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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 lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved two bills to amend the state’s medical marijuana program in a manner that significantly expands patients’ access to cannabis products. The state’s medical cannabis program became operational last August.

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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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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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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.” John Bel Edwards.

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New Jersey: Medical Marijuana Expansion Measure Signed Into Law

NORML

Phil Murphy signed legislation into law today significantly amending and expanding the state’s medical cannabis access program. Assembly Bill 20 , The Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, institutes various changes to the program to better facilitate patients’ access to the substance.

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

The Cannigma

Along with Corinne Tobias, the co-founder and program director of the Cannabis Coaching Institute, Meharg spoke with The Cannigma about the importance of cannabis coaching in this golden era of legal weed, and how their own journey as patients led them to become cannabis coaches. What a cannabis coach isn’t.

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