Category: Marijuana Issues

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DURHAM, N.C. — About a quarter of adults whose marijuana use is problematic in early adulthood have anxiety disorders in childhood and late adolescence

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC: Eighty years ago, on October 2, 1937, House Bill 6385: The Marihuana Tax Act was enacted as law. The Act for the first time imposed federal criminal penalties on activities specific to the possession, production, and sale of cannabis – thus ushering in the modern era of federal prohibition.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC: Tabulations calculating the percentage of annual marijuana arrests nationwide are absent from the 2017edition of the FBI Uniform Crime Report, which the agency released today.

(HealthNewsDigst.com) –  Although 29 states and the District of Columbia allow marijuana use for medical purposes, few medical students are being trained how to prescribe the drug.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In 2015 alone, there were over 52 thousand drug overdose deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As the drug epidemic and its related death toll continue to rise….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC  — A new study found little evidence that marijuana use affects kidney function in healthy young adults.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC: On Tuesday, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced The Marijuana Justice Act of 2017, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and incentivize states to end the racially disparate criminalization of marijuana consumers.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – MONTREAL,  – Going from an occasional user of marijuana to a weekly or daily user increases an adolescent’s risk of having recurrent psychotic-like experiences by 159%….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Parma, Italy: Oral cannabis administration is safe and effective for the treatment of chronic pain conditions, according to clinical data published in the Journal of Pain Research.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – BUFFALO, N.Y. – The regulatory approaches to marijuana and tobacco in the United States are on decidedly different paths and, according to researchers from the U.S. and Australia, neither side appears interested in learning from the other.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Adults who smoke marijuana often cut back after becoming parents — but they don’t necessarily quit.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Kenmore, WA: Adults often substitute cannabis for the use of prescription medications, according to data published in the Journal of Pain Research.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Carson City, NV: Nevada regulators have approved rules to allow for the expedited sales of cannabis to adults.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Montpelier, VT: House and Senate lawmakers have approved legislation, Senate Bill 22, to eliminate criminal and civil penalties specific to the adult use and possession of marijuana.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Baltimore, Maryland – Scientists have shown for the first time that gestational exposure to marijuana smoke in animals affects the development of the eye and these alterations seem to progress with age.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, DC: Today, NORML, (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws), welcomed the extension and expansion of critical marijuana policy provisions through September 30 in the fiscal year 2017

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SAN DIEGO, May 1, 2017 — Medical Marijuana, Inc. (MJNA), today announced that it applauds the Mexican Congress for passing legislation on April 28 to legalize the use of marijuana and cannabis for medical and scientific needs in Mexico.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – SCRANTON, Pa., April 24, 2017 — Scranton law firm The Slocum Firm, PC, today released a white paper entitled “The Utilization of Cannabis for Pain Relief and Opioid Addiction,”

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Gov. Jim Justice signed SB 386 into law on Wednesday, making West Virginia the 29th state in the nation to enact legislation allowing seriously ill patients to access medical marijuana

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, April 11th, conference attendees, joined by members of Americans for Safe Access will hold a rally on Capitol Hill urging them to pass legislation that would protect users of medical cannabis…