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 […]
A new survey revealed young Americans are more than twice as likely to consume cannabis than cigarettes, based on an examination of the most recent Gallup poll data. The study found that the percentage of adults aged 18 to 29 who reported smoking cigarettes in the preceding week fell to a record low of 12%
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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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Analysts at Cowen Equity Research say that legal cannabis sales in the U.S. have started to cut into the sales of beer, wine, and liquor. However, a MarketWatch report says that the alcohol industry is far from being hurt by this. As Colorado approaches 10 years since voters OK’d legal adult-use cannabis sales in the
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Louisiana’s first responders are speaking out in front of a legislative push to secure them access to the state’s medicinal cannabis program. New Orleans Democrat Mandie Landry is making her second attempt in as many years to enshrine the rights of first responders to participate in the program. The former Army medic and current firefighter
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Guidelines for “public cannabis consumption zones” were adopted by New Jersey’s marijuana regulators, taking the state one step closer to allowing adults and patients the option of using marijuana for social purposes. In April, dispensaries were opened to the public for purchasing cannabis for recreational use, but supporters have been calling for new laws to
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Ohio lawmakers are presently contemplating a proposal to make medical cannabis available to individuals whose ailments “that the patient’s symptoms may reasonably be expected to be relieved from medical marijuana.” Twenty-five medical diseases, including AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, Crohn’s disease, epilepsy or another seizure disorder, fibromyalgia, glaucoma, and others, are currently recognized by the state
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A legislative task team in Louisiana met multiple times to discuss and make suggestions on how to handle employment concerns related to medical marijuana. The Employment and Medical Marijuana Task Force split into three groups to discuss various aspects of medical marijuana in the workplace, including legal protections in other states, available testing methods,
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Multiple attempts by D.C. officials over the past year to crack down on unlicensed cannabis stores, often known as “gifting” or “I-71” shops, have been largely unsuccessful. Many business owners clashed with D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson earlier this year, as he attempted to enact emergency legislation to shut them down and criticized them as
More than 45,000 Oregonians have received pardons from their marijuana convictions according to the state’s governor. Gov. Kate Brown’s (D) cannabis clemency decision, which also includes the waiver of more than $14 million in fines and costs, comes approximately one month after President Joe Biden handed thousands of pardons for federal marijuana possession cases
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