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Mississippi Becomes 37th State to Legalize Medical Cannabis With a Law that Provides Limited Access to Patients

Americans for Safe Access

On February 2, 2022, Governor Tate Reeves chose to sign SB 2095 into law, making Mississippi the 37th state to adopt medical cannabis laws. of votes in favor), which authorized the state’s department of health to create a medical cannabis program. ASA strongly opposes both of these provisions.

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Virginia: Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation to Improve Medical Cannabis Program

NORML

Includes eliminating the requirement that patients register with the Board of Pharmacy after receiving their written certification from a registered practitioner. The post Virginia: Governor Youngkin Signs Legislation to Improve Medical Cannabis Program appeared first on NORML.

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The Good, The Bad, and the Disappointing: Takeaways of the 2022 State of the States Report

Americans for Safe Access

While preparing this report, it was impossible to overlook the immense amount of work that patient advocates and state policy makers have undertaken to create these medical cannabis programs, and the daunting challenges still facing them.

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Medical Cannabis Patients in PA Could See New Protections by November 2022

Veriheal

While Keystone State’s Medical Marijuana Program is booming with over 400 thousand active medical cannabis patients—Pennsylvania is primed to expand into an explosive adult-use market serving approximately 8.8 Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Program. 406,454 active patient certifications. Senate Bill No.

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Illinois cannabis patients ignored for another year

Illinois News Joint

December 2022, I published a 6-part series titled, “What Illinois cannabis patients really want” to start a dialogue about the large gap between patients’ needs, wishes, concerns, and recommendation for improving the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP) and the actual amendments to the law legislators have introduced.

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Minnesota: Regulators Okay Patients’ Access to Cannabis-Infused Edible Products

Cannabis Law Report

Under the plan, patients in the state’s medical access program will be able to purchase marijuana-infused gummies or other similar chewable products beginning on August 1, 2022. Earlier this year, lawmakers approved legislation expanding the program to include access to herbal cannabis.

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

Veriheal

million patients in 2022, a sharp increase from the 3.1 While there have been some drops in medical patient registration in states with adult-use (recreational) programs, pandemic-era programs also directly attributed to part of the increase in patient registration.

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