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Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine

Project CBD

Andrew Weil is the founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. NM: Please tell us about the history of cannabis use in folk medicine. Dr. Weil: Cannabis has a long history of use in folk medicine throughout the world.

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SB3941 allows cannabis patients to purchase from all Illinois dispensaries

Illinois News Joint

Since before adult-use legalization, the hundreds of thousands of qualified medical patients in Illinois have had only 55 dispensaries to chose from, and the lack of access to specific medical needs, especially in southern Illinois, has forced several patients to drive 2-hours or more to purchase medicine.

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Patients Deserve a Federal Overhaul on Medical Cannabis

Americans for Safe Access

Since the first medical cannabis laws were introduced in California 25 years ago, 35 states have joined with California in defiance of the federal prohibition of cannabis as a medicine. Across these states, millions of patients are demonstrating cannabis’ medicinal value through their treatments every day.

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Study: Cannabis Associated with Reduced Opioid Use, Prolonged Benefits in Pain Patients

NORML

The daily use of cannabis by patients with chronic pain conditions is associated with prolonged improvements in pain management and subjects’ overall quality of life, as well as sustained reductions in the use of opioids, according to longitudinal data published in the journal Pain Medicine.

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Louisiana: Governor Signs Bills Into Law Facilitating Expanded Cannabis Access for Patients

NORML

John Bel Edwards has signed a series of bills into law greatly expanding patients ability to access 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.

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South Dakota: Lawmakers Finalize Legislation Protecting Patients’ Home Cultivation Rights

NORML

“Permitting limited home cultivation provides patients with the ability to have reliable, affordable, and consistent access to the medicine they rely on. The post South Dakota: Lawmakers Finalize Legislation Protecting Patients’ Home Cultivation Rights appeared first on NORML.

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Study Finds That Medical Marijuana Patient Registration Has Grown More Than 600% Since 2016

Veriheal

million patients in 2022, a sharp increase from the 3.1 Now, more than 90% of citizens believe that the substance should be legal for medicinal and recreational use, something that would have seemed astonishing even a mere decade ago. million registered in 2020 and an even more dramatic rise from the 678,000 registered in 2016.

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