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

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million patients in 2022, a sharp increase from the 3.1 million registered in 2020 and an even more dramatic rise from the 678,000 registered in 2016. Many patients continue to register due to lowered taxes, increased legal protections, higher purchase limits, and more.

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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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How does medical marijuana help patients with Epilepsy?

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Medical marijuana can alleviate certain side effects and, some research indicates, reduce the number of seizures a patient experiences. A 2016 study confirmed that there is clinical evidence of the diminishment of the frequency of seizures when medical marijuana is introduced. appeared first on.

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CDC Seeks Public Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management

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.” The CDC’s interest in alternative methods of chronic pain management may be of particular significance to many medical cannabis patients. According to state-registry records, “Chronic pain is currently and historically the most common qualifying condition reported by medical cannabis patients (67.5

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CDC Still Soliciting Comments Regarding Chronic Pain Management Solutions

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The CDC’s interest in alternative methods of chronic pain management is likely to be of particular significance to many medical cannabis patients. According to state-registry records, “Chronic pain is currently and historically the most common qualifying condition reported by medical cannabis patients (67.5

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Patients In Florida Can Finally Smoke Medical Cannabis

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Newly sworn-in Governor Ron DeSantis officially ended the statewide ban on smokable forms of medical cannabis in Florida, making good on the promise he made to patients. In doing so, medical cannabis patients are finally legally permitted to smoke dried cannabis flower if their doctor recommends that specific method of administration.

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Cornwall UK: Change.org Petition To Protect Tony Bevington, 80-year old cannabis patient from prosecution.

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UK based Global Cannabinoid Solutions an organisation that has worked alongside the cannabis social movement since 2016 to support grass roots patient initiatives has started … Read More. The post Cornwall UK: Change.org Petition To Protect Tony Bevington, 80-year old cannabis patient from prosecution.