Following legalization, “there is a clear, immediate, statistically significant decrease in total admissions. The effect becomes more pronounced as time goes on.”
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“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.”
Edible products dominant in CBD were associated with greater improvements in pain intensity and sleep quality than were products high in THC
The new regulations permit physicians to authorize medical cannabis access to patients diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder.