Report: 90% of Virginia Med Patients Obtain Weed Outside of State’s Medical Market
It is not uncommon for residents of states that have not yet enacted marijuana laws to travel and obtain marijuana through out-of-state dispensaries. However, some states in the South appear…
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Medical Pot Patients Enjoy Improved Quality Of Life, Lower Pain, Anxiety And Depression, Research Shows
A recent Australian study of over 2,300 people with chronic health conditions showed interesting improvements in overall quality of life within the first three months of using medical cannabis. has…
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Health Insurance Premiums Decrease in States With Legal Medical Cannabis
A new study was introduced online International Drug Policy Journal (which will appear in the September 2023 issue of the Journal) provides evidence that states where medical marijuana is legal…
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Idaho Activists Continue Drive To Get Medical Cannabis Measure On 2024 Ballot
An advocacy group is determined to bring medical cannabis to Idaho, one of the last remaining states with no form of legal weed. The group is called Kind Idaho, and…
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House Approves Spending Bill with Amendments for Veteran Medical Cannabis Treatments
On July 26, the U.S. House of Representatives approved amendments and added a large spending bill. Among those amendments was an addition that would permit doctors from the U.S. Department…
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Albania Legalizes Medical Cannabis |
Albanian lawmakers approved a bill to legalize cannabis for medical purposes on Friday. The country’s parliament “passed 69 to 23 to allow for the limited and controlled growth of cannabis…
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Ohio Regulators Reject Autism And OCD As Medical Pot Qualifying Conditions
Ohio’s cannabis regulator added irritable bowel syndrome to the eligibility criteria for medical marijuana use last week, but declined to approve a petition to add autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder to…
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North Carolina Medical Cannabis Bill Likely Dead For 2023
House Speaker Tim Moore said Tuesday that a bill to legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina is likely to be defeated in 2023. Moore supports the bipartisan bill, but said…
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New York Town Owes Nearly $200,000 After Firing Medical Cannabis Patient
The city of Amsterdam, New York, owes about $200,000 after dismissing a medical marijuana patient who failed a cannabis drug test, a jury ruled in a lawsuit filed by a…
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Oklahoma Medical Cannabis Firms File Suit To Block Fee Increases
Cannabis activists in Oklahoma have joined forces with three of the state’s medical cannabis suppliers to file a lawsuit against regulatory fee increases that took effect last month. The lawsuit,…
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President Biden Is ‘Very Open-Minded’ About Psychedelics For Medical Treatment
President Joe Biden’s youngest brother said the president was “very open-minded” in conversations about therapeutic psychedelics. Associated Press. In a phone interview with Sirius XM’s Michael Smerkonish program on Wednesday,…
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Zelensky Pushes Medical Cannabis Legalization To Aid Ukrainians Suffering ‘Trauma of War’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky convened lawmakers on Wednesday He has called for medical marijuana legalization, saying the treatment could help people in the country suffering from the “trauma of war.”…
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New Hampshire Medical Pot Dispensaries Open Business to Outsiders (Even Canadians!)
Medical cannabis patients visiting New Hampshire from other states or Canada can now seek treatment at licensed New Hampshire dispensaries. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced Beginning…
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Pot Use Lower Among Illinois Teens Who Live Near Medical Dispensaries
Illinois teens in zip codes with medical cannabis dispensaries were less likely to have used cannabis, according to a new study. of findingsA study by researchers at the University of…
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Feeling High Correlates with Greater Symptom Relief for Medical Cannabis Patients, Study Finds
A study published in a journal by the University of New Mexico (UNM) Pharmacology frontier They found that patients who got high after using cannabis often experienced greater symptom relief.…
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Alabama Regulators To Begin Issuing Medical Cannabis Business Licenses
Alabama regulators took a big step this week toward launching a new medical cannabis industry in the state, with plans to begin issuing licenses to businesses on Monday. Local news…
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Utah Appoints Medical Cannabis Policy Advisory Board
Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Executive Director Tracy Gruber announced Appointed 9 members to the recently established Medical Cannabis Policy Advisory Board. The advisory board will make…
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South Dakota Anti-Pot Lawmaker Gets Medical Weed Card to Test System
Longtime pot opponent South Dakota legislator Fred Deutsch (Republican, Florence) has repeatedly worked hard to narrow the state’s medical marijuana system as much as possible, and now aims to test…
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Rhode Island Ushers In New Era for Medical Weed Patients with Digital Applications
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDHO) recently announced an initiative to allow residents to apply for medical marijuana card registration online.of Rhode Island Cannabis Licensing Portal It will go…
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Researchers Aim To Combine Psilocybin and Cannabis Into Single Medical Treatment
A company called CaaMTech was the first to receive a patent in support of this research in 2021. Article published Wednesday on website Greenstate The company says it is “developing…
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