Sentences with phrase «prescribing medical cannabis»

A new medical guideline published today suggests Canada's family physicians should take a sober second thought before prescribing medical cannabis to most patients.

The insured's doctor prescribed him medical cannabis that, admittedly, worked when conventional drugs didn't.

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The poll also found that 87 percent U.S. voters believe that U.S. Veterans Administration doctors should be allowed to prescribe medical marijuana in pill form to veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in states where cannabis is legal.

Staten Island Sen. Diane Savino is pushing New York to open more dispensaries for medical marijuana and reach out to doctors to prescribed medically based cannabis in order to boost demand.

In states allowing the use of medical cannabis, the drugs may be prescribed as an alternative to opioids.

«We looked at the evidence that is available on the use of clinical cannabis and extrapolated to some degree on management strategies from our experiences with the prescribing of controlled substances,» said lead author Seddon R. Savage, MD, medical director, Silver Hill Hospital Chronic Pain and Recovery Center, in an interview with Medscape Medical News at the recent American Pain Society annual mmedical director, Silver Hill Hospital Chronic Pain and Recovery Center, in an interview with Medscape Medical News at the recent American Pain Society annual mMedical News at the recent American Pain Society annual meeting.

As we move toward the legalization of recreational cannabis, I thought it would be interesting to look at a recent case dealing with medical cannabis and the efforts of one person to get assistance from his province's workers» compensation board to contribute to the cost of the medical cannabis prescribed to him.

Home health - care workers are protected from second - hand smoke from the use of tobacco, medical cannabis, electronic cigarettes and prescribed products and substances in their presence.

They are lenient if medical cannabis is prescribed for treating medical conditions like insomnia, glaucoma and headaches but if the marijuana is being used to help with more serious medical conditions like cancer then the company will be concentrating more on cancer rather than the marijuana.