainstream culture in the U.S. has come to accept cannabis as not the dangerous and addictive substance of after school special legend, general public knowledge about the plant remains fairly low. Cannabis is a complex plant, and decades of research have been able to pull back the curtains on fascinating mysteries behind its inner workings. Here, we wanted to shed light on some things about cannabis that even an educated patient might not know!

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Record Number of Scientific Papers Published About Cannabis in 2021

NORML

Since 2010, scientists have published an estimated 27,000 peer-reviewed papers specific to cannabis, with the annual number of total papers increasing every year. NORML's Deputy Director Paul Armentano said, "It is time for politicians and others to stop assessing cannabis through the lens of 'what we don't know' and instead start engaging in evidence-based discussions about marijuana and marijuana reform policies that are indicative of all that we do know.".

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The Science Behind Medical Cannabis and Depression

Leafwell

It’s probably fair to say that 2020 was a year to forget for many, for a massive variety of reasons. There was a whole bunch of stuff to be stressed and anxious about last year, from the devastating social and economic impacts of COVID-19, to the uber-stressful American presidential election, to the months-long lockdowns that isolated us to our homes and away from our loved one.

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NM judge calls for increased purchase limit for medical cannabis patients

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

As New Mexico’s Regulation and Licensing Department works toward finalizing rules for non-medical cannabis sales, some unfinished business remains when it comes to the state’s medical cannabis program. A state district judge last week ordered RLD, the New Mexico Department of Health and the governor’s office to either change their policy for medical cannabis patient [.

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The Truth About Smoking Marijuana and Lung Health

Cannabis Cheri

One of the major objections to the medicinal use of marijuana is the use of smoking as a delivery system. Based on the fact that smoking tobacco causes deterioration of lung function, these detractors intone that smoking marijuana is just as harmful. So let’s examine the truth about the effects of smoking marijuana and lung health. Testing that hypothesis is really quite simple—even you can do it.

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NM Cannabis Control Division employees sue agency over assigned work location

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

As the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department prepares to issue licenses to cannabis businesses, court records show they are also facing a lawsuit by some of the employees tasked with daily operations. In July, about a month after the state’s Cannabis Regulation Act went into effect, four RLD employees filed a civil complaint against [.] The post NM Cannabis Control Division employees sue agency over assigned work location appeared first on New Mexico Political Report.

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NM judge rules patient cannabis purchase limits consistent with state law

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

A New Mexico state judge ruled on Thursday that medical cannabis patients cannot purchase the same amount as non-patients when recreational-use sales begin. Second Judicial District Court Judge Benjamin Chavez, in his written ruling, dismissed a claim from a medical cannabis patient that medical cannabis patients should be afforded the same purchase limits as what [.

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Employees seek to add whistleblower complaint to existing suit against NM cannabis regulators

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

Four state employees who initially filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department over where they were assigned to work have asked the judge in the case to allow more claims to be added. The four plaintiffs filed a motion last week to amend their suit to include allegations that RLD and [.] The post Employees seek to add whistleblower complaint to existing suit against NM cannabis regulators appeared first on New Mexico Political Report.

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Alzheimer's Disease & the Endocannabinoid System

Project CBD

CBD , THC , and other cannabinoids show promise for treating neurodegeneration and improving cognitive function.

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Autism, Rare Cannabinoids & the Endocannabinoid System

Project CBD

CBD and other plant cannabinoids show promising effects in the treatment of symptoms related to autism spectrum disorder.

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Topical Cannabis for Leg Ulcers

Project CBD

Topical cannabis: A pioneering approach to wound healing.

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Cannabis Therapy for Headaches

Project CBD

New studies explore the analgesic effects of cannabis in migraine sufferers and the potential roles of THC , terpenes, and inflammation.

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Psychedelic Research Targets Systemic Inflammation

Project CBD

Scientists are targeting psychedelics to develop an anti-inflammatory wonder drug.

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Cannabis for ADHD: An Emerging Therapeutic Option

Project CBD

Many people with ADHD use cannabis for therapeutic relief.

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The Feds Can't Outlaw Delta-8 THC!

Project CBD

A deluge of lab-synthesized CBD isolates, favored by regulators, will devastate hemp CBD commerce by undercutting the need for plant-derived, single-molecule cannabinoids. But it could also create new opportunities for artisanal cannabis product-makers, who craft full-spectrum THC / CBD mixtures with unique qualities that can never be fully replicated in a lab.

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Cannabis and Autism -- A Complex Pairing

Project CBD

Whole plant cannabis and its key components, CBD and THC , ease behavioral & health problems linked to autism spectrum disorder.

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Doctor Sues DEA for Right to Give Psilocybin to Ailing Patients

Project CBD

Psilocybin, the psychedelic mushroom extract, has been fast-tracked by the FDA to treat depression, but doctors still can’t use it in their practice.

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CBD for Liver & Kidney Disease

Project CBD

Not only is there little evidence that cannabidiol plays a role in damaging the liver, CBD may help to improve liver health.

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The Delta-8 THC Controversy

Project CBD

Delta-8 THC products have become the newest way to get high, even though the compound is not actually legal if it’s synthesized from hemp-derived CBD.

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Medicinal Terpenes

Project CBD

Aromatic terpenes in cannabis and other plants reduce pain and stress, boost brain health, fight cancer and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and more.

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UK Epileptic Children Denied Cannabis Prescriptions

Project CBD

Abandoned to their fate, desperately ill epileptic children can’t access life-saving cannabis treatments.

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Wasted: Plastic Packaging, Biomass & Throw-Away Vapes

Project CBD

Excess waste created by the cannabis industry is rooted in the legacy of criminalization that now manifests as unnecessary overregulation. Sustainable, hemp-based packaging solutions could help to mitigate this problem.

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CBD for Heart Disease

Project CBD

Research shows that CBD can help maintain healthy cardiovascular function and prevent heart disease.

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Nomenclature Alert: Beyond Indica and Sativa

Project CBD

Cannabis terpene profiles are more meaningful than strain names and breeding history.

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