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NHL To Study Marijuana’s Therapeutic Benefits
The ripple effect of Canada legalizing recreational marijuana reaches many cultural institutions. That includes the National Hockey League, which has nine franchises located in Canada. Though marijuana isn’t currently on the league’s banned substances
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Pennsylvania Is Officially Legalizing Smokable Medical Marijuana
This week, Pennsylvania made medical marijuana a little more accessible. Governor Tom Wolfe convened a medical marijuana commission back in March. One of the issues they discussed was whether Pennsylvanians should have access to
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Medical Marijuana Is Now Legal in the UK
Medical marijuana will be made available on prescription in the U.K., after it was approved for use by the British government, reports BBC News. The decision comes after Billy Caldwell, a 12-year-old boy who suffers from a
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Lebanon Wants To Legalize Medical Marijuana
Lebanon is the latest country trying to cash in on cannabis. The Lebanese government wants to legalize medical marijuana to support their country’s struggling economy, based on recommendations from a global consulting firm. According
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Seniors With Access To Medical Cannabis Use Less Prescription Drugs
Senior and disabled patients with legal access to medical cannabis (marijuana) use fewer prescription drugs such as painkillers, a new study reports. In 2013 alone, the researchers estimated that Medicare saved over $165 million
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Hotels That Allow You To Consume Marijuana
Legalization and normalization of cannabis is spreading faster than naysayers can contain it, and this is partially due to cannabis’ effects on the economy of the states it’s sold in, as well as visitors
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UK Medical Marijuana: What You Really Need To Know
THEY say that to see the future, you should go to California. So when the Golden State legalised medical cannabis in 1996, we should have seen what was coming. Sure enough, where California led,
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New Jersey Wants To Expand Medical Marijuana Program To Treat Opioid Addiction
The New Jersey Department of Health wants to expand its medical marijuana program to include opioid addiction treatment. “Right now the consideration is adding it as an addition to what’s called medication-assisted treatment, that
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Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Now Support Legalizing Marijuana
It’s absolutely stunning how fast Americans’ views have shifted on this topic. However, marijuana is still designated as a Schedule 1 narcotic by our federal government. Per the DEA: Schedule I drugs, substances, or
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Peru Congress Passes Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Peru’s conservative Congress passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana late on Thursday with a 68-5 vote in favor of allowing cannabis oil to be produced, imported and commercialized. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had
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