Since 1992, every Thursday and when breaking news warrants, NORML | The NORML Foundation have been issuing weekly press releases for marijuana law supporters and the media.
NORML’s News Releases archives goes back to 1996 and serves as a valuable tool to alert citizens about cannabis-related news and legislation as well as a research tool for reviewing a chronology of marijuana law reform.
Medical marijuana legalization was “associated with a five percent to 20 percent relative reduction in the rate of opioid dispensing to adults younger than 65 years receiving cancer treatment.”
Autistic patients exhibited significant improvements in communication and socialization skills, among other improvements.
“[M]easures related to cannabis dispensaries … were generally consistently associated with lower drug overdose mortality outcomes across multiple studies,” investigators concluded.
The study is the largest double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial ever conducted involving FSX patients.
Cannabis treatment … showed a marked improvement in [patients’] general quality-of-life,” scientists reported.
Eighty-nine percent of Americans say that marijuana ought to be legal for either medical or adult use.
Over one-third of respondents acknowledged currently engaging in the use of cannabis.
“Our findings suggest that medical cannabis may be an effective and safe option to improve comorbidities and quality of life in TS patients,” authors concluded.