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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. As in, no to anyone who wasn’t an epilepsy patient.]. We need to do more.

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Medicinal properties of CBD

Alchimia

A study published in February 2015 in the Pharmacology & Pharmacy journal showed that a CBD-rich extract from cannabis plants is much more efficient than CBD used in its pure form , mainly due the presence of other cannabinoids, terpenes and other molecules that greatly increase the dosage/efficiency ratio of CBD.

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NC Senate Committee Votes to Advance Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill

Veriheal

Contrastingly, in March 2015, a group of Republican military veterans was left feeling disappointed after lawmakers rejected their attempt to legalize medical cannabis. “We’re encouraged that SB711 has been advanced by the Judiciary Committee,” said DeVaughn Ward , who serves as senior legislative counsel for the Marijuana Policy Project.

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How to get your Medical Cannabis Card in Virginia

Canna Care Docs

Governor Terry McAuliffe signed House Bill 1445 and Senate Bill 1235 in March 2015. These bills created the affirmative defense for possession of THC-A oil for the treatment of epilepsy. In 2017 Virginia began implementation of in-state production of THC-A and CBD oils.

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The Benefits of CBD Oil For Anxiety

Leaf Science

Cannabidiol is extracted from the cannabis or hemp plants using various methods, the most popular of which are CO2, hydrocarbon, dry ice, olive oil and ethanol. A 2015 study concluded that CBD was shown to be effective in “reducing anxiety behaviors relevant to multiple disorders including PTSD, GAD, PD, OCD and SAD…:”.

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Global Legal Chronicle Article: Medical Cannabis regulation slowly advances in Brazil

Cannabis Law Report

extracts, the number of countries with specific regulations also increases. In Brazil, the initial step to allow the use of cannabis sativa for medical purposes was taken in 2014, when the Judiciary granted the first injunction to authorize a patient to import and use cannabidiol-rich oil (CBD) for the refractory epilepsy treatment.

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10 of the Top US Cannabis Movers and Shakers

Sensi Seeds

He also partnered up with Ocean Grown Extracts to grow marijuana in an abandoned prison in Coalinga, California, and he teamed up with a group of investors to buy into High Times magazine. Since setting up Casa Verde in 2015, Snoop has raised more than $45 million in investment funds for cannabis ventures. Keith Stroup. Joshua Kaplan.