Advocates in four more states – Arkansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and North Dakota – have recently submitted signatures to election officials to place legalization proposals on the 2022 ballot.
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Investigators concluded, “Most patients using medical cannabis considered that this drug represents a better option than narcotics for adequate pain management.”
Researchers reported, “We found that combusting whole, dried cannabis flower has a generally fast-acting and energetic effect for the majority of people that have symptoms of fatigue.”
Investigators reported that the patient exhibited “rapid” and “robust” cognitive and behavioral improvements following low doses of THC-rich extracts.
Cannabis consumers were more likely than non-users to “exert more [effort] for reward, suggesting enhanced motivation relative to healthy controls.”
Patients were most likely to report improvements in motor function, sleep, and pain as a result of their marijuana use.
“CBD showed no reduction in the severity of RLS manifestations in patients with PD and RBD,” authors concluded.
“The budget bill is a helpful start, but much more needs to be done to make legal cannabis more readily accessible to consumers.”