NORML

JUNE 18, 2019

The administration of herbal cannabis is safe and effective in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, according to clinical data published this month in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Israeli investigators assessed the use of cannabis over a six-month period in 211 patients with the disease.

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Americans for Safe Access

JANUARY 12, 2025

As a pediatric emergency department pharmacist, I witness both the incredible potential of modern medicine and some of its most glaring gaps. Even among the sickest and most vulnerable patients I see, I often find myself wondering: Could medical cannabis help this person?

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NORML

MAY 26, 2020

The delivery of precise doses of THC via an inhaler is associated with pain mitigation in patients with neuropathy and other complex pain conditions, according to clinical trial data published in the European Journal of Pain. Participants inhaled a precise dose containing either THC (at doses of either 0.5mg or 1mg) or placebo. .”

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Americans for Safe Access

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Americans for Safe Access (ASA) fully supports the regulation of cannabinoid products as part of our mission to ensure safe access for patients, and we want you to be successful in your efforts to do so in California. Unfortunately, our efforts to alter the legislation to protect these patients failed, and so did AB 2223.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

SB1719 allows “registered agents” for those patients physically unable to pick up or receive delivery of their medical cannabis, like those in hospice, assisted living facilities, and those who rely on home healthcare providers. “It is comforting to know I will still be able to send my husband to get the medicine I need.”

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NORML

MARCH 10, 2022

“Permitting limited home cultivation provides patients with the ability to have reliable, affordable, and consistent access to the medicine they rely on. The post South Dakota: Lawmakers Finalize Legislation Protecting Patients’ Home Cultivation Rights appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

APRIL 3, 2020

Medical cannabis is essential and while we commend our state officials for declaring that centers will remain open during the state of emergency, we need to ensure our patients have uninterrupted access to their life saving medicine, especially during these uncertain times.

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NORML

MARCH 18, 2020

This designation permits them to continue to provide important services to patients who rely on them,” stated NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri. “There are several million state-licensed medical cannabis patients in America. These guidelines are especially important for patients.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 25, 2021

In nursing school, I wrote my dissertation on the role of the nurse when caring for patients using cannabis therapeutically, knowing that nurses are often the first healthcare professional to whom patients disclose their cannabis use. I remain in awe of these patients to this day. Transfering nurses’ skills to cannabis medicine.

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Americans for Safe Access

JANUARY 11, 2023

On January 5, 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal from the Arizona Department of Child Safety, letting stand a lower court decision that Lindsay Ridgell’s medicinal use of cannabis while pregnant did not constitute child neglect and ordered her name be removed from the state’s child abuse registry.

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NORML

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Researchers affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania and the Perelman School of Medicine assessed the impact of medical cannabis legalization laws on self-reported health outcomes. Investigators reported that pain patients were the group most likely to report health benefits following medical cannabis enactment.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 18, 2021

Published in Nature Partner Journals and sponsored by the Parkinson’s Foundation, the study found that nearly 25% of Parkinson’s patients had used cannabis in the past six months, but that one in four of that group did not know what type or form of cannabis they used, and nearly half did not know their dosage. Of the 43.9% Shutterstock).

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

Importation, cultivation, production, and other activities conducted for medicinal and scientific purposes are lawful under federal Australian law when the necessary licenses and permits have been obtained. This Q&A focuses primarily on medicinal cannabis (containing higher THC). Australia Cannabis Q&A A.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The vote marks the first time that a legislative chamber in the state has ever advanced medicinal marijuana legislation. We commend the House of Representatives for listening to their constituents and standing up for patients in passing this bill.

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NORML

JULY 1, 2019

Three new laws intended to expand patient access to and the therapeutic value of Virginia’s medical cannabis program take effect July 1, 2019. “These bills help ensure that all patients are able to obtain and use the necessary therapeutic doses of their cannabis medicines regardless of location or physical ability.”

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NORML

MAY 21, 2021

“Overwhelming majorities of patients and their providers acknowledge that cannabis is a legitimate medicine. Politicians should not be standing in their way by opposing efforts to permit health professionals from recommending cannabis to their patients in instances where they believe it is therapeutically appropriate.”.

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MMJ Recs

JUNE 29, 2024

For numerous medical marijuana patients throughout the United States with a medicinal marijuana program, it embodies a vital source of relief and healing. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll go over the importance of proper cannabis storage for patients who use medicinal marijuana as part of their treatment to manage symptoms.

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Illinois News Joint

MAY 7, 2024

Since before adult-use legalization, the hundreds of thousands of qualified medical patients in Illinois have had only 55 dispensaries to chose from, and the lack of access to specific medical needs, especially in southern Illinois, has forced several patients to drive 2-hours or more to purchase medicine.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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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NORML

JUNE 18, 2020

Commenting on the ruling, NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said: “This decision provides further validation that cannabis is medicine and that those Pennsylvanians who rely on it should not be treated any differently or be denied any rights under the law.” ” Writing for the Court, Chief Justice Thomas G.

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Americans for Safe Access

JULY 29, 2020

Oregon is one of the few but growing number of states that have both a medical cannabis program and an adult use (recreational) program, and users of cannabis medicine can be found in either group. A big thank you to Debbie for her time and to ASA for all that they do.

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Americans for Safe Access

AUGUST 6, 2019

However this report shows us that while the national trend is towards better medical cannabis laws, many states still need significant improvements in their programs to ensure that all patients have access to the medicine they need.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Cannabiz Australia has the story… Medicinal Cannabis Industry Australia (MCIA) has sent a position paper to members on delta-8 THC products in a bid to clear up confusion about the medicine, ensure accurate labelling, and avoid it being prescribed in error. Read more [link].

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 7, 2024

No data exists on how many registered medical patients are actively growing cannabis in Illinois. Though many reasons factor into the number of patients who grow and why, two trendlines that are heading in opposite direction may suggest more medical cannabis patients in Illinois are opting to grow their own medicine.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The explicit language barring patients from “smoking” would be removed. Patients and their caregivers could also apply for a permit to cultivate and process their own cannabis for their own personal medicinal use, with undetermined restrictions to be left to regulations put forth by the OCM.

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NORML

JULY 2, 2019

A team of investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and the University of Miami assessed marijuana use trends among 1,000 adult use customers in Colorado. Among those respondents with a history of taking prescription sleep aids, 83 percent reported either reducing or ceasing their use of those medicines.

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NORML

JANUARY 27, 2020

Delaware cannabis patients and advocates will gather in Dover on Wednesday to rally support for The Delaware Patient Right to Grow Act, House Bill 243. This change would allow registered patients and registered caregivers to grow medical cannabis at home. Most patients respond best to specific strains of cannabis.

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United Patients Group

JULY 22, 2023

As medical marijuana gains acceptance in mainstream medicine, patients and healthcare providers need to be well-informed about the various strains available and their unique effects on the body. United Patients Group specializes in providing reliable insights into the therapeutic use of medical marijuana and related plant medicine.

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Veriheal

AUGUST 30, 2022

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 8.8 406,454 active patient certifications. 20 million patient dispensary transactions. 1,779 approved practitioners.

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NORML

JUNE 1, 2020

House and Senate lawmakers have approved a series of bills to facilitate patients’ access to medical cannabis products. ” Under the current law, doctors may only recommend medical cannabis products to those patients with a limited number of select conditions, such as HIV and cancer. .”

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Veriheal

MAY 30, 2023

A new 2023 study published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care suggests that cannabis could be the answer millions of cancer patients have been looking for. of patients experience pain after curative treatment, while 66.4% of patients with advanced or metastatic cancer suffer from pain. Interestingly, 72.5%

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United Patients Group

MARCH 15, 2023

The following are some examples of how cannabis can help patients taper off other drugs: Cannabis is a natural treatment for pain and other symptoms of withdrawal. Patients who are prescribed these medications may find that using cannabis helps them to sleep better at night and feel more relaxed during the day.

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

By the time she learned she was breaking the law, cannabis medicine was saving her life. Years later and after countless hours devoted by herself and other advocates at Virginia NORML, the state’s first medical cannabis dispensaries will finally begin opening dispensary doors to patients this summer.

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Veriheal

APRIL 11, 2024

million patients in 2022, a sharp increase from the 3.1 Now, more than 90% of citizens believe that the substance should be legal for medicinal and recreational use, something that would have seemed astonishing even a mere decade ago. million registered in 2020 and an even more dramatic rise from the 678,000 registered in 2016.

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Veriheal

MAY 25, 2023

We’re talking about ketamine —a dissociative anesthetic that is featured on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. Also known as “K,” “special K,” or “cat-valium,” ketamine is gradually climbing out of an abyss of K-fueled house parties and into the vortex of medicine.

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LifeCannMD

MARCH 31, 2025

“I’ve watched patients walk through my door carrying not just physical pain, but the weight of cultural stigma, family concerns, and years of medical dismissal,” Dr. Fandino-Sende shares. “Medicine is about science, yesbut healing? Where other doctors might see symptoms, he sees stories.

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Veriheal

MARCH 18, 2024

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC), which regulates the cultivation, licensing, and selling of cannabis in the state, is set to host a series of clinics designated to help new or existing state medical marijuana patients with signing up or re-enrolling in their cannabis program. and run until 4 p.m., and last until 6 p.m.

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