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New Study Says Cannabis for Chronic Pain is Reasonably Safe

 
Patients with chronic pain who used cannabis daily for one year did not have an increase in serious adverse events compared to pain patients who did not use cannabis, according to a new study.
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Results from medical cannabis trials in Georgia show early promise

 
Georgia-based clinical trials have shown early promise in using cannabis oil to treat epileptic seizures, although researchers said they won’t know for sure until at least the end of next year what strides they have made in the study of medical marijuana.
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Should It Be Legal for Doctors to Prescribe Pot?

Kristen Fischer ~ Healthline.com ~
 
Though some states have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, it’s clear the issue is still far from settled.
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Chronic pain patients plead for access to medical marijuana at hearing at Minnesota Capitol

Bob Shaw, St. Paul Pioneer Press ~ GrandForksHerald.com ~

ST. PAUL -- Having cancer is a good enough reason to legally take marijuana in Minnesota. Same with epilepsy or AIDS.  ~
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Medical marijuana denied for treating PTSD in Illinois

 
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, won't be on the list of conditions for which medical marijuana is allowed in Illinois.
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Teen pot use holds steady in first year of legal weed, new federal data show

 
Teen marijuana use held steady in 2014, the first year that marijuana was legally available for purchase in the states of Washington and Colorado, according to just-released numbers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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NYC medical pot dispensary to open on 14th Street in Manhattan

 
If there was any doubt about the national momentum on legalized marijuana use in America, consider this. There will be a medicinal marijuana dispensary right off New York City's Union Square come January 2016.
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Vietnam veteran denied pain pills after testing positive for marijuana

 
TOPEKA (KSNT) — A nationwide argument between the veterans’ administration and groups which represent the rights of veterans emerged in Topeka Tuesday.
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Will cannabis help in treating epilepsy?

 
The latest trials of cannabis in the treatment of children with epilepsy suggest a pure form of the drug may be of benefit.

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