Tribal residents will decide on the proposal in September.
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“This suggests that patients using cannabis may be at a reduced risk of opioid dependence than nonusers,” investigators concluded.
Following legalization, “there is a clear, immediate, statistically significant decrease in total admissions. The effect becomes more pronounced as time goes on.”
“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study … regarding cannabis use in the medical context in ALS patients.”
By contrast, Board members failed to include autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder among the list of qualifying conditions for which doctors may recommend medical marijuana.
“Few products had measured CBD concentrations within 10 percent of advertised concentrations, with most falling below advertised concentrations,” the study’s authors concluded.
The topical application of hemp-derived cannabinoids produced results that were superior to those associated with prescription treatments.
Ninety-one percent of military veterans surveyed said that “medicinal cannabis treatment helped them to experience a greater quality of life.”