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CDC Seeks Public Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking public comments on how Americans with chronic pain are successfully treating their symptoms. ” The CDC’s interest in alternative methods of chronic pain management may be of particular significance to many medical cannabis patients. percent in 2016).”

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Global Legal Cannabis Markets Analysis 2021-2028 by Sources (Marijuana, Hemp), End-use (Recreational, Medical), Derivatives (CBD, THC) – ResearchAndMarkets.com

Cannabis Law Report

This growth can be credited to the rising geriatric population and increasing demand for cannabis for various medical purposes, such as management of chronic pain, mental disorders, chemotherapy-induced nausea & vomiting, and neurological disorders. Global Legal Cannabis Industry: Number of Clinical Trials, By Region.

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Vice Article: Australians Can Get a Medicinal Cannabis Prescription for Pretty Much Anything

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Of the 248,000 scripts approved for Australians since inception of national medicinal cannabis scheme in 2016, many related to conditions for which the drug has limited evidence of efficacy, a new University of Sydney study shows. The findings were published today in Frontiers in Pharmacology.

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New Frontiers in the Law of Psychedelics

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Then, in November 2019, the FDA granted the designation to the nonprofit Usona Institute to study psilocybin’s effect on major depressive order, for which clinical trials are currently under way. See Usona Institute, A Study of Psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) , Clinical Trial ID NCT03866174, available at [link].

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8 famous people you didn’t know were cannabis patients

The Cannigma

Dubbed by SFGate “The Coach Who Rolls the Best Blunts in the NBA,” Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr has admitted to using marijuana to cope with nagging back pain. But it was worth it, because I’m searching for answers on pain. Morgan Freeman says only cannabis helps reduce his fibromyalgia pain (Shutterstock).

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Pioneering Medical Cannabis Down Under

SpeedWeed

After watching my brother self-medicate for his chronic pain for decades, I didn’t understand how cannabis was important to him as a medicine. I always thought he used his chronic pain as an “excuse” to self-administer what I thought was a toxic drug. . in 2014, I watched my brother walk into a cannabis clinic.

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Meredith Fisher-Corn, MD…….”Are You Able to Answer Your Patients’ Medical Marijuana Questions”

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As reviewed in a recent Forbes article, “a study of more than 400 health care professionals has revealed that most physicians lack knowledge of medicinal cannabis, with 65% saying that they have been asked about medical marijuana as a treatment for chronic pain but were unable to answer their patients’ questions” (1).