#medical cannabis was legalised

[hennethgalad]

"videos of men trying period pain simulators. The machines have wired abdominal pads that send electrical impulses controlled by a console that can replicate the ferocity of cramps on a range of one to 10. Often by five or six on the dial, men are groaning or even screaming in agony while their female partners, also hooked up to the machine, sit unfazed."

[chipped-chimera]

Good news - NO SEIZURES. I'M IN THE CLEAR FOR USING THIS MED.

Bad news - Anxiety spike decided to show up an hour early .__.

[reportwire]

Cannabis has great medicinal potential, but it’s no cure-all - Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Over the last five years, an often forgotten piece of US federal legislation – the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Farm Bill – has ushered in an explosion of interest in the medical potential of cannabis-derived cannabidiol, or CBD. After decades of debate, the bill made it legal for farmers to grow industrial hemp, a plant rich incannabis-derived cannabidiol. Hemp…

[theonlyladyt]

Cannabis Education - Study Shows Since Legalisation Recreational Cannabis Doesn't Increase Substance Abuse

Recently at CU Boulder Colarado in the USA, research was undertaken into the harms and effects cannabis has had since it was legalised for recreational use. The cohort were twins and were studied over a period of time from when they were adolescents. The results revealed that cannabis doesn’t cause any rise in substance abuse. In fact they found that legalising recreational cannabis at the state…

[afeelgoodblog]

The Best News of Last Week

1. A branch of the flu family tree has died and won't be included in future US vaccines

A type of flu virus that used to sicken people every year hasn't been spotted anywhere on Earth since March 2020. As such, experts have advised that the apparently extinct viruses be removed from next year's flu vaccines.

The now-extinct viruses were a branch of the influenza B family tree known as the Yamagata lineage. Scientists first reported the apparent disappearance of Yamagata viruses in 2021.

2. Hospitals must obtain written consent for pelvic and similar exams, the federal government says

Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious, the federal government said Monday.

New guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now requires consent for breast, pelvic, prostate and rectal exams for “educational and training purposes” performed by medical students, nurse practitioners or physician assistants.

3. Germany approves new law that will allow adults to carry up to 25 grams of cannabis for their own consumption and store up to 50 grams at home.

Germany's upper house, the Bundesrat, cleared the way to partially legalize cannabis on Friday. Adults aged 18 and over will be allowed to carry up to 25 grams of cannabis for their own consumption.

4. Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial | Should it pan out, the pill would be a new weapon against Lyme disease.

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals is developing a pill for humans that could provide protection against the tick-borne disease for several weeks at a time. In February, the Irvine, California–based biotech company announced results from a small, early-stage trial showing that 24 hours after taking the drug, it can kill ticks on people, with the effects lasting for up to 30 days.

5. Thailand moves to legalise same-sex marriage

Thailand has taken a historic step closer to marriage equality after the lower house passed a bill giving legal recognition to same-sex marriage.

It still needs approval from the Senate and royal endorsement to become law but it is widely expected to happen by the end of 2024, making Thailand the only South East Asian country to recognise same-sex unions.

6. French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris

Official measurements have found that Paris is rapidly becoming a city of transportation cyclists. In the suburbs, where public transit is less dense, transport by car was found to be the main form of mobility. But for journeys from the outskirts of Paris to the center, the number of cyclists now far exceeds the number of motorists, a huge change from just five years ago.

7. 'Miracle' operation reverses blindness in three-year-old girl giving her 'promising' future

A three year old with a genetic condition that causes blindness is doing incredibly well after unique pioneering operation to restore her sight.

The UK is the only country performing keyhole eye surgery to inject healthy copies of a gene into sufferers’ eyes. It is being used to reverse blindness in children born with a rare condition which means they can only distinguish between light and dark. And it has given little Khadijah Chaudhry, born with Leber congenital amaurosis-4, a chance at seeing properly again.

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[bramblefrump]

So funny that even in the latest round of fascistic policy makers Germany and America are still legalising cannabis and Italy even made it easier to get trans medical treatment (yes, even under her) and yet in the UK we want to deport desperate foreign families, lock up anyone who's even looked at a cigarette and want trans people to die alone and forgotten in an abandoned hospital room.

[budandtender]

The synthetic fibres competed with leading to criminalisation of cannabis. The stifled hemp industry growth, contributed to mass incarceration and social unrest. It also perpetuated stigma of cannabis use despite evidence of its medical benefits and growing public support for legalisation. 🤔

[charlesandmartine]

Tuesday 27th June 2023

As you might expect, there were no bears this morning despite the high expectations set by our host. Of course it's possible a whole sloth of bears might have shown up before the Cadby clan awoke but I somehow doubt it. So all the way to Naramata we were looking once again at the river banks wishing one to show itself and do a little jig.

What really seems wierd to us is the relaxed view about cannabis here. Its use for recreational and medical purposes was legalised in 2018. Not only that but each household is permitted to grow up to 4 plants of the stuff. Our host proudly showed me three plants he was cultivating behind his garage but assured us that it was for medical use only and he definitely didn't smoke or inhale it. Funny smell coming out of the garage door though.

The scenery on route to Naramata was stunning as gushing rivers thundered around almost vertical tree clad mountains; trees miraculously growing seemingly from the most miniscule amount of soil. Our first stop on leaving Hope this morning was the scene of a tragedy in 1965; the Hope Mud Slide. The landslide buried three vehicles and their occupants, and in all four people died under 47 million cubic metres of pulverized rock, mud and debris that fell down the 2,000-metre mountainside. The slide was possibly caused by an earthquake in the region. Even today there remains a huge open scar in the mountainside testiment to the events nearly 60 years ago. We then passed through Sunshine Valley which was the location for the Tashme internment camp for Japanese Canadians during WW2. It operated in one form or another between 1942 and 1949 with 350 dwelling shacks; one of the largest camps of its kind in Canada. By now, very depressed we stopped in Manning Park for a coffee which was served to us by a lad from Wales. As we sat in the grounds, a groundhog came up to us hoping for food.

We travelled 256km today and there are some homesteads in some extremely remote areas in Canada. One such place we stopped at was Hedley, a once thriving Gold Town that in its heyday produced in today's terms 3 billion dollars of pure gold. All those riches have gone now and sadly it barely survives despite the valiant efforts of a few. The town cemetery telling the story of its past life.

We reached Naramata late afternoon and found our apartment for the next three nights which overlooks the most spectacular Okanagan Lake, a massive 135 square miles in area and 84 miles in length! After a rather sketchy repast thrown together consisting of local beefburgers, locally grown veg and rice, washed down by Australian Pinot Grigio, what no SB (???), we have begun to plan our next couple of days here. We are right in the middle of the Canadian Wine producing area which does squeeze out a palatable SB I'm told. We feel a visit to a winery in person is the best way to confirm this.

ps I didn't know they made wine in Canada!

[sassyfrassboss]

Cannabis in the United Kingdom is illegal for recreational use and is classified as a Class B drug. In 2004, cannabis was made a Class C drug with less severe penalties but it was moved back to Class B in 2009. Medical use of cannabis, when prescribed by a registered specialist doctor, was legalised in November 2018.

Cannabis is widely used as an illegal drug in the UK, while other strains lower in THC have been used industrially for over a thousand years for fibre, oil and seeds. Cannabis has been restricted as a drug in the United Kingdom since 1928, though its usage as a recreational drug was limited until the 1960s, when increasing popularity led to stricter 1971 classification.

Despite the fact that cannabis is still illegal in the UK, with limited availability for medical use, the United Kingdom is the world's largest exporter of legal cannabis.

Thanks!

[mortaljortlebortles]

It is disgusting that there is racism within international sporting event such as the olympics and we should talk about it

However...

Though I think for medical purposes weed if fine, in fact vital, it is a gateway, it does cause harm and in the majority of countries cannabis is illegal. Therefore though they could live in a state where it is legal, both considers Texas her home where it is illegal in all forms, it is fair to expect someone travelling abroad to obey the laws of the majority of the world. They are role models and drugs do hurt people. Even if we were to say the role model thing and the laws isn’t a problem because weed in your eyes isn’t shameful or damaging to do(though not true for a large percentage of those who use weed and no investigation has ever proved it to be safe for anybody in the long term) and it impinges on American laws elsewhere and Texas should legalise and each will not be in the country long enough to get it out of her system- drugs kill people. Not the taker but it funds criminals in areas in which it is illegal, this money goes into the funding of modern day slavery, fuels gang wars and leads to deaths  ect. and young kids becoming runners and getting permanent records at best, dying often. This might not happen in Michigan I don’t know but if you say drug taking is okay to a world you say taking drugs doesn’t hurt anybody in the majority of countries in in world in which it does.

We need to support addicts, stop kids dealing, have compassion but a month out of her career not competing and counselling isn’t the end of the world. Sha 'Carri raced again, and will have another chance and did wonderfully https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/shacarri-richardson-scratches-from-100m-final-ryan-crouser-sets-record-at-la-grand-prix/ar-AA1bMGj6 so will Tara she is 24 and the drugs weren’t performance enhancing so you know she can do it again. It will be a slight barrier but a month is very little problem given the race isn’t upcoming it has passed. 

 It is the case that Tara was in a national competition but not all of America has weed legalised and though I talk of both of them above I can apricate this title was removed in a different context in which it makes slightly less sense but she was in the Olympics and is a role model around the world. Also weed can cause danger to a person running if they are actuall high at the time due to loss of motor control, psychosis, increases heart rate and difficulty breathing all of which place herself and others in danger potentially so making sure you are clean in all competions is good practice and also makes the race safer

Everybody needs to be punished the same but they do need to be punished in a world in which weed is illegal and is dangerous to sell and buy. I hope someday it isn’t but those are the facts. They have to care unfortunately. In the Olympics because of the Olympic values and the fact athletes are role models, and weed can be performance enhancing for some sports, not many but some. I know because I have done exams and essays on the topic.

[mikesassa]

What is the UK medical cannabis industry looking like in 2024?

We are 6 years on from legalisation of cannabis-based medical products in the UK and although many patients have now been able to access these products, many others are still struggling to get access. 

In this episode of the Drug Science podcast, Prof. David Nutt is joined by three leading experts in cannabis science and the evolving landscape of regulation. Dr. Callie Seaman, Dr. Leon Barron, and Michael Sassano share their insights into the future of cannabis as a medicine, the current regulatory environment, and the scientific innovations driving the industry forward.

[vegasgogreen]

Could Pakistan Become the Next Market to Legalise Medical Cannabis? - Business of Cannabis -

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[manostaxx]

Germany imported 11,706kg of dried cannabis flower in 3 Month (Q2 2024)

Imports hit the highest level to date According to the latest data from BfArM, Germany imported 11,706kg of dried cannabis flower into the country for ‘medical or scientific purposes’. This represents a 44% increase on Q1 (8,134 kg) and a 38% increase on Q4, 2023, which previously represented the highest level of imports in any single quarter since medical cannabis was legalised in…

[thaicannabis23]

Facts Around Medical Cannabis

Medical cannabis, herbal medication stemmed from plants of the category Cannabis that is made use of as part of the therapy for a certain symptom or illness. Although the term cannabis refers particularly to the plant genus, it is additionally utilized reciprocally with cannabis, which defines the crude medicine separated from the plants' fallen leaves and blossoms. While cannabis has a lengthy background of medical usage as an analgesic (painkiller) and antispasmodic agent, for much of the contemporary age there existed a general lack of awareness among scientists and doctors of its medical advantages. This work revealed that cannabis can supply remedy for specific types of conditions, such as severe persistent pain, and brought about the growth of different herbal medical cannabis items. Several pharmaceutical medicines based upon cannabis, in detoxified and standardized kind, have actually been made available for medical use.

Nevertheless, making use of herbal cannabis in medication continues to be highly debatable, partly because of the lack of standardization among items to make certain risk-free and regular dosing and partly due to disagreement over legalisation. An active component in cannabis, and particular artificial cannabis-like drugs, specifically dronabinol and nabilone. While the use of herbal medical cannabis is allowed in some nations. The last does, however, permit the prescription of a cannabis-based drug called nabiximols (Sativex). Despite the legal problems, scientists and medication business continued to investigate and create herbal cannabis items. Medical cannabis might be best understood as the use of cannabis under ongoing medical supervision, with an established medical diagnosis of the target symptom-disease complicated. Herbal cannabis is made use of together with, or in factor to consider of, other medicinal and nonpharmacological methods and with the objective of reaching prespecified therapy end results.

Cannabis that is used in a not being watched fashion is ruled out medical cannabis. The very same is true for cannabis that is authorized by a doctor who has not properly evaluated the person, who does not suggest the cannabis as part of a larger treatment design, or that does not check the client for subjective and objective results or adverse occasions. Medical cannabis is most often provided either by smoking or evaporation or in the form of edible prep work. None of these approaches has actually been standardized, however, and the efficiency of edible cannabis prep work has actually not been reviewed in professional tests. Smoked cannabis has been examined in a handful of randomized controlled tests involving clients dealing with neuropathic discomfort conditions. To know even more information about this click on Thai Cannabis This solution was developed with cannabis where all cannabinoid materials had been eliminated by alcohol extraction.

A major safety concern related to medical cannabis is the opportunity of medical use encouraging or transitioning right into leisure usage, which is related to negative effects that vary from intense to persistent. Intense effects include intoxication, damaged cognition and electric motor feature, raised heart rate, anxiety, and psychosis in predisposed individuals. Medical cannabis may be riskier and perhaps contraindicated if a patient has an individual or family history of psychosis, unsteady cardiac disease, and lung condition. Medical cannabis customers are encouraged by physicians not to make use of cigarette, either alone or blended with cannabis. They additionally are advised not to drive or run equipment while initiating or altering doses and if harmed by the medicine. In addition to possible synergistic results of cannabis with various other psychotropic medications, such as sedatives and hypnotics, there are no known significant drug-drug interactions.

The primary objective of medical cannabis usage is symptom alleviation and improved function and general quality of life. Decreases in doses (otherwise full cessation) of other drugs ought to be highly thought about. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in cannabis, or cannabis, gotten from the leaves and tops of plants in the genus Cannabis, is additionally in some cases categorized as a hallucinogen. cannabinoids, any of greater than 80 known chemical compounds discovered in all parts of the cannabis plant and specifically concentrated in the female blossom heads. Normally, cannabinoids are breathed in by cigarette smoking cannabis. Cannabis can likewise be prepared right into a focused material, vaporized, or ingested.