Sentences with phrase «legalized medical cannabis»

However, the theme of cannabis and pets came to his attention soon after Colorado legalized medical cannabis in 2000.

Washington state legalized medical cannabis in 1998 and its medical cannabis market expanded greatly after 2009 when the federal justice department issued a ruling known as the Ogden Memo.

Croatia legalized medical cannabis use in 2015.

Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but so far eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational use, while 28 states in total have legalized medical cannabis.

According to national pollster Gallup, 64 % of respondents in its Oct. 2017 survey favored the idea of legalizing marijuana in the United States, which compares to just 25 % who felt the same way in 1995, the year before California became the first state to legalize medical cannabis for compassionate - use patients.

The bill legalizes medical cannabis as a therapeutic treatment of 10 serious illnesses, including cancer, HIV / AIDS, Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, epilepsy, neuropathic diseases and multiple sclerosis.

On June 8, Ohio joined 24 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing medical cannabis.

Join the effort to legalize medical cannabis for pets in California.

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Under Prop 215 (which legalized medical marijuana), all cannabis organizations had to be nonprofits.

Recent polls suggested roughly 60 % support for the ballot to legalize recreational cannabis in California, which legalized medical marijuana two decades ago and already sees an estimated $ 2.7 billion from legal medical pot sales.

Trump has previously voiced support for legalized medical marijuana, but Vice President - elect Mike Pence is an opponent of cannabis legalization.

At least six states voted to legalize marijuana in some form, with California, Massachusetts, and Nevada voting to legalize adult - use, or recreational cannabis, while Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota legalized medical pot.

Last year, Jamaica became the first Caribbean island to legalize medical marijuana and will start what the country is calling «wellness tourism,» complete with airport kiosks for travelers to buy cannabis before leaving the airport and entering the country.

Researchers found that illegal use of marijuana and rates of cannabis use disorder rose to a greater extent in US states that adopted laws legalizing marijuana for medical purposes than in states that didn't adopt such laws.

Since medical cannabis was legalized in Arizona five years ago, 130 new dispensaries have popped up across the state, with cannabis sales jumping 1,620 %.

«It's really not hard to make the case of why New York should legalize,» said Shanel Lindsay, president and founder of Ardent, a Boston - based biotech and medical cannabis device company.

Marijuana often is used to self treat chronic pain and, with 24 states legalizing medical use of the herb, the American Pain Society published guidance in The Journal of Pain for physicians caring for patients who use cannabis.

Yet in the United States, where 25 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical marijuana, there are no state - wide efforts to collect data on how patients are using cannabis or on whether they have been affected for good or ill, in part because marijuana is still illegal at the federal level.

In states that have legalized medical pot, current laws do not guarantee the safety or quality of cannabis products or standardize levels of THC.

«Compared with alcohol and other drugs, cannabis holds a unique place in federal and state policies — continuing to be illegal federally but with medical and recreational use legalized at the state level.

The cannabis community has another thing going for it: the fact that the legalization of recreational marijuana was preceded by legalizing the drug for medical use.

Now that Ohio has legalized the sale of medical cannabis, and California has legalized adult - use and medical cannabis, we have extended our service offerings to this fast - growing segment.

Protecting strains of cannabis is not a new issue in and of itself since medical use of marijuana has been legal for several years, but now «it's coming to the forefront of peoples» mind because of the reach and the breadth it's going to expand to once it's been legalized for recreational use,» Curcio explains.

Seven states so far have legalized cannabis for recreational use and medical marijuana is legal in 21 other states, but federally - funded banks can not serve the needs of cannabis - related businesses, because it is still an illegal drug under federal law.