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Meet Stefanie LaRue: Cancer Survivor and Medical Marijuana Advocate
Oct 20, 2019, 12:15 pm By Sonja Renea
This article has been updated – Stefanie LaRue died on May 31, 2017, at her home in Venice Beach, California, after a 12-year-battle with Stage IV breast cancer. In 2005, when Stefanie was only 30, a lump was found in her breast. A series of doctors…

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Autism CARES Act Signed Into Law; Provides $1.8B in Funding for Autism Research and Services
Oct 4, 2019, 8:23 am By Nanette Porter
H.R. 1058: The Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (CARES) Act of 2019, or the Autism CARES Act of 2019, was signed into law by the President on Monday (9/30/2019). The CARES Act reauthorizes and expands the provisions…

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New Study Aims To Learn If Cannabis Can Help Treat Autism
Oct 3, 2019, 12:01 pm By Nanette Porter
The United States Department of Defense and GW Pharmaceuticals are collaborating on a new clinical trial at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York. The study examines the effect of the cannabinoid Cannabidivarin, more commonly referred to as CBDV, on…

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Integrating Medical Cannabis Into Your Health Regimen
Sep 30, 2019, 5:17 am By Nanette Porter
Healthcare in the Western world is dominated by doctors, physician assistants, nurses and other professionals who practice “standard” medical care. There are, however, others that specialize in providing compassionate integrative medicine and use all…

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The First Licensed Cannabis Retail Shop In Massachusetts Prepares For Its Big Opening
Jul 3, 2018, 9:19 pm By Nanette Porter
A major hurdle for recreational cannabis sales in the Bay State was cleared on Monday. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) has granted its first provisional retail license to sell adult-use marijuana. The five member commission unanimously…

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Approval of Epidiolex Validates What Many CBD Users Already Knew
Jun 29, 2018, 8:15 am By Nanette Porter
The FDA announced in a press release on Monday that it had approved the “first drug comprised of an active ingredient derived from marijuana to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy.” Prior to this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had…

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How to Talk To Your Doctor About Becoming a Legal Medical Cannabis Patient
Jun 29, 2018, 6:02 am By Nanette Porter
At the time of this article’s publishing, thirty states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation permitting use of medical cannabis. Of those, nine states and DC have went a step further and legalized marijuana for all adults 21 and over.…

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Oklahoma Voters Approve The Use of Medical Marijuana Across The State
Jun 28, 2018, 9:44 pm By Nanette Porter
On June 26, Oklahoma voters approved State Question Number 788 – Initiative Number 412, an activist-led, signature-driven ballot measure launched more than two years ago. This makes the Sooner State the 30th state in the nation to permit the use of cannabis…

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New York’s Medical Marijuana Program: The Patient-Doctor Disconnect
Dec 13, 2017, 1:01 pm By Andrew Ward
Introduced in July 2014, New York’s medical marijuana program has been a work in progress from the get-go. The state recently announced an expansion to its program that is beginning to open the door to improved patient access. These changes included adding…

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New York State’s PTSD Expansion Analysis
Dec 6, 2017, 1:40 pm By Andrew Ward
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo marked this past Veteran’s Day by signing a measure that expanded the state’s medical cannabis qualifying conditions to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The legislation was sponsored by Senator Diane Savino, a…

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Meet Stefanie LaRue: Cancer Survivor and Medical Marijuana Advocate

Autism CARES Act Signed Into Law; Provides $1.8B in Funding for Autism Research and Services

New Study Aims To Learn If Cannabis Can Help Treat Autism

Integrating Medical Cannabis Into Your Health Regimen

The First Licensed Cannabis Retail Shop In Massachusetts Prepares For Its Big Opening

Approval of Epidiolex Validates What Many CBD Users Already Knew

How to Talk To Your Doctor About Becoming a Legal Medical Cannabis Patient

Oklahoma Voters Approve The Use of Medical Marijuana Across The State

New York’s Medical Marijuana Program: The Patient-Doctor Disconnect

New York State’s PTSD Expansion Analysis

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