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The proposed Therapeutic Hemp Medical Access Act would lift federal prohibitions on using marijuana strains that are medically beneficial to prevent certain seizures.
Megan Brooks ~ MedScape ~
Calls to poison control centers in the United States related to synthetic marijuana spiked in April, and May could be a record month as well, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC)
NASHVILLE — It's now legal to use cannabis oil for limited medical purposes in Tennessee.
Marijuana and alcohol are often pitted up against each other in an effort to determine which one is the healthier vice.
Legislators failed by just three votes 213-210, to add an amendment, which would have prevented the Department of Veterans Affairs from prohibiting the doctors at Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals about medical marijuana discussion with veterans as an alternative treatment, to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, along with migraines and irritable bowel syndrome, have been recommended as additions to the list of conditions that can be treated by medical marijuana in Illinois.
Donna Vickroy ~ Chicago Tribune ~
"Patients are not criminals," says Homewood mom who uses marijuana to cope with chronic pain
Your child has a condition you think CBD can help, but you live in a non-medical marijuana state. You want to order it online. Think twice.
Natural Cures Not Medicine ~
An insect bite seems like a minor annoyance, but when from an infected tick it can cause Lyme disease which is often be life changing.
Bill Hendrick ~ Associated Press ~
ATLANTA - Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal plans to sign a sweeping medical marijuana bill into law on Friday in an 11 a.m. ceremony on the Capitol steps, an ecstatic state Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, said Wednesday.
Ethan Robinson ~ Cincinnati.Com ~
Fairfield Township resident Ethan Robinson is an executive chef for the Kroger and aspiring writer. He wrote this during a stay at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton in mid-December.
Chris Kilham ~ MEDICINE HUNTER
With legalization of recreational cannabis now in three states and the District of Columbia, and with medical marijuana laws passed in 23 states, there are going to be more impaired people everywhere, including on the road. So what will happen to drivers after cannabis confections, smoked joints or bong hits?
Medical News Today
Researchers at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University have identified nonwhite, low-income women aged over 50 as most likely to perceive regularly using cannabis as a risky activity, with women nearly twice as likely to perceive a risk compared with men.
Associated Press / NBC4 Washington ~
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed a bill Thursday that will allow patients with severe epilepsy to use cannabis oil without the fear of prosecution.
Brian Boesen ~ KWQC
DENVER, Co. – When Jessica Eberhart realized she couldn’t treat her daughter’s cancer with cannabis oil in Iowa, she and her family packed their bags and moved to Colorado.
