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A new study of medical marijuana patients in Minnesota finds that people with cancer who used cannabis “report significant improvements in cancer-related symptoms.” Nevertheless, it notes that the high cost of marijuana can be burdensome to less financially stable patients and raise “questions about affordability of and access to this therapy.” The report, published late […]
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The U.S. embassy in Lima, Peru, is warning Americans against a traditional psychedelic known as ayahuasca, cautioning that the mixture “is a psychoactive substance containing dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a strong hallucinogen that is illegal in the United States and many other countries.” Officials argued that using ayahuasca or kambo—a psychoactive substance derived from some frogs—can cause […]
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The speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives says state Republicans could be willing to consider medical marijuana legalization this session, according to a local report. In a wide-ranging interview with the The News & Observer that was published this week, House Speaker Destin Hall (R) said that when it comes to medical marijuana, […]
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“What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.’” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune Six years after Texas lawmakers inadvertently triggered the state’s booming consumable hemp market, one chamber of the Legislature is pushing to shut down the industry by barring products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol, […]
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Committees in New Hampshire on Wednesday took action on a handful of marijuana bills, advancing a plan that would legalize the simple possession by adults as well as a proposal to double existing possession limits for medical cannabis patients and caregivers. They put a pause, however, on broader legislation to legalize and regulate a commercial […]
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