A Minnesota doctor believes medical cannabis can help those struggling with opioid addiction and prevent future overdoses. Vireo Health’s Dr. Kyle Kingsley says cannabis is not killing people like opioids and it is not as addicting. Kingsley says in order to break the addiction, it is recommended that a patient slowly weenes off opioids then […]
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TUESDAY: Patients and Their Families Will Gather at State Capitol to Demand Changes to New York’s Broken Medical Marijuana Program
Advocates: Too Few Patients Can Access Medicine Through the Overly Restrictive, Expensive Program Slate of Bills Would Remove Barriers to Participating in the Program and Expand Patient Access Albany – On Tuesday, April 12th, dozens of advocates gathered in Albany to urge legislators to support a slate of bills that would amend the Compassionate Care […]
Senators Reject Medical Marijuana Bill in South Carolina
On Thursday, South Carolina Senators voted 7-4 against a bill that would have created a safe and accessible medical marijuana program in the state. Read article here: High Times
Medical Marijuana In The US Should Be Governed By Science, Not Politics
In 2013, Patrick and Beth Collins were desperate. 13-year-old Jennifer, the younger of their two children, faced a life-threatening situation. In response, the Collins family took extreme measures—sending Jennifer thousands of miles away in the company of her mother. Beth and Jennifer became refugees from a capricious government whose laws threatened Jennifer’s health, the family’s […]
Could This Be The Year Of Medical Marijuana And Decriminalization In Mexico?
Mexico could legalize certain forms of medical marijuana as well as raise the threshold for what is considered decriminalized consumer possession by the end of this year, and may begin considering licit domestic cultivation of substances including cannabis and opium, say senior officials and experts. In November 2015, Mexico’s supreme court ruled that in the […]
Medical Experts Press UN on Decriminalization
A group of 22 medical experts convened byJohns Hopkins UniversityandThe Lancet, Britain's foremost medical journal, on March 24 issued a call for the decriminalization of all non-violent drug use and possession, flatly calling the international War o… Read article here: High Times
Prosecution of Medical Marijuana User Sparks Debate in Sweden
The trial of a paralyzed man who was prosecuted by Swedish authorities for self-medicating with cannabis has sparked debate over legalization in the Scandinavian nation, according to a report in Sweden's English-language publicationthe Local. Read article here: High Times
Medical Marijuana Reduces Use Of Opioids, Decreases Risk For Some With Chronic Pain
Patients using medical marijuana to control chronic pain reported a 64 percent reduction in their use of more traditional prescription pain medications known as opioids, a University of Michigan study finds. The 185 patients from a medical marijuana dispensary in Ann Arbor also reported fewer side effects from their medications and a 45-percent improvement in […]
Science Backs Medical Cannabis, Just Look To Israel
Iowans have been fed a lot of misinformation about medical cannabis by the Partnership for Drug Free Iowa [Iowans should trust science in marijuana debate, March 16]. Science did not make cannabis illegal, politics did. I was recently at the Canna Tech Cannabis Innovation Summit in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel. Israel has been a […]
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Oakland Medical Program
In a blow to municipal power to regulate medical marijuana, on Monday, the U.S.Supreme Court refused to hear Oakland's appeal oflast year's rulingby the9thCircuit Court of Appealsthat the city cannot help defendHarborside&… Read article here: High Times