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Cannabis Report FY2024 (IDPH portion)

Illinois News Joint

Illinois officials recently released the Annual Cannabis Report for Fiscal Year 2024. The focus of the subsequent three meetings was the examination of conditions under consideration for addition to the list of debilitating conditions that are qualifying for participation in the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP).

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Illinois releases Cannabis Report FY2024 (IDFPR portion)

Illinois News Joint

Illinois officials recently released the Annual Cannabis Report for Fiscal Year 2024. IDFPR is also committed to working with those who received Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization licenses in 2023’s Social Equity Criteria Lottery to open their doors as new dispensaries and begin serving customers.

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MCAB recommends fourth condition, agrees more education needed

Illinois News Joint

MCAB members voted to recommend Uterine Fibroid and Painful Uterine Fibroid but did not recommend Generalized Anxiety as a qualifying debilitating condition. After back-and-forth discussion, board members first voted 7-0 to approve Uterine Fibroid as a qualifying debilitating condition. Subieta Benito abstained from the vote.

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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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The Anti-inflammatory Properties of Cannabis: Implications for Autoimmune Conditions

LifeCannMD

Fernando Fandio-Sende has had countless conversations with patients with autoimmune conditions. We’re aware that each person’s medical condition presents unique challenges with can be deeply personal. Dr. Sende offers Medical Marijuana recommendations for patients with one of Floridas qualifying conditions.

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Medical Program Decline

Canna Care Docs

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. Let’s explore how this shift occurred and its implications for patients.

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How four conditions for medical patients were approved: Part II

Illinois News Joint

Part I of this series detailed the difficult, time consuming, and courageous work behind the process of how the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) added female orgasmic disorder to the list of qualifying debilitating condition for medical patients in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program.