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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. Not much happened between 1979 and 2015, aside from preventing the repeal of the wonky 1979 law. The 2015 Virginia law is an affirmative defense law. We need to do more.

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Serious Conditions Are Responding To Cannabinoid Therapy

Peninsula Alternative Health

As medical cannabis emerges from the dark days of prohibition, researchers are finding a wide range of conditions responding successfully to it. Epilepsy Seizure disorders are on the list of qualifying conditions for most medical cannabis states. Because cannabis is still a schedule 1 drug in the U.S., tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

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Can cannabis help COVID ‘long haulers?’

The Cannigma

The condition, known as “long COVID” — with patients often referred to as “COVID long haulers” — is typified by a series of symptoms that linger long after someone has recovered from COVID-19, even months after they no longer test positive for the novel coronavirus. episodes per month. Depression and anxiety.

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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

Initially launched with the intention of providing compassionate care for patients with chronic conditions, the program is now struggling to maintain its foothold amid shifting industry dynamics. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions.

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Pennsylvania’s Medical Cannabis Board Rejects Requests to Expand State’s List of Qualifying Conditions

SpeedWeed

That rate has remained unchanged—ranging between 11% and 13%—since 2015. More than 50 years ago, just 4% said they had tried the drug, but that percentage surpassed 20% in 1977, 30% in 1985 and 40% in 2015,” Gallup News reported in a summary of the poll. Meanwhile, the Gallup Poll found 12% of U.S. adult population.”.

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Terpene Spotlight: Pinene

FloridaMarijuana.net

A 2015 study determined that pine needle oil from crude extract of pine needles has been used as an anti-cancer agent in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Patients should speak with their certified medical marijuana physician to determine which strains and methods of consumption are most appropriate for their medical conditions.

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Medical Marijuana Can Be Used to Treat Neuropathy

FloridaMarijuana.net

When the body is defensive against trauma, this system begins to fail, resulting in physical, mental and/or neurological conditions. A 2015 article published in The Journal of American Medicine found that that “use of marijuana for chronic pain and neuropathic pain is supported by high-quality evidence.