A new poll shows that Americans think marijuana should be regulated less than it is currently. On the other hand, they want more regulations regarding cryptocurrencies, social media, electric vehicles, and coal, according to a report by Marijuana Moment. The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll asked voters about a wide range of national issues, such as how […]
A new study shows that a lot of Americans are trying cannabis to help with long-term pain. In 2019, 20.4% of adults in the US had long-term pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the last three months, 7.4% of people had chronic pain that often made it hard to live
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The most commonly used substance classified as an illicit drug in the United States is cannabis, with 52.5 million people, or one in five, reporting use in the past year, according to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) conducted by the federal Substance Abuse Unlock the doors to a world of
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The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) said in a report that more than 4,300 scholarly articles about cannabis were published in 2022. According to the report, the number of peer-reviewed cannabis studies has increased this year to over 30,000, up from less than 3,000 in the 1990s and less than 2,000
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The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) backs harm reduction programs across the state and getting rid of criminal records for drug possession by minors, according to a report by Marijuana Moment. Association members this month voted in favor of a resolution calling for “the abolition of criminal penalties for possession of a small quantity of illicit
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A federal health ministry is promoting a new website that lists active grants for cannabis research, gives an overview of projects that have already gotten government help, and shows a wide range of research topics that are being funded, according to a report by Marijuana Moment. Cannabinoid research, cannabidiol research, and medicinal cannabinoid research are
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A new study from the American Medical Association shows that when states legalize medical marijuana, opioid prescriptions and use go down by a large amount among some cancer patients. The study looked at insurance claims from 38,189 people who had just been told they had cancer. It found that legalizing medical cannabis between 2012 and
When Minnesota’s medical cannabis program started, there were only nine conditions that qualified patients. There are now 19 conditions that qualify patients for the program, and next August, OCD and IBS will be added, bringing the total to 21. Regulators decided against adding opioid use disorder and gastroparesis, a stomach and digestion-related condition, to the
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Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order allowing residents with certain severe medical conditions and who fulfill certain qualifications to possess and consume limited amounts of cannabis acquired from a state with legal access. When Beshear signed the order, he became the first governor to do so, making it lawful for residents to
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A petition to exempt bulk marijuana and cannabis tinctures from regulated oversight under a longstanding federal regulation has been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more than a decade after it was filed. The FDA received a request from a California doctor and attorney in September 2011 asking for permission to market bulk
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