Americans for Safe Access

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Although conditions have improved for patients significantly in the past two decades, our 2021 State of the State report clearly shows that even after 25 years, states are falling short on providing safe, legal, and affordable access to ALL patients.

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NORML

MARCH 26, 2020

In others, regulators have either relaxed protocols or moved forward with new, emergency rules to facilitate expanded access – such as permitting patients to seek telemedicine appointments and allowing dispensaries to permit curbside pick-up and home delivery. Marijuana Policy Project. Clergy for a New Drug Policy.

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NORML

JANUARY 24, 2019

It seeks to redefine allowed dosage limitations and formulations, and expand patient access and reduce patient cost by adding nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the list of those authorized to issue written certifications to patients.

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Policy Patients Education Legislation 187

NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. It would not allow patients to smoke herbal marijuana or vape, but would allow forms including pills, oils, lozenges and patches. AL resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Access Patients 274

Veriheal

MAY 12, 2021

In light of such, and the fact that cancer is a common qualifying condition for cannabis, this research team took to expanding the available basic information on cannabis in the cancer population in order to provide clinical trial designers with better information needed for planned studies. Cancer Patients Experience Less Severe Pain.

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NORML

MARCH 19, 2019

Patients, renters, the poor, people of color and women are still marginalized for their cannabis use, despite legalization,” said Martinez. “I would sum up our policy as ‘do the right thing’ Let’s create legal cannabis policy that acknowledges both science and reality,” Bacca says.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Despite notable advances in MMJ research over the last decade, scientists have found that some states’ restrictions on qualifying conditions prevent millions of patients from getting the treatments they need—robbing them of potential relief offered by cannabinoid therapies. How Do MMJ Restrictions Affect Patients and Doctors?

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MMJ Recs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Medical marijuana (MMJ) dispensaries play a crucial role in providing patients with access to the cannabis products they need for managing various health conditions. Visiting an MMJ dispensary comes with a set of unwritten rules and etiquettes that patients should be aware of. This is a legal requirement in many states.

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Dispensary Patients Strains Research and Development 98

NORML

MARCH 7, 2020

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. House Bill 158 authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana in treating certain neurodegenerative diseases and conditions. HI resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Patients THC 252

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A state district judge last week ordered RLD, the New Mexico Department of Health and the governor’s office to either change their policy for medical cannabis patient purchase amounts or present a compelling argument for not doing so. For years, New Mexico cannabis patients have been limited to 230 “units” in a rolling 90-day period.

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NORML

MARCH 14, 2020

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 165, to establish a medical marijuana access program for qualified patients with a physician’s recommendation to access medical marijuana from licensed retail outlets. It would not allow patients to smoke herbal marijuana or vape, but would allow forms including pills, oils, lozenges and patches.

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Legislation Access Patients THC 229

NORML

APRIL 23, 2020

The questions : Initiative 65 (citizen initiated) : Should Mississippi allow qualified patients with debilitating medical conditions, as certified by Mississippi licensed physicians, to use medical marijuana? Under this proposal, patients would be prohibited from smoking whole-plant marijuana. South Dakota.

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Collective Access Patients Marijuana 305

Veriheal

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This bill would heavily reduce the cannabis products on the market that are currently available recreationally, returning to more traditional policies of the past. In 2021, the blanket Smoke a joint, lose your license policy was repealed. The Texas medical cannabis program allows for no more than 0.5% ounces of cannabis.

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CannaMD

MARCH 19, 2020

As Florida’s leading medical cannabis physicians , CannaMD is committed to working closely with licensed dispensaries to ensure medical cannabis patients stay safe while continuing uninterrupted treatment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. UPDATE (3/19): MEDICAL MARIJUANA PHYSICIAN APPOINTMENTS. COLUMBIA CARE.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

Puerto Rico’s Governor has signed legislation into law protecting qualified medical cannabis patients from workplace discrimination. The legislation amends Puerto Rico’s medical marijuana access law so that registered patients are now classified as members of a protected class under the US territory’s employment protection laws.

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Patients Law Research and Development Medicine 105

NORML

MARCH 21, 2020

However, the work of reforming our nation’s failed marijuana laws is not suspended therefore we’re still updating you policy efforts across the country. Legislation is pending, Assembly Bill 2355, to protect registered medical marijuana patients from employment discrimination. AK resident? California. Mississippi.

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Legislation Access Patients Cultivation 275

NORML

JANUARY 11, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 2134, to permit qualifying patients to cultivate personal use quantities of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. The measure would permit patients to grow up to nine cannabis plants in a locked, enclosed facility, and to possess up to three ounces of home-grown medical cannabis. NH resident?

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Legislation Decriminalization Hemp Patients 218

FloridaMarijuana.net

JULY 8, 2018

When the body is defensive against trauma or illness, this system begins to fail, resulting in physical, mental and/or neurological conditions. Medical marijuana can contribute to a patient’s overall health. Cannabis offers significant therapeutic benefits for a wide range of medical conditions. Blue Dream. Bubba Kush.

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NORML

AUGUST 13, 2019

Senate Bill 2023 expands the state’s medical cannabis program by adding several new qualifying conditions, allowing physicians assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to recommend medical cannabis to their patients, allowing minor patients to have up to three caregivers instead of two, among other changes.

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The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The bill would change the law to allow only New Mexico residents who have a qualifying condition to get a medical cannabis patient card. Continue reading Medical cannabis qualified patient bill has one last stop before the governor’s desk at The NM Political Report. Though sponsored by Sen.

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NORML

MAY 20, 2019

Assembly Bill 132, a bill still being discussed in the Nevada Legislature, could benefit medical patients across the state from employment discrimination simply because they test positive for cannabis. PTSD, cachexia and muscle spasms are among the nearly never ending list of conditions that cannabis has been proven to treat in most cases.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This includes a position that requires a CDL license, an OSHA construction safety and health certificate, is funded in part by a federal grant, or requires the supervision of children, medical patients, or vulnerable persons. Prohibit employees from using or possessing marijuana outside of work, so long as it is written in company policy.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Today, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act , to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions. A copy of the bill is available here.

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Legislation Access Chronic Pain Marijuana 227

NORML

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At the state level, activists in Florida and Missouri gathered in their state capitals along side state and local NORML chapters to lobby state lawmakers in favor of sensible marijuana policy reform. Senate Bill 19-013 would permit physicians to recommend cannabis therapy for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed.

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Legislation Decriminalization Access Patients 188

NORML

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Polling from the American Legion shows that nearly 1 in 4 veterans consume marijuana to alleviate symptoms of a medical or physical condition. Prohibiting VA doctors from recommending cannabis to qualifying patients, while continuing to rely on pharmaceuticals drugs like opioids as a treatment, is both a dangerous and illogical policy.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Also this week Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced legislation, The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, to expand and facilitate medical cannabis access to military veterans suffering from chronic pain, PTSD, and other serious medical conditions. You can submit your own feedback here.

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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 189

NORML

JUNE 13, 2019

Certain conditions require more cannabinoids than others. Price caps that could favor seriously ill patients/consumers will be an entirely new concept to the cannabis industry, but it’s no innovation. Patients need a vast array of possible dosing combinations, sometimes in the same day.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

The MS Society has said that thousands of multiple sclerosis patients are being denied access to the approved drug Sativex, which helps improve spasm symptoms in sufferers. Chris Todd was diagnosed with MS in 1999, he lives in Hull with his wife Anne who also suffers from relapsing MS.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 2, 2021

This amendment expands employment protections to employees who are registered and licensed medical cannabis patients. The Medicinal Cannabis Act, among other things, allows the use of medical cannabis per a doctor’s recommendation for duly authorized individuals suffering from a serious health condition.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2020

In Indianapolis on January 29, a quiet, eager audience of nurses give their rapt attention to Jason Straw as he takes center stage at the 2020 ISNA Policy Conference. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. ISNA 2020 POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA, Jason Straw- Cannabis Policy. PURPOSE : .

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NORML

JUNE 23, 2019

Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 223, to allow medical cannabis to be administered to patients at school. Senate Bill 45 would make this policy consistent for juvenile offenders. The measure would give doctors the discretion to recommend medical cannabis to any patient for whom they believe will benefit from its therapeutic use.

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Legislation Hemp Decriminalization Agriculture 205

Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

’s medical cannabis program come on the heels of a previously enacted emergency amendment focused on senior citizens: The Medical Marijuana Patient Access Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 allowed D.C. A Temporary Triumph for Medical Cannabis Patients. The State of Patients’ Rights and Access in America Today.

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Patients Programs Access Treatment 98

Veriheal

JUNE 3, 2022

New York proposed a set of packaging and marketing rules for recreational cannabis, a Fan Controlled Football player was cut for smoking cannabis on the field, and a California program is making medical cannabis more affordable for patients. Fan Controlled Football Player Tests League’s Cannabis Policy.

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MMJ Recs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Medical marijuana (MMJ) can be a useful tool when helping to treat a variety of physical and emotional health conditions. One of the most commonly asked questions that medical marijuana patients have is whether they’re permitted to drive while under the influence of cannabis. Can you drive on MMJ?

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Project CBD

MARCH 8, 2019

As of February 2019, the Veterinary Medical Board in California still has no official policy on hemp products. In response, veterinarians and others concerned for patient safety promoted a change in state law. They do however, continue to tell veterinarians they are barred from discussing, recommending, or selling hemp products.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 30, 2021

Balkan Insight is reporting… eople with long-term illnesses are still being given prison sentences in Serbia for using cannabis to treat medical conditions, as the government has been stalling on legal reform while vowing even harsher anti-drug enforcement. Patients are in a terrible situation.

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NORML

MAY 24, 2019

Governor Jared Polis (D) of Colorado signed legislation into law that allows physicians to recommend medical cannabis for any condition for which an opiate would otherwise be prescribed. Legislation is pending, Senate Bill 236, to allow qualifying patients with certain debilitating conditions to use and safely access medical cannabis.

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