medical marijuana

A bill aimed at legalizing full-strength medical marijuana for terminally ill patients in Florida is gaining traction once again after having stalled out for several months.

Even after medical marijuana use is made legal on a state level through legislations, those who would provide it to the public often have to go through multiple levels of red tape to open their doors. After months of navigating through bureaucratic roadblocks and community anxieties, two Long Island medical marijuana dispensaries have opened to the public on Friday. [1]

Twenty-one lawmakers are urging VA doctors to allow medical marijuana to be not only discussed, but sometimes recommended in states where it is legal.
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Under a policy expiring on January 31, 2016, Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors are not allowed to discuss medical marijuana treatments to their patients. Twenty-one lawmakers are urging VA doctors to allow medical marijuana to be not only discussed, but sometimes recommended in states where it is legal.

One of them has already smoked 115,000 of the free joints.
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A military veteran is facing a stark reality: Stop using medical marijuana to treat his PTSD, or give up his kids.
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The $1.1 trillion spending bill passed recently by Congress sent the pro-medical marijuana movement a step forward by included several drug reform provisions.

Colombia joins the ranks of other nations who have moved to reduce prohibition on marijuana for the medical well-being of its citizens.
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The University of Vermont is offering a course on medical marijuana, but professors say they are struggling to teach on the subject, citing a lack of science on the drug. [1]
The school is not the first to offer classes on medical marijuana law and policy, but Vermont’s is likely the first one to offer a full course on the topic, the Association of American Medical Colleges and Universities says.

Mexican health authorities issued the first permit allowing 4 people to grow and use their own marijuana for recreational purposes. The move follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling.
The government health watchdog Cofepris stressed that the authorization is limited to those four people – 2 lawyers, an account, and a social activist – only. It will still be illegal for permit holders to use the substance in front of children and pregnant women.
It is also illegal to sell and distribute the drug.