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NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri Stepping Down from Leadership Position

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Altieri assumed the leadership role in November 2016, directing NORML during one of the more successful periods in the marijuana law reform movement’s history. The post NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri Stepping Down from Leadership Position appeared first on NORML.

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CBD Enhances Glucose Metabolism via Nuclear Receptors

Project CBD

Prior to this, the man had no psychiatric history, the authors note. And besides an uncle with bipolar disorder, he had no family history of other psychiatric or neurological diseases. 173,12 (2016): 1899-910. 2016, doi:10.3389/fphar.2016.00422 He had never taken anti-psychotic drugs nor received psychological treatment.

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NORML Launches “Smoke the Vote” To Prepare For 2020 Election

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Marijuana won big at the ballot box in 2016 and 2018, and we expect that 2020 will be even bigger. Together, we’re going to make history, The NORML Team. Once we’re ready, we’ll spread the information far and wide to ensure that every American can be an informed cannabis voter.

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How does medical marijuana help patients with Epilepsy?

FloridaMarijuana.net

Cannabis has an ancient history across the Middle East and India as an anticonvulsant , but during the past 20 years , research has grown exponentially in support of the medicinal qualities of cannabis. A 2016 study confirmed that there is clinical evidence of the diminishment of the frequency of seizures when medical marijuana is introduced.

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Foolproof Way to Get Your Florida Medical Marijuana Recommendation and Card

FloridaMarijuana.net

On Nov 8th, 2016 the state of Florida legalized the use of medical marijuana, though it didn’t go into effect until March of 2017; the endorsement to the use of medical cannabis opened the doors to an alternative treatment for many different conditions. Medical records & History. Proof of Florida residence.

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THC can remain in breast milk for six weeks, study finds

The Cannigma

Published in “JAMA Pediatrics ,” the study followed 25 new mothers who had a history of cannabis use. THC, the key intoxicating chemical of cannabis, can be present in human breast milk up to six weeks after marijuana use, according to a new study. The Colorado test.

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Court Dismisses Case Demanding DEA to Move Expeditiously to License Cannabis Cultivators

NORML

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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