Sentences with phrase «accepted medical use»

In that it has no accepted medical use in the United States.

Despite the fact that many states have medical marijuana programs, cannabis is still considered a schedule one substance, meaning it has «no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.»

Legal risks aside, it's important to note that because LSD is illegal (it's a Schedule I drug, with «no current accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse»), it lacks both FDA regulation and a significant body of scientific research on its short - and long - term effects.

Efforts to study these effects are hampered by federal classification of cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning it has no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.

By ruling that there is not enough evidence of «currently accepted medical use» — a key distinction between the highly restrictive Schedule I classification and the less restrictive Schedule II — the administration essentially makes it harder to gather such evidence.

But experimental research with medical cannabis remains difficult because the U.S. classifies it as a Schedule I substance that has «no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.»

But because marijuana is now classified as a Schedule I controlled substance — along with a cluster of drugs that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says have «no currently accepted medical use in the United States,» such as heroin, ecstasy, and LSD — any studies a researcher might like to pursue come with daunting roadblocks: See here, here, and here.

The U.S. government hasn't legalized marijuana and still classifies it as a Schedule I drug — with high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use and no safe use under medical supervision.

In 1970 the Controlled Substances Act established marijuana as a Schedule I drug, «with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.»

At the federal level, marijuana remains classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act, where Schedule I substances are considered to have a high potential for dependency and no accepted medical use, making distribution of marijuana a federal offense.

In an August 11, 2016 announcement, the DEA reconfirmed its position, «marijuana remains a schedule I controlled substance because it does not meet the criteria for currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, there is a lack of accepted safety for its use under medical supervision, and it has a high potential for abuse.»

Not exact matches

Also marijuana sales (where legal for medical or personal use) is usually strictly cash (perhaps BitCoin is accepted) because banks won't allow accounts or CC services.

On 13 April, the Texas Medical Board voted to accept rules intended to give doctors «a reasonable and responsible degree of latitude» in using experimental stem cell therapies.

Currently, marijuana remains classified as a Schedule I substance under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, meaning it is considered to have a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical value and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.

Although the discovery was licensed by two medical and industrial gas companies, the technology was never developed, possibly because the medical use of inhaled NO was only beginning to be accepted.

Animal research: The Conservative Party accepts the need for research on animals for medical purposes but seeks to reduce their use by encouraging the development of alternative methods.

In the new survey, some 68 % agreed that «I can accept the use of animals in scientific research as long as it is for medical research purposes and there is no alternative.»

Acupuncture has been used in China for thousands of years, but has only recently become an accepted medical modality around the world.

But if you have Medicare and are in need of medical supplies or equipment (known as durable equipment, such as oxygen tanks and walkers), it's crucial you use vendors that «accept assignment,» or agree to accept Medicare's approved amount as payment in full.

The term has actually been in use in medical research since the mid-1960s, but wasn't widely recognized or accepted by the medical community until a few years ago.

Arizona Medical Marijuana Certification Center provides certification for Medical Marijuana usage using a statewide accepted process.

Teaching teams, like medical teams, use a common and accepted system of data - driven practices and tools to work effectively and coherently towards common goals.

For qualified medical purchases, you can use your card anywhere that accepts VISA ® debit cards.

Though continued use of the machine is still accepted by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the County believes it is time to discontinue its» use.

Pet Medical Center does not accept any responsibility for the availability, usability or any liability for damage or injury resulting from the use of such contents, of whatever form.

When Aussies are really serious they do things like overturn decades of accepted medical consensus aka «false beliefs» by using Science to take our collective knowledge another step further.

I accept Dr. Becker's opinion that GCS scores are not intended to be used to diagnose a condition or prognosticate on an injured person's future medical status, but rather is intended as a tool of communication between medical practitioners about a person's state of consciousness after trauma.

In a medical malpractice case, a medical expert may be used to review the level of treatment the patient received and explain to the jury how the doctor or healthcare professional violated the accepted standard of care of the medical profession.

Medical practitioners have a duty of care that demands they perform their trades using accepted methods.

Medical malpractice is a broad term generally used to describe any treatment, lack of treatment, or other departure from accepted standards of medical care, health care, or safety on the part of a health care provider that causes harm to a pMedical malpractice is a broad term generally used to describe any treatment, lack of treatment, or other departure from accepted standards of medical care, health care, or safety on the part of a health care provider that causes harm to a pmedical care, health care, or safety on the part of a health care provider that causes harm to a patient.

At trial, Judge W. Pepler of the Alberta Provincial Court accepted evidence on the use of marihuana for medical purposes.

All of the information completed in the two stages of the medical life insurance exam, combined with the statistical longevity data and the information on the life insurance application is used to determine if you will be accepted for your life insurance policy or not, and what the annual premium will be.

Personal Injury Protection Personal Injury Protection is not used in all states, but it is designed to get you the medical care you need immediately after an accident, allowing the insurance companies to work out who accepts the claim after the fact.

Successful candidates will: · Determine medical necessity of requests using applicable clinical... physician assistants and advanced practice nurses regarding established guidelines and accepted...

Arizona Medical Marijuana Certification Center provides certification for Medical Marijuana usage using a statewide accepted process.

When patients with chronic pain and chronic fatigue refuse to accept their medical situation and use an assimilative coping strategy, which is characterized by persisting in attempts to seek a cure for the medical problem, at the cost of other valued life goals, they report more catastrophizing and a lower mental HQL (MHQL)[22 — 25].