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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

NORML

Drug and Alcohol Dependence found in 2011 that over half of surveyed NFL players used opioids during their careers, and a staggering 70% of those users abused the drugs. The NFL classifies cannabis as a banned substance and imposes extremely harsh fines and suspensions on players who test positive for cannabis.

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City Lights Bookshop & Synergetic Press Present Free 2 Day Event celebrating the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin for the launch of the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact. 

Cannabis Law Report

The talks will be made public, open-access on YouTube two weeks after the event. Bold explorers of the frontiers of neurochemistry, Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin, master psychopharmacologist, along with his wife Ann, during their lifetimes, helped usher into being a major paradigm shift in the way we view the exploration of human consciousness.

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Switzerland Makes Way for Easier Access to Medical Cannabis

Veriheal

Decriminalization and legalization of cannabis may be gaining ground but patients in certain countries are still struggling to access medical cannabis through the legal market. Hemp and anything that derives from it with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of less than 1% have not been considered illegal under Swiss law since 2011.

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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

NORML

That marked a reversal in agency policy, as in 2011 it rejecting a ruling from its own Administrative Law Judge finding that it would be ‘in the public interest’ to grant the University of Massachusetts a license to grow marijuana for federally regulated research. .”

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Yes, Cannabis Can Be Kosher, Says Rabbi Yaakov Cohen

The Cannigma

In a community where kosher certification is important, and where not everyone is comfortable with smoking, certifying edibles is crucial to ensuring access. . “I Originally from Los Angeles, Rabbi Cohen spent a decade in San Antonio as a rabbi and Jewish community leader before moving with his family to Houston in 2011 for a job.

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Cannabis and Obesity: New study ties cannabis to lower rates of obesity

Veriheal

While the study is providing us with some valuable insights, they did not specifically explain how or why legalization is linked to decreased obesity rates… although one can assume it has something to do with the increased ease of access resulting in increased consumption rates and thus resulting in a population experiencing sped up metabolism.

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Which States Offer Medical Cannabis For Mental Health Conditions?

Veriheal

One of the major obstacles many with a mental illness face is access to and affordability of treatment and resources. In states with better access to mental health resources, still, over 38% of youth with depression reported not receiving mental health services.