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More Seniors Are Using Legal Marijuana. What to Know About the Benefits and Risks.

A growing number of American seniors are adding a tinge of green to their golden years as more states legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use—and as cannabis companies conduct outreach to senior communities to educate prospective patients and caregivers…

Mississippi Cannabis: Let’s Talk About Licenses

March 7, 2022
Eric Postow
Compliance and Regulations, Medical Marijuana, Mississippi, State Licensing
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On February 2, 2022 Governor Tate Reeves signed Mississippi's medicinal cannabis bill and made it law. Under the new law, "certain patients who have debilitating medical conditions," will be allowed to possess up to "three and one-half (3.5) grams of…

Medical cannabis unlikely to benefit most chronic pain patients, international researchers say

September 8, 2021
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Medical Marijuana, Science and Technology
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Medical cannabis might be a helpful therapy for some people who have chronic pain, but it’s unlikely to benefit most, according to new clinical guidelines published Wednesday in the journal BMJ. The guidelines, crafted by an international group of researchers…

VA sending mixed messages for vets about cannabis use to treat PTSD

Despite increasing legal access to medical and recreational cannabis in states across the U.S., veterans face unfair treatment and stigmatization because the U.S. refuses to recognize marijuana as a viable treatment option. While the VA has embraced the federally illegal…

Sales Of Three Major Pharmaceutical Cannabis Products Set To Reach €1.8 Billion By 2025

COMBINED sales of the three most lucrative cannabis pharmaceuticals products – Epidiolex, Dronabinol and Sativex – are set to reach €1.8 billion by 2025, according to a new report. The Pharmaceutical Cannabis Report: 2nd Edition, from global cannabis industry consultants…

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Exploring the healthy side of cannabis

You may have noticed a lot of talk lately in mainstream news about weed’s possible health benefits. References have ranged from the controversy over barring American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson from competing in the Olympic Games for pot in her system,…

LYPHE Group Opens Swiss Division With Germany And Poland To Follow By End Of Year

August 3, 2021
Peter McCusker
Medical Marijuana, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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ONE of the UK’s fastest growing and largest cannabis companies has launched its first European operation with more to follow over the coming months. The London-headquartered LYPHE Group operates a number of divisions including the The Medical Cannabis Clinics (TMCC)…

‘Ridiculous’ price of medical marijuana leaves patients scrambling

Many people who use the drug to treat chronic conditions are priced out of their state’s medical marijuana program. Patrick McClellan was thrilled when he learned that his home state of Minnesota was legalizing medical marijuana in 2014. For McClellan,…

It’s Time to Step Up Support of Cannabis Treatment for Veterans

National PTSD Awareness Month provides an opportunity to redouble industry efforts to help veterans gain access to needed treatment Despite the progress made nationwide on the advancement of cannabis as a treatment for pain, anxiety and depression, thousands of U.S.…

Believe in the Potential of Medical Cannabis

To the cannabis skeptics, “medical marijuana” is and has always been a “back door for recreational pot.” This point of view was reinforced by decades of propaganda against cannabis use and made all the easier to buy into by the…

Vireo CEO Dr. Kyle Kingsley on Building a Science-Driven, Plant-Embracing MSO

May 3, 2021
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Medical Marijuana, Multiple State Operators, News & Insights
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Vireo Health International Inc. (CNSX: VREO, OTCQX: VREOF), a Minnesota-based MSO currently trading on Canadian exchanges, has been busy of late reinforcing its footprint in a handful of U.S. states that Vireo Chairman and CEO Dr. Kyle Kingsley, in a…

Why Biden and Congress are Failing Patients in the Push to Legalize Cannabis

Recently, the Biden administration came under fire for its apparent treatment of junior staffers who admitted using cannabis. Now, Senate Majority Leader Schumer has lashed out to say that he’ll push for cannabis legalization with or without Biden. This just…

Green Goods is newest local medical cannabis dispensary

April 6, 2021
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Company Stories, Medical Marijuana, Retail
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FREDERICK, Md. — Dr. Paloma Lehfeldt dreams of a world where the stigma around medical cannabis is gone, cannabis crimes are expunged and patients are swiftly able to get the care they need. It might be a long shot, but…

Medical Marijuana Is Not Regulated as Most Medicines Are

Dan Shapiro was the first person I knew to use medical marijuana. As a junior at Vassar College in 1987, he was being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma with potent chemotherapy that caused severe nausea and vomiting. When Dan’s mother learned…

Children’s Dutch Epilepsy Cannabis Medicines Will Be Made In The UK To Overcome Import Impasse

A PERMANENT solution to the import impasse on children’s epilepsy cannabis medication has emerged with the Dutch manufacturer set to see the medicines made in the UK. However, the Transvaal Pharmacy, which is based in the Hague, says this will…