Santa Fe, NM – Yesterday afternoon the Secretary of Health denied the recommendation of the Medical Advisory Board to add opioid use disorder as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis in New Mexico. The Secretary’s decision flies in the face of the overwhelming support of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board, which recommended approving both conditions […]
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New York Department of Health Adds Chronic Pain as Qualifying Condition for Medical Marijuana Program
Advocates Applaud Ongoing Action by Department of Health to Improving New York’s Medical Marijuana Program NEW YORK—Today, the New York State Department of Health announced that they will expand New York’s beleaguered medical marijuana program by adding chronic pain as a qualifying condition under New York’s Compassionate Care Law. This decision by the Department of […]
Top 10 Health Benefits Of Marijuana
There is no plant on Earth more condemned than marijuana. We’re talking about a living organism which governments have taken upon themselves to designate as an illegal substance. Despite no existing evidence of anyone ever dying of a marijuana overdose, possession of this plant is still illegal in many parts of the world. Marijuana has […]
Six Amazing Health Benefits Of Marijuana
Although marijuana has been researched for medical use, not nearly enough research has been undertaken, because the marijuana plant is considered a dangerous drug with no medical benefits at all. Until this is changed, more research cannot be done into the medical benefits of the plant. So far, studies have shown that marijuana has the […]
New Mexico’s Department of Health Administrative Delays are Preventing Thousands of Patients from Accessing Medical Cannabis
Delays Violate State Law and Put Patients at Risk of Criminal Prosecution SANTA FE— New Mexico’s Department of Health administrative shortfalls are leaving medical cannabis patients without access to medicine and unprotected from criminal liability for purchase, possession, and cultivation across New Mexico. According to law, the Department of Health (DOH) is required to process […]
Major Victory as Feds Drop Forfeiture Suit Against Harborside Health Center
Feds have dropped the asset forfeiture case againstHarborside Health Center in California. Read article here: High Times
Canada’s Health Minister Announces Timeline for Legalizing Pot
At the United Nations General Assembly Special Assembly on drugs in New York on Wednesday, Canadian Minister of Health JanePhilpottreiterated the government’s promise to legalize marijuana, and offered a timeline for the plan as she addressed world deleg… Read article here: High Times
Juicing Cannabis for Health
Receive medical benefits fromTHCawithout the high: Juice raw cannabis. Read article here: High Times
French Health Minister: Botched Drug Trial Causing “Brain Death” Had Nothing to Do With Cannabis
Although a number of media reports have suggested that an experimental cannabis-based painkiller is what caused a “serious accident” during a clinical drug trial this week in France, leaving one person brain-dead and hospitalizing at least five others, the nat… Read article here: High Times
New York Health Officials Deny Additional Qualified Conditions for Failing Medical Marijuana Program
New York recently launched its ultra-restrictive medical marijuana program for patients suffering from “severe, debilitating, or life-threatening” conditions, but so far there are no signs that state officials are eager to expand the program to service a wider… Read article here: High Times