MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Medical marijuana advocates look to keep pressure on NC lawmakers 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- July 8, 2021
Following a significant vote last week on a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in North Carolina, advocates are trying to keep pressure on lawmakers to keep moving the bill forward as they return to Raleigh following a break. “It’s historic,” said Chris Suttle as he stood on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill Wednesday, talking
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3 years since legalizing medical marijuana, how is Oklahoma’s program performing?0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- June 27, 2021
Three years after Oklahoma voters approved medical marijuana, the state has 369,247 patients licensed by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, and 11,636 businesses with an active license. More than 2,200 caregivers are licensed. State Question 788, which was approved June 26, 2018, by 57% of the voters, legalized marijuana for any medical use on a
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Doctors And Patients Agree: Doctors Aren’t Good Sources For Medical Marijuana Info 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- June 20, 2021
The majority of cannabis patients do not consider their primary care physicians a good source of information regarding cannabis, according to a recent survey. The results coincide with a growing concern about the lack of education doctors receive regarding the therapeutic benefits cannabinoids provide. A 2020 study published in the Journal of Primary Care &
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Emerald Scientific Supports Medical Marijuana Research in Florida 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- June 16, 2021
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., June 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Emerald Scientific, LLC has been accepted as an Industry Collaborator by the Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes. Established in June 2019, the Consortium conducts, shares, and supports research on the effects of medical marijuana on health conditions and symptoms. Directed by a leadership team at
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Lawmakers discuss future of medical marijuana in Mississippi 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- June 7, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The leader of the organization that sponsored the voter-approved Mississippi medical marijuana initiative that was recently blocked in court says the program should be changed and improved by the state Legislature — but not by too much. Medical marijuana advocates were outraged last month when the state Supreme Court ruled that
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Watered-down expansion of Texas’ medical marijuana program poised to become law 0
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- May 30, 2021
House Bill 1535 expands eligibility for the Texas Compassionate Use Program to people with cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder. The Senate stripped out a provision that would’ve allowed any Texan with chronic pain to access medical marijuana. A watered-down expansion of Texas’ medical marijuana program is headed to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott after
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