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Cannabis caregivers and large grow sites will soon be illegal in Hawaii, impacting thousands

HawaiiNewsNowThousands of Hawaii medical cannabis patients depend on caregivers to grow and process marijuana for them as medicine. But those caregivers will be illegal in just a few weeks, along with the large community grow sites many of them depend…

More Americans With Diabetes Are Turning to Marijuana

As marijuana loses much of its stigma and laws around its use relax, Americans are increasingly consuming it medically and recreationally. Americans with diabetes are no exception, a new study finds. The number of adults with diabetes who said that they'd used…

Ethical Challenges in Medical Cannabis Licensing

June 10, 2024
Aaron Bloom
Letters to the Editor, Medical Marijuana, Op-Ed
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By Aaron Bloom Medical cannabis has emerged as a transformative alternative treatment for a myriad of conditions, including cancer-related symptoms, epilepsy, chronic pain, and PTSD. For many patients, medical cannabis is a last resort option after traditional treatments have proven…

A Renewed Call for Research: Study on Medical Efficacy of Cannabis for Patients Treated for Depression

By Dr. Julian Wichmann, MD In the last decade, the world has seen a dramatic increase in the legalization of medical cannabis and the overall acceptance of cannabis as medicine. In 2022, the medical cannabis market boomed to $11.6 billion…

The High Rate of Dependence Among Medical Cannabis Users

The difference between medicinal and recreational marijuana has always been arbitrary. For example, after legalizing recreational cannabis, California initially required each cultivated seedling to be designated by growers as either a recreational or medicinal cannabis plant. From that point onward,…

Seniors are embracing marijuana, which offers relief — and risk

The 82-year-old dementia patient’s condition stumped his psychiatrist. His anxiety was overwhelming, she recalled him saying. He had repeatedly gone to the emergency room after intense abdominal pain and vomiting. He insisted he never drank or smoked tobacco. Then he…

Why Some Seniors Are Choosing Pot Over Pills

Seniors are one of the fastest-growing populations of cannabis users in the United States. While some older adults have used pot for decades, studies suggest that others are turning to the drug for the first time to help them sleep better, dampen pain…

Georgia

Medical marijuana is finally here, but many Georgia doctors shy away from it

Sylvia Hayes’ list of ailments is long and growing. Sciatica. A bulging disc. Pinched nerves. Knee pain. Much of the 60-year-old Stone Mountain woman’s agony is the result of a car accident years ago that left her so severely injured…

NC House committee to debate medical marijuana on Tuesday. It could become legal this year

The state Senate approved a medical marijuana bill, The Compassionate Care Act, last year and this year. In a sign that medical marijuana could become legal in North Carolina this year, the state House’s Health Committee will discuss a medical…

Plans to expand Texas’ medical marijuana program for chronic pain go up in smoke

Despite testimony from advocates about the positive effects of cannabis as medicine and bipartisan support in the House, a proposal to expand Texas’ medical marijuana program appears to have met its end this legislative session. The bill authored by Fort…

Medicinal cannabis helps cancer pain – study

Medicinal cannabis can help relieve pain caused by cancer and reduce the number of drugs patients need, Canadian research suggests. In a study of 358 cancer patients, researchers concluded it was a safe option for managing pain, alongside other drugs.…

Does weed help you sleep?

Many people believe cannabis and CBD products can be used as sleep aids, but the research shows mixed results. Many people say they turn to marijuana or CBD products as a way to help them sleep. But whether that edible,…

When will Medicare cover medical marijuana?

Many older adults are using medical marijuana to treat a variety of conditions, but experts say that conflicting laws, unclear safety standards and complicated rulemaking processes mean it could be years before Medicare may cover the drug. One in five…

The Cannabis Industry’s New Cause: A National Medical System

Without federal government policy and regulation, chaos could ensue. The cannabis industry needs a new cause in 2023 after many failed attempts to influence the passing of The Safe Banking Act and other initiatives. Many believe there needs to be…

Dodgy science, poor access and high prices: The parallel medical world of medicinal marijuana in America

Before Jayden Carter turned 9, police were called 126 times to his school, home and other locations to address his violent behavior. “I had ribs out of place, my forehead cut open, [a] black eye,” recalled Amie Carter, his mother.…

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