Americans for Safe Access

MARCH 12, 2025

While Schedule III may seem like a large deviation from the recommendations provided by HHS and DEA in 2016, outright dismissing the finding of HHS and DOJ, currently accepted medical use does not take into account the enormity of the scientific and medical discoveries that have happened in the time since they were issued as well as the vast societal (..)

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NORML

MAY 13, 2019

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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NORML

JUNE 10, 2020

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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MGC Pharma

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

What will unrestricted access to Medicinal Cannabis look like in Australia? A word from Ron Lipsky, Manager of Business Development and International Relations at MGC Pharmaceuticals Right now in Australia, access to Cannabis-based treatments is heavily restricted. kg of CBD and 163.7

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

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

MAY 14, 2020

” 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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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 14, 2021

Cannabiz has a report saying… the Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association (AMCA) company secretary Teresa Nicoletti has announced the organisation’s second year will see the creation of a compassionate access scheme for patients. However, the discussions faltered after federal legislation was enacted. Their full report at [link].

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NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

Maine voters initially approved the legalization of cannabis sales in November 2016, but lawmakers – led by former Republican Gov. Retailers will need to first receive local approval prior to applying for a state operator’s license. Paul LePage – repeatedly took steps to delay the law’s implementation.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

In 2016, the DEA similarly announced the adoption of new rules to expand to supply of research-grade cannabis, but failed to take any further action. Further, the University only provides scientists with the option to access herbal cigarette formulations of the plant, not concentrates, edibles, or extracts.

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Veriheal

MAY 15, 2023

In 2016, North Dakota voters approved a medical cannabis ballot. Most state caregivers assist those unable or unable to access medical marijuana themselves, including children and those receiving hospice care. Registered caregivers approved by the state’s medical marijuana program are allowed to access medical marijuana legally.

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CannaTech

JANUARY 16, 2019

Medical cannabis continued to pop up across the region year after year: imports in Brazil began in 2014, trials started in Chile in 2014, regulations were implemented in Colombia and Jamaica in 2015, the same followed in the Cayman Islands and parts of Argentina in 2016, Paraguay in 2017, and the list carries on from 2018 to date.

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Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

This trend raises important questions about access, affordability, and the future of medical cannabis as a vital healthcare resource. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions. This decrease has raised concerns about access to cannabis-based treatments for those who need them most.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

JANUARY 16, 2024

12, the ballot committee Arkansans for Patient Access (APA) submitted a proposal to increase access to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana program, created in 2016 after. The amendment calls for many different regulation changes on medical marijuana, leading to “a more compassionate and patient-focused healthcare system.”

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NORML

MARCH 1, 2019

In August 2016, the US Drug Enforcement Administration announced in the US Federal Register that the agency was “adopting a new policy that is designed to increase the number of entities registered under the Controlled Substances Act to grow (manufacture) marijuana to supply legitimate researchers in the United States.”

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 22, 2019

Right now, there is an ongoing battle between the state and local governments for access to cannabis, which should be the first place that states (and possibly even Congress) look when considering legalization. This continued prohibition even occurs in many cities whose voters approved of adult use cannabis sales back in 2016.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2019

In fact, a pair of studies from 2016 find that the legalization of medical marijuana access is associated with greater workforce participation and with fewer workplace absences. ” Changes in the legal status of marijuana at the state level have not negatively impacted workplace safety.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 23, 2021

Medicinal Cannabis Access Data Dashboard. To improve transparency and data accessibility, the TGA publishes de-identified data on the number of unapproved medicinal cannabis products accessed through the Special Access Scheme (SAS). Medicinal cannabis Special Access Scheme category B data. 19 August 2021.

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NORML

AUGUST 26, 2019

To be fair, Democrats didn’t mention weed legalization on their party’s official platform until 2016.). While patients won’t be rolling up joints full of pungent flower, they can still access oils, tinctures, lozenges, inhalers, topicals, and pills packed with non-intoxicating CBD or THC-A, the acidic precursor of THC.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 12, 2024

Open since 2016, the dispensary is located in LaSalle County, just 20 minutes from the national park and the Illinois River bluff. The retail store also is easily accessible from many towns in LaSalle County, including Earlville, LaSalle, Marseilles, Mendota, Oglesby, Peru, Sandwich, Streator, and Wenona.

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MMJ Recs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The availability of medical marijuana in Ohio, MMJ dispensaries, and the Ohio medical cannabis program are bringing about a positive transformation in patient access to MMJ, thanks to comprehensive regulations that ensure safe, effective, and legal use of this therapeutic substance.

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NORML

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The agency in 2016 first announced its intent to license private entities to grow cannabis for FDA-approved clinical trials. In June of this year, one applicant – the Scottsdale Research Institute – filed a petition in the US Court of Appeals to order the DEA to comply with its 2016 policy.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 25, 2021

A United Kingdom police chief proposed a novel idea this January: Allow drug-dependent inmates access to free cannabis to help them overcome opioid addiction. This creates a situation where state detention facilities — even where cannabis is legal — do not allow inmates access to medical cannabis because it violates federal law.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The Massachusetts cases turned on how to interpret specific language in state laws, but the larger picture is that the court wants to embrace the state’s 2016 referendum completely legalizing pot and brush aside attempts by municipalities to use picky rules to restrict access, said Jason Talerman of Mead, Talerman & Costa in Millis, Massachusetts, (..)

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

Mental health treatment is big business, with the global antidepressant drug market valued at over $13 billion in 2016. From there, former researchers working for big pharma will dictate what products are available to patients, how treatments are accessed, and cost. Threat to Patient Access in Oregon. info@gl-lg.com ?

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MassRoots

JANUARY 17, 2019

Recreational marijuana sales have been legal in California for a full year now, but some people in communities where commercial dispensaries have been banned do not have easy, reliable access to legal products.

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MMJ Recs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

With a progressive stance towards cannabis use, the Golden State has established a comprehensive framework for those seeking access to medical marijuana. Wondering how to access MMJ in California? In 2016, the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA) was introduced to regulate the industry further.

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Project CBD

JUNE 16, 2023

The probable closure of a significant percentage of California’s retailers will further destabilize the overall industry as cannabis farmers and manufacturers lose access to legal-market customers. Fatal Flaws When Proposition 64 passed in November 2016, it established 27 voter-mandated goals.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 10, 2021

According to the governor, the new law acts on the recommendations made by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to revise the Medical Marijuana Act, which was signed into law in April 2016. This legislation provides important updates to our state’s medical marijuana program to ensure that patients have improved access to medication.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 14, 2020

The Australian government passed a law in 2016 that … Read More. Highlights Australia’s medical cannabis patients are still turning to the illicit market, despite legal medical cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2021

The group’s primary focus is to provide the necessary resources and guidance to advance a comprehensive medical cannabis package that allows professionalization, clinical research and greater access. The Council represents ACCM’s further commitment to support legislation that allows research and access.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 30, 2022

In 2016, the Agency announced that it would expand the pool of federally licensed growers beyond just the University of Mississippi (which was initially granted a federal cannabis cultivation license in 1968).

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Furthermore, Northern Herb would deliver marijuana to unattended locations, such as a front door or car, where unknown third parties might have access to the package. From May 2016 through July 2018, Northern Herb had total revenue exceeding $14 million. Northern Herb did not withhold or pay employment taxes.

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Cannabis Life Network

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Commercial grade H2O2 since MMAR days In the medical marijuana days, especially prior to 2016, cultivators had access to a limited few pesticides for cannabis production. Should food-grade pesticides need a careful distinction from their commercial relatives in the cannabis industry, though? Zerotol is […].

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

After two years of waiting, medical marijuana patients in North Dakota’s largest city will finally have safe, reliable access to medication. Voters in North Dakota approved Measure 5 , legalizing the use of medical cannabis as well as a retail market for the medication, in November 2016.

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MassRoots

MARCH 25, 2019

Over 70 percent of Florida voters approved medical marijuana in 2016,” Gov. When Florida voters approved Measure 2 in 2016, effectively legalizing the use of medical marijuana in the Sunshine State, they voted on legislation which permitted smoking. DeSantis said in a statement. “I

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MassRoots

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Wolf signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana into law on April 17, 2016, and now the first full year has been proclaimed a great success with more than 116,000 patients being registered. “Patients are realizing the benefits and there has been steady, positive progress that I am pleased to report.”. Costa wrote on Twitter.

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NORML

APRIL 1, 2019

An arrest and conviction for a marijuana offense can prohibit individuals from fully participating in society, inhibiting their ability to get a loan, get a job, go to college, or to access public housing, among other negative impacts. Marijuana decriminalization is not enough.

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