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The 4 States That Will Be Voting on Medical Marijuana This Year : alternet





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The 4 States That Will Be Voting on Medical Marijuana This Year

The 4 States That Will Be Voting on Medical Marijuana This Year
The 4 States That Will Be Voting on Medical Marijuana This Year
The 4 States That Will Be Voting on Medical Marijuana This YearMedical marijuana could be the law in the majority of states by the time Election Day is over.Photo Credit: via WikimediaIt's been 20 years since California punched through pot prohibition and became the first state to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.Now, 23 states have medical marijuana laws, and more than a dozen more have taken the half-step of legalizing the medicinal use of cannabidiol (CBD) only—not raw marijuana.


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Harvard Explains The Health Effects Of Medical And Recreational Use Of Marijuana - (ABBV), Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA)

Harvard Explains The Health Effects Of Medical And Recreational Use Of Marijuana - (ABBV), Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA)
Harvard Explains The Health Effects Of Medical And Recreational Use Of Marijuana - (ABBV), Cara Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CARA)
Gallup has estimated that at least 33 million adults in the United States are marijuana users right now — although government studies say the figure stands closer to 20 million.No matter what the actual number is, the fact is that a lot of people either smoke, vape or ingest weed in the land of the free.In an article published on Harvard Health's site, Wynne Armand, MD, shared a look into the effects the recreational and medical use of marijuana has on our health.


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DEA Ends Mississippi's Monopoly on Medical Marijuana Research

DEA Ends Mississippi's Monopoly on Medical Marijuana Research
DEA Ends Mississippi's Monopoly on Medical Marijuana Research
GW PharmaceuticalsCountless activists, researchers and enthusiasts let out a collective whimper when the Drug Enforcement Administration upheld a 46-year-old policy of classifying marijuana as a Schedule I narcotic with no medicinal properties.But then, federal officials did something utterly unexpected and loosened restrictions on the cultivation of marijuana for research purposes.While that might sound counterintuitive, it sends a signal that perhaps the government is looking for a reason to eventually reschedule cannabis as a less offensive drug than, say, heroin.


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