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

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million registered in 2020 and an even more dramatic rise from the 678,000 registered in 2016. Policies like telemedicine, curbside pickup, and cannabis delivery made marijuana products more accessible and affordable to countless Americans. million patients in 2022, a sharp increase from the 3.1

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NORML Formally Responds to DEA’s Proposed Changes to Marijuana Cultivation Rules

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In 2016, the agency appeared to reconsider its longstanding policy, and publicly stated for the first time that it would consider additional applicants. in 2016, the agency enacted a revised set of rules explicitly designed to expand the pool of applicants eligible to cultivate cannabis for use in FDA-approved clinical protocols.

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CDC Seeks Public Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management

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percent in 2016).” ” Among pain patients enrolled in medical cannabis access programs, most subjects report eventually decreasing or even eliminating their use of opiates. ” This finding is hardly a surprise, as cannabis is well-established to mitigate pain in clinical models, particularly in patients with neuropathy.

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CDC Still Soliciting Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management Solutions

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percent in 2016).” ” Furthermore, pain patients enrolled in medical cannabis access programs typically report decreasing or even eliminating their use of opiates after initiating cannabis therapy. ” Public comments “are part of the public record and are subject to public disclosure.

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Arkansas: Licensed Medical Cannabis Sales Begin

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Qualified patients now have limited access to medical cannabis products, after the state’s first licensed dispensaries began making sales this week. Voters initially approved medical cannabis access by passing a statewide initiative in November 2016. Arkansas is one of 33 states that permits medical cannabis access.

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Florida: State Lawmakers Vote to Restore Patients’ Right To Smoke Medical Cannabis

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Seventy-one percent of Floridians voted in 2016 to amend the state’s constitution to allow for the use of medical marijuana. These provisions explicitly protected the rights of patients to access herbal cannabis and placed no restrictions with regard to how they chose to consume it.

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NORML Remembers Mikel Weisser

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” He was especially proud of the group’s successful efforts to reform the state’s medical cannabis access laws and was working on the state initiative to legalize marijuana at the time of his passing. Mikel was the driving force behind starting Las Vegas NORML in 2016, and never let go of my hand.

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