NORML

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The CRTA transfers authority over the Medical Cannabis Program from the Department of Health to the OCM, and in process overhauls some aspects of the program. A framework for an ambitious social and economic equity program aimed to right the wrongs of the war on drugs is partially laid out in the CRTA.

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NORML

JUNE 15, 2020

Just as doctors are entrusted to make decisions with regard to the supervised use of opioids and other medicines – many of which pose far greater risks to patients than cannabis – the law should provide doctors with similar flexibility when it comes to recommending cannabis therapy to a bona fide patient.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 14, 2021

Cannabiz has a report saying… the Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association (AMCA) company secretary Teresa Nicoletti has announced the organisation’s second year will see the creation of a compassionate access scheme for patients.

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NORML

JULY 1, 2019

Three new laws intended to expand patient access to and the therapeutic value of Virginia’s medical cannabis program take effect July 1, 2019. “These bills help ensure that all patients are able to obtain and use the necessary therapeutic doses of their cannabis medicines regardless of location or physical ability.”

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Illinois News Joint

MARCH 29, 2023

Though there are many reasons patients in Illinois are not be able to grow their own medicine at home, we are going to focus on one: Multiple Sclerosis. Cow started in the Medicinal Program in 2015 and was one of the first people to buy medical cannabis in Illinois. “I A perfect illustration of this would be Cow.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 4, 2023

When I founded Illinois News Joint , I made a conscious choice to include an altruistic aspect to the publication but for the first year could not decide on a program that fit what we do. I collaborated with partners, built recourses, and officially launched the program in April 2022. For Illinois News Joint reviews, click here.

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NORML

JUNE 10, 2019

Military veterans who participate in a state’s medical marijuana access program frequently report substituting cannabis for alcohol and other controlled substances, according to data published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 29, 2021

Congress will be voting on a proposal that would protect currently existing cannabis programs across the U.S. If passed, it would create protections for existing state cannabis programs, as well as any tribal medical cannabis programs. A proposed, bipartisan amendment from the House Rules Committee was presented on July 28.

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NORML

JUNE 18, 2020

The ruling determined that the local (Lebanon County) ban was in conflict with the state’s medical marijuana access law, which states that Pennsylvanians registered with the program shall not be punished for their use cannabis. ” Writing for the Court, Chief Justice Thomas G.

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Canna Care Docs

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This proposed change is so historic because it is the first time the DEA has recognized the medicinal uses of cannabis and its low risk for abuse. Navigate the world of medicinal cannabis with Canna Care Docs Are you seeking updates as this policy proposal develops? What does rescheduling cannabis mean for medical cannabis patients?

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2022

The first legal psilocybin therapy program to take shape in America is slowly progressing in Oregon. Kate Brown conducts regularly scheduled monthly meetings with a goal of shaping the nation’s first Psilocybin therapy program. Oregon’s Psilocybin Therapy Program: Advisory Board Hard at Work. What is Psilocybin?

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Before Proposition 64 was officially enacted into state law, California’s medical cannabis consumers were generously served by a range of successful and well-executed compassionate care programs. The program has received wide support from politicians advocating for access to medicinal cannabis, such as California Sen.

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NORML

MARCH 20, 2020

Yet, despite the economic and political progress that has been made in states around the country, marijuana is still defined by federal law as a Schedule I substance with no medicinal value and a high potential for abuse. Federal dollars are going to support state programs — not to dictate how they must use the money.

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Cannabis Life Network

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Take the Survey and Tell Health Canada to Keep their Hands Off Our Medicine Does the Cannabis Act review mean no more medical cannabis in Canada? The post Cannabis Act Review: No More Medical Program? Many of Canada’s cannabis consumers, producers, and retailers welcome the Cannabis Act review. And why not?

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NORML

MARCH 7, 2019

Also introduced was The Marijuana Data Collection Act of 2019 , which would study the effects of state legalized medicinal and non-medicinal marijuana programs from a variety of perspectives, including state revenues, public health, substance abuse and opioids, criminal justice, and employment.

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NORML

JULY 2, 2019

A team of investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and the University of Miami assessed marijuana use trends among 1,000 adult use customers in Colorado. Among those respondents with a history of taking prescription sleep aids, 83 percent reported either reducing or ceasing their use of those medicines.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

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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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Nearly four years ago, Illinois News Joint kicked off its A Friend Indeed program. Since, we have provided more than three dozen Veterans with nutrients, grow materials, and hundreds of seeds to assist Veterans in growing their own medicine. For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here. For News Joint Printing services, click here.

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NORML

MAY 26, 2020

Chronic pain is the most commonly reported qualifying condition among medical cannabis patients enrolled in state-specific access programs.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. And it took extensive, concerted efforts from marijuana law reform organizations like NORML to negotiate with Virginia’s Republican Party to get the program finally running.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

“This law will ensure that patients who may be physically incapable of picking up these life-changing medicines on their own will have access to them from throughout the Commonwealth,” said Senator Marsden, of Fairfax County. “It is comforting to know I will still be able to send my husband to get the medicine I need.”

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Project CBD

JUNE 5, 2019

“My name is Zoe Sigman, and I’m the Program Director at Project CBD , an educational nonprofit focused on cannabis science & medicine. Ten years ago, we introduced CBD to the medical cannabis community in California. It spread like wildfire and has become the hugely popular phenomenon that it is today.

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Medicinal Genomics

AUGUST 17, 2021

Medicinal Genomics Corp. MGC’s certification was awarded on its performance along multiple PTM Program parameters, such as robustness, product consistency, stability, inclusivity, exclusivity, and matrix studies, and most importantly, its ability to quickly and accurately detect the four hazardous Aspergillus species: A. flavus , A.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Bayou State’s medical cannabis program brought in the new year with a bang. flower) should be kept in their original bottles, with the prescription [and] the name of the person who the medicine is for in their possession.”. Tanner Magee, the person behind the program’s expansion, says consumers should practice some patience.

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Veriheal

JUNE 3, 2022

New York proposed a set of packaging and marketing rules for recreational cannabis, a Fan Controlled Football player was cut for smoking cannabis on the field, and a California program is making medical cannabis more affordable for patients. California Program Aims to Make Medical Cannabis Accessible. Let us know in the comments!

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2021

The American Council of Cannabis Medicine (ACCM) announced today the formalization of the ACCM Industry Leadership Advisory Council. national advocacy program.”. The American Council of Cannabis Medicine is the “Voice of American Medical Cannabis” ACCM represents America’s medical-cannabis industry, which supports millions of U.S.

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The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

MARCH 21, 2020

As New Mexicans brace themselves for an unknown period of restricted over the counter medicine purchases due to the growing number of positive COVID-19 tests, the state’s Department of Health said medical cannabis patients can rest assured that their access to medicine won’t be interrupted.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 23, 2021

In addition to the pilot program, the parties are working toward an exclusive, definitive supply and distribution agreement, which, if entered into, is expected to position Medicann as the sole supplier and distributor of the RYAH Smart Dry Herb Inhalers in the region. has emerged as the largest supplier of medicinal cannabis in the world.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 6, 2021

Those agencies would oversee inspection, production, industrialization and commercialization of hemp for industrial purposes and food, and psychoactive cannabis exclusively for therapeutic medicinal purposes. The proposed law does not seek to legalize recreational marijuana. Licensing under MAG.

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Veriheal

JULY 8, 2022

The legalization comes courtesy of the Mississippi (MS) Medicinal Cannabis Act , which was signed into law back in February. Army’s Hemp Research, Mississippi’s Medical Cannabis Program, and Japan’s Synthetic Cannabinoid Gray Market appeared first on Cannabis Central. Let us know in the comments! The post U.S.

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NORML

JUNE 1, 2020

Just as doctors are entrusted to make decisions with regard to the supervised use of opioids and other medicines – many of which pose far greater risks to patients than cannabis – the law should provide doctors with similar flexibility when it comes to recommending cannabis therapy to a bona fide patient.” John Bel Edwards.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Though many reasons factor into the number of patients who grow and why, two trendlines that are heading in opposite direction may suggest more medical cannabis patients in Illinois are opting to grow their own medicine. The post Are more Illinois cannabis patients growing medicine? For Illinois News Joint reviews, visit here.

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NORML

MARCH 3, 2020

New York State is set to legalize and regulate cannabis for adult-use, and improve our existing medical marijuana and hemp programs by April 1st with the 2020-2021 NYS Budget. YES MRTA= % of tax revenue from marijuana legalization is allocated specifically for a Community Reinvestment Grant program.

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Veriheal

JUNE 10, 2025

Voters in Colorado have again broken new ground with their passage of Proposition 122–now known as the Natural Medicine Health Act –during the 2022 election. This act is significant for making the cultivation, possession, and usage of natural medicines like psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine, and mescaline legal in the state.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 14, 2024

This demand is prompting educational institutions to introduce new cannabis programs and courses to meet this demand. A Response to Industry Growth The rising interest in this new field of study meets with a corresponding expansion of cannabis certificate programs in Missouri. Louis Community College at Meramec. For instance, St.

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NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

Having witnessed the early days of medical cannabis caregiving in California as a patient living with Crohn’s Disease, Bacca feels it is imperative to protect patients’ rights to botanical medicine. The JA expands qualifying physicians under the OMMP to naturopaths, physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s vital that we speak as one voice for a medical program.” Missouri, Ohio and West Virginia are among states bordering Kentucky that have approved legislation pertaining to medicinal marijuana. . “There are several meetings made for constituents to meet with their legislators on both days.

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