NORML

MARCH 12, 2020

. “It is imperative that we approve legislation such as the Veterans Equal Access Act so that the countless vets suffering from post-traumatic stress and other debilitating disorders have access to the safe and effective option of medical marijuana treatment.” Presently, V.A.

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The Fresh Toast

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

How To Get A Medical Marijuana Card From A Doctor. Not all doctors can recommend medical cannabis. Only cannabis doctors registered in your state can recommend medical marijuana. The National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is fighting to reform harmful […].

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NORML

MAY 27, 2020

Senators on Wednesday passed legislation to significantly expand the pool of patients eligible to qualify for medical cannabis access. ” Under the current law , doctors may only recommend medical cannabis products to those patients with a limited number of select conditions, such as HIV and cancer. .”

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NORML

MARCH 11, 2020

As a founding Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, I am pleased to report to you that my legislation to allow VA doctors to fill out state-legal medical marijuana recommendations is scheduled for a committee vote tomorrow.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Today, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act , to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

As a supporter of NORML, I know that you’re aware of the damage that unjust marijuana prohibition continues to inflict across the country, especially on communities of color. Polling from the American Legion shows that nearly 1 in 4 veterans consume marijuana to alleviate symptoms of a medical or physical condition.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

Virginia has been one of the most reluctant states to consider marijuana law reform, though it recently began allowing some forms of cannabis oil for approved patients. So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California.

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Next week, the two key committees will hold hearings on various aspects of federal marijuana policy. The second hearing is to be held on Thursday, June 20th, in the Veterans Affairs Committee to discuss various bills that are pending regarding medical cannabis programs and veterans access. Small Businesses in the Cannabis Industry.

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NORML

JUNE 1, 2020

House and Senate lawmakers have approved a series of bills to facilitate patients’ access to medical cannabis products. ” Under the current law, doctors may only recommend medical cannabis products to those patients with a limited number of select conditions, such as HIV and cancer. John Bel Edwards.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Despite medical marijuana programs being passed or enacted in a supermajority of states, federal policy currently prohibits VA-affiliated doctors from even recommending medical cannabis to veterans in those states where such use is legal -- thus forcing military veterans to seek the advice of a private, out-of-network physician. .

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NORML

APRIL 16, 2021

doctors are forbidden from providing the paperwork necessary to complete a recommendation, thus forcing military veterans to seek the advice of a private, out-of-network physician. The post Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act Reintroduced appeared first on NORML. Presently, V.A.

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LifeCannMD

MARCH 31, 2025

Fernando Fandino-Sende – Miami’s Top Cannabis Doctor, we understand that seeking medical cannabis treatment is more than a clinical decisionit’s a deeply personal journey toward wellness, often undertaken after considerable reflection and other failed interventions. “Medicine is about science, yesbut healing?

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NORML

MARCH 21, 2020

However, the work of reforming our nation’s failed marijuana laws is not suspended therefore we’re still updating you policy efforts across the country. doctors to fill out the state-legal medical marijuana recommendations. Your Highness, Carly. Actions to Take. Presently, V.A. MD resident?

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NORML

APRIL 19, 2023

The legislation provides a temporary five-year “safe harbor” in which veterans will not be punished for state-legal cannabis use and VA doctors will be able to officially recommend medical cannabis in accordance with state laws.

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NORML

MAY 19, 2020

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 measure establishes regulations permitting the home delivery of medical cannabis products to registered patients.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Americans in 33 states and the District of Columbia have legal access to medical marijuana under a doctor’s authorization. physicians “from completing forms or registering veterans for participation in state-approved [medical marijuana] program[s].” That is because the current policy of the U.S.

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NORML

AUGUST 12, 2019

America has a moral responsibility to pass my legislation to end the prohibition of marijuana and take on the oppression at the heart of the War on Drugs. America has a moral responsibility to pass my legislation to end the prohibition of marijuana and take on the oppression at the heart of the War on Drugs.

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LifeCannMD

APRIL 28, 2025

#image_title We think Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) is one of the most incredible grassroots medical movements of our time. This isn’t a story about recreational marijuana or getting high. It’s about a regular guy with no medical background who was just trying to feel better. He hits his head when he falls. Nothing helped.

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NORML

JUNE 13, 2019

Are you paying too much for medical marijuana? Pennsylvania’s closed-loop system of limited marijuana permit holders is not a competitive free market. ’s medical marijuana law will start bringing some transparency to consumer-level prices. .’s Now, a single paragraph buried in Pa.’s

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

1647 , the Veterans Equal Access Act, which expands medical cannabis access to eligible military veterans. doctors are forbidden from providing the paperwork necessary to complete a recommendation, thus forcing military veterans to seek the advice of a private, out-of-network physician. Presently, V.A. At the time of introduction, Rep.

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LifeCannMD

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Coral Gables Miamis Top Medical Marijuana Doctor In the heart of Miami’s beautifully landscaped Coral Gables neighborhood, Dr. Fernando Fandino-Sende has established himself as the area’s premier medical marijuana physician. Medical marijuana changed everything for her.

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NORML

JANUARY 24, 2019

Three medical cannabis bills cleared the Senate Committee on Education and Health this morning and are headed to the Senate floor. Senator Siobhan Dunnavant’s SB1557 would clarify last year’s landmark Let Doctors Decide medical cannabis legislation.

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Cannabis Cheri

MAY 13, 2020

Looking at how doctors prescribe medications can be instructive. Antibiotics and many other drugs are “take-as-directed” in which the doctor prescribes a specific number of pills to be taken at prescribe intervals until all are consumed. Pain medications and some anti-depressants are often dispensed “p.r.n.” Most p.r.n.

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Leafly

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Nearly 60% of US doctors feel negatively about cannabis, a huge roadblock for access to medical marijuana. The post Why won’t your doctor prescribe you cannabis? Read on to find out why. appeared first on Leafly.

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2013, and for a few years believed she could continue to teach and live her life as long as she followed all the doctors recommendations and took the medications they prescribed. A friend suggested Tamara try CBD oil for her pain, and it gave her relief like nothing else had.

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LifeCannMD

DECEMBER 9, 2024

#image_title Little Havana, with its vibrant culture and diverse community, has become an important hub for medical marijuana patients in Miami. Located in the heart of Miami’s historic Cuban neighborhood along Calle Ocho, this area offers several options for patients seeking medical cannabis recommendations in Florida.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The Kentucky chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (KY NORML) is assisting Kentuckians for Medical Marijuana (KY4MM) in its lobbying efforts Feb. It’s vital that we speak as one voice for a medical program.” 5 with constituents from across the state seeking cannabis reform.

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LifeCannMD

MAY 27, 2025

Fernando Fandio-Sende, LifeCannMD After thirty years practicing medicine and specializing as a Miami cannabis doctor , I’ve had countless conversations with patients who tell me the same thing: “Doctor, I want to try medical marijuana , but I’m scared of getting too high.”

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Leafly

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Follow these steps to find a medical marijuana doctor near you and what to expect after receiving your medical card. The post How to find the right medical cannabis doctor for you appeared first on Leafly.

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NORML

JUNE 12, 2020

When I started NORML in late 1970 I realized that our movement would need the support of some courageous doctors and other health experts to overcome the widely-held perception that existed at that time that marijuana must remain a crime to protect the public health.

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

House of Representatives just voted to restrict the Department of Justice from interfering with the states that have legalized adult-use marijuana. Activists in Nebraska working to qualify a 2020 medical cannabis ballot initiative are almost 10,000 signatures deep. For the first time ever, the U.S. California. CA resident? DE resident?

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The Cannigma

MARCH 2, 2021

Many US military veterans avoid speaking to a doctor before self-medicating with cannabis due to stigma and fear of consequences, potentially putting their health at risk, according to the findings of a new study. Shutterstock). “If Reddit and the anonymity to talk about cannabis. ’ (Shutterstock).

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

On March 13, members of the Florida state House of Representatives voted 101 to 11 to approve legislation (Senate Bill 182) to re-legalize the inhalation of herbal cannabis formulations for medical purposes. Seventy-one percent of Floridians voted in 2016 to amend the state’s constitution to allow for the use of medical marijuana.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

doctors to fill out the state-legal medical marijuana recommendations. doctors are forbidden from providing the paperwork necessary to complete a recommendation, thus forcing military veterans to seek the advice of a private, out-of-network physician. Send a message to your lawmakers in support of medical expansion.

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Cannabis Cheri

DECEMBER 7, 2022

I have been trying to get my mother to try medical marijuana. When it comes to your mother (or any other individual), I will put in the disclaimer that I am not a doctor and I do not know what other conditions she might be dealing with. Dear Cheri, Are edibles safe for seniors? What are your thoughts? Dosage matters.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

However, marijuana reform has stalled in the past few months. Send a general letter in support of sensible marijuana reform in New Jersey NOW. 4497 would legalize marijuana for personal adult-use in the state of New Jersey and provides expungement relief for people with certain past marijuana offenses. Companion bills S.

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LifeCannMD

MAY 27, 2025

Every medication, every treatment, every specialist they could find. Then this cannabis strain came alongone that would eventually carry her name and completely flip the medical world upside down. As a doctor, I’ve witnessed plenty of medical breakthroughs over the years. Can you even imagine? Nothing worked.

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