Jason Laine

Bill to ban medical marijuana clinics passes House on narrow margin 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- February 9, 2023
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A bill seeking to, among other things, ban certain types of marijuana related advertising in South Dakota passed the House of Representatives along a slim margin Wednesday afternoon. The bill in question, HB 1129, brought by Republican Rep. Fred Deutsch, seeks to add requirements to practitioners recommending the use of medical marijuana,
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Alfie Dingley endured 500 seizures a month before using cannabis 0
- CANNABIS OIL
- February 6, 2023
An 11-year-old boy used to suffer from 500 seizures a month before he became the first first person to get the Class B drug prescribed on the NHS. Mother-of-two Hannah Deacon, 43, from Kenilworth won her fight for the NHS to prescribe medical cannabis after seeing how well it improved her son’s epilepsy symptoms. In November 2018, Alfie Dingley, now 11,
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D.C. Mayor Bowser Approves Changes To Medical Marijuana Program: Licenses, Tax Relief, Self-Certification 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- February 1, 2023
Legislation B24-0013: The Medical Cannabis Amendment Act proposes significant changes to the medical marijuana program in the District. First of all, some provisions increase the number of licensed dispensaries allowed to operate in the District and provide tax relief to operators. The legislation also proposes that individuals “self-certify” for medical marijuana to be codified into law, writes NORML. Furthermore, the legislation,
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Consuming medicinal cannabis oil improves sleep in adults with insomnia 0
- CANNABIS OIL
- January 30, 2023
A placebo-controlled experimental study in Australia on adults suffering from insomnia showed that consumption of medicinal cannabis oil containing 10 mg/ml tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and 15 mg/ml cannabidiol (CBD) over 2 weeks improved sleep time compared to a group receiving placebo treatment. Levels of melatonin, a hormone produced by the brain that helps regulate the internal
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