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Louisiana Expands State Medical Marijuana Program

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New laws expanding the medical marijuana program in Louisiana went into effect on August 1. The state’s medical marijuana program has been criticized for being too limited and too restrictive since the program was established in 2016, but the three laws that went into effect on Saturday aim to improve the situation.

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

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(To be fair, Democrats didn’t mention weed legalization on their party’s official platform until 2016.). So, it shouldn’t be a huge surprise that Virginia didn’t launch a medical marijuana program until 2015, nearly two decades after California. As in, no to anyone who wasn’t an epilepsy patient.].

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Pennsylvanians Spent $132M On Medical Marijuana In Successful First Year

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In 2018, the first full year of operations for the retail medical marijuana program in Pennsylvania, patients spent more than $130 million on the herbal medication. Inspired by the successful first full year, officials plan to expand the program by licensing more physicians, producers and retail dispensaries. Costa wrote on Twitter.

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And the Winner of the 2020 Election Is…Weed!

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After a failed attempt at adult use legalization in 2016, voters in Arizona finally passed Proposition 207 — also known as the Smart and Safe Act — which permits the possession and use of marijuana for adults ages 21 years or older and permits individuals to grow up to six marijuana plants in their residences. Washington, D.C.,

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Tennessee Broadens its Medical Cannabis Program

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Wait, Tennessee has a medical cannabis program? The Evolution of Tennessee’s Medical Cannabis Program. In 2016, the law was once again reformed to allow up to 0.9% In 2016, the law was once again reformed to allow up to 0.9% This is news to me. I’m a native of Tennessee. Alzheimer’s disease.

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Patients In Florida Can Finally Smoke Medical Cannabis

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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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Australian Scientists Say They Have “developed the world’s most complete medicinal cannabis genomic reference.”

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This helps scientists zero in on strains that would likely be most effective in treating various conditions such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and cancer. In 2016, Victoria became the first Australian state to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis and its first government grown crop was also harvested that year.