Medicine

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is set to open the state’s first medical cannabis dispensary, named the Native Nations Cannabis Dispensary, on July 1.

A new study shows an increase in the number of U.S. military veterans using cannabis, although Veteran Affairs doctors still cannot recommend it to patients at agency-run hospitals.

If the bid is successful, Minnesota would be the first state with a medical cannabis program that would appeal directly to the federal government for gun rights on behalf of its enrollees.

The new website features news releases, FAQs, an event section, helpful terminology, and a link to the state’s new medical cannabis program.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state’s vertically integrated medical cannabis industry, finding that the industry regulations have not hindered product availability nor limited the number of licensed dispensaries.

In Maryland, all dispensary visitors are still required to wear a mask while inside any cannabis storefront across the state.

Researchers found about a 20% reduction in the probability that a person reports having any income from workers’ compensation following statewide cannabis legalization.

In its second condition expansion this year, the Ohio State Medical Board approved the addition of three more conditions to the state’s medical cannabis program.

Wyoming advocates are submitting signatures today on two cannabis reform initiatives for 2022 ballots, one to legalize medical cannabis and another to decriminalize possession.

The West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a proposal that would allow physicians to recommend medical cannabis to any patient they think could benefit from it.

The medical cannabis patient claims the employer was in violation of workplace discrimination laws by not attempting to find reasonable accommodation for his disability and prescribed medical cannabis use.

Louisiana lawmakers have approved a bill to allow for smokable medical cannabis products. The current rules only allow for infused liquids, topicals, inhalers, and edible gummies.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has pardoned Dr. Paul Ezell, an ophthalmologist who in 2014 lost his career and was jailed for six months for growing cannabis as medicine for his sick wife.

“No one alive is responsible for what happened hundreds or thousands of years ago, but we are part of a continuum.” – Zoe Helene

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill allowing K-12 schools to store and administer non-smokable medical cannabis products to student patients.

A key committee in Texas’ House has advanced a proposal containing expansions to the state’s limited medical cannabis program.

France is launching a two-year medical cannabis experiment involving 3,000 registered patients.

Men’s Tribal House in Utah is the first sober living home in the state to let facility residents utilize medical cannabis on their path to recovery.

The Faculty of Pain Medicine at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anesthetists is telling physicians not to recommend medical cannabis for chronic pain due to a lack of evidence.

The average rate of medical cannabis use among seniors in Canada grew from 17.6% in 2017 to 31.2% in 2019.

Kevin Ford is the founder and CEO of Uplift National, a cannabis industry education platform and resource for entrepreneurs.

Colorado state senators have approved legislation allowing children with complicated medical conditions to access medical cannabis while at school.

A recent study investigating treatments for ulcerative colitis found that 90% of medical cannabis patient-participants reported decreased stomach pain after conventional medicines had failed them.

Minnesota’s Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee voted unanimously to advance a measure giving medical cannabis patients access to cannabis flower.