Sentences with phrase «use of medical marijuana for»

His specialist recommended the use of medical marijuana for his pain and back spasms and he had an authorization from Health Canada to possess medical marijuana.

New York State will now permit the use of medical marijuana for some patients.

Additional efforts include reviewing evidence for the use of medical marijuana for those who are suffering from chronic and intractable pain.

Not exact matches

While the drug remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government, 29 states have passed legislation that allows for medical marijuana use and nine states have legalized recreational weed.

Weston said Loblaw is currently focused only on the distribution of marijuana for medical use, not recreational use.

Voters have made marijuana legal for medical use in a majority of U.S. states and for recreational use in seven states and the District of Columbia.

But the question is, as more than half of all states now have state laws allowing for medical marijuana and / or adult - use marijuana markets, and the industry has created approximately 150,000 jobs and brought in almost $ 7 billion in revenue in 2016, can the industry be pushed into the black market again?

Eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana for Americans ages 21 and older, and 29 states have legalized the medical use of marijuana.

A total of 30 states have legalized medical marijuana, while eight have done so for recreational use.

The bill forbids local authorities from working with federal agents, including using «agency money, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to assist a federal agency to investigate, detain, detect, report, or arrest a person for commercial or noncommercial marijuana or medical cannabis activity that is authorized by law in the State of California.»

It's also unclear that the increased marijuana use by pregnant women represents drug abuse; for instance, nausea and anxiety (both common among pregnancy) are among the most common symptoms of medical marijuana users, which may in part explain the increase in usage.

«Over the past 15 years, led by California, 15 states plus the District of Columbia have adopted laws permitting some form of marijuana consumption or distribution for medical use,» notes the See Change Strategy study.

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.

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.»

Although more than half of US states have legalized marijuana for medical use only now is the nation's first research facility for medical marijuana opening.

Gertner's first involvement in the («legal,» he jokes) Canadian marijuana market came after a 2000 Ontario Court of Appeals ruling that the government's pot prohibitions were unconstitutional because they did not include a carve - out for medical use.

Despite changing international attitudes towards marijuana and enforcement, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem met this year and decided to keep its prohibitionist policies around drugs to continue the criminalization of all drug use that's not for medical or scientific purposes.

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.

The poll, which was released Monday, finds that 89 percent of U.S. voters support allowing adults to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if prescribed by a doctor.

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.

A handful of other states approved marijuana for medical uses.

Myclobutanil, a chemical that is also prohibited for use on legal cannabis in Colorado, Washington and Oregon because of health concerns, was found in product recently recalled by Mettrum Ltd., a Toronto - based medical marijuana company.

The U.S. Justice Department's decision to turn a blind eye to the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that authorize medical or even recreational use of the drug eventually may make it easier to use credit cards for such transactions, but a banking ban on legal pot sellers remains intact for now.

It is estimated that 6M people qualify under one of the Florida Department of Health conditions for use of medical marijuana (MMJ).»

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.

Even though the DEA still classifies marijuana as having no medical benefits, lawmakers across 24 states have disagreed, making pot available for a variety of uses — mostly medical ones.

Allowing marijuana for medical use is a fairly easy fight these days, and full legalization or decriminalization of marijuana are becoming more normal.

This was before Mackey had won a single Iditarod, let alone four straight; before he used what he calls his marathon style — catnapping as his sled moves and covering 100 - mile chunks at a moderate pace without prolonged rest, instead of sprinting from rest stop to rest stop like most other racers — to win an unprecedented double (the Yukon Quest, the world's other 1,000 - mile dogsled race, and just weeks later the Iditarod) not once but twice; before he became so dominant that slower competitors complained they had no chance to finish within five days of him (the requirement for an official place and a commemorative belt buckle); and before a rival pushed for drug testing at the 2010 Iditarod, suspecting that Mackey's secret was his prescription for medical marijuana to alleviate the side effects of cancer treatment.

Medical marijuana has been picking up supporters in the state legislature, and Wednesday it was the subject of a public hearing at the capitol featuring business owners from Colorado, where pot is legal for both medicinal and recreation use.

All the men also pointed to the things they did get done, including a five - year renewal of Kendra's law, the appointment of a new chairman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Court of Appeals judge, legislation requiring state contracts to use American - made steel and allow medical marijuana to be prescribed for post-traumatic stress disorder.

«First, adjust to medical marijuana, then move down the path to decriminalizing, taxing and regulating adult use and the fact that the governor has now — for I believe the first time — signaled he is interested in even having an evaluation by his own people of this issue, I think, is a huge step forward for New York State,» Krueger continued.

As POLITICO New York reported earlier this month, State Sen. Diane Savino is introducing legislation that aims to better educate doctors on the use of medical marijuana, similar to how representatives for pharmaceutical companies showcase their product to physicians.

The Compassionate Care Act, sponsored by Senator Diane Savino and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, would legalize the growth and sale of medical marijuana, making New York the 23rd state to legalize some use of the drug for medical purposes.

«A majority of voters also say they would vote in favor of requiring legislators to disclose all outside income, for a property tax cap, to allow the use of medical marijuana, to allow wine to be sold in grocery stores, and to legalize same sex marriages,» Said Siena pollster Steven Greenberg.

Sen. George Maziarz, a Western New York Republican, has become the third member of the Senate GOP to sign on as a co-sponsor of the Compassionate Care Act, which would legalize marijuana for medical use, med - mar advocates announced.

In the 13 states that passed laws allowing for the use of medical marijuana between 1999 and 2010, 25 percent fewer people die from opioid overdoses annually.

Kingsley, a medical doctor who has directed his professional focus on medical marijuana, said he is skeptical of expanding legalized marijuana for recreational use, adding that prescribed medical marijuana is «not a panacea» for all patients.

«Nobody would want to buy that kind of marijuana unless you are using it for medical purposes.»

Cuomo's call for a Department of Health study to look into legalizing marijuana is a bit of a turnaround for the governor, who oversaw the enactment of the state's medical marijuana program but has opposed the idea of legalizing recreational use.

In his July debate with Tom Suozzi, Spitzer, apparently eager to disagree with his opponent during the «lightning round,» shocked members of his own staff by saying he was against using marijuana for medical purposes.

New York City Councilman Antonio Olivieri, who died of cancer in 1980 at age 39, had lobbied for state medical marijuana use for therapeutic research.

Medical marijuana experts say that home deliveries are growing across the state, helping to sustain a budding industry of suppliers, some of whom have struggled financially after the drug was approved for use in January.

Even though Obama said in 2008 that he considered the «basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs prescribed by doctors... entirely appropriate» and did not plan on using the DOJ's resources to circumvent state laws, the department has continued to raid, and in some cases shut down, dispensaries and cultivation facilities in at least nine state since he took office.

He said while he believes there are those who struggle with marijuana addiction and that marijuana use should not be encouraged, the city and state should look at whether anti-marijuana enforcement is being done properly and the possibility of becoming the 17th state to legalize marijuana for medical purposes.

Critics of the program's limited scale, including State Senator Diane Savino and Assembly health committee chairman Richard Gottfried, said the governor's plan also relies on an unstable source for the drug's supply, and could potentially use marijuana seized by law - enforcement officials, instead of the purified and specially - grown strains developed to treat specific medical conditions.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York City Comptroller John Liu is proposing a historic overhaul of the city's marijuana laws, believing that legalizing medical marijuana and allowing adults to possess an ounce of pot for recreational use would pump more than $ 400 million into the city's coffers.

That's what she understands sick people do in some of the 18 states in which marijuana is legal for medical use.

Advocates for the bill fought that characterization, sending out a volume of medical literature refuting the idea that marijuana use leads to the abuse of other drugs.

Cuomo also announced plans for a limited use of marijuana for medical purposes that would allow certain hospitals to treat people suffering from serious illnesses.

Nobody would want to buy that kind of marijuana unless you are using it for medical purposes,» says Gottfried, who says the 1980 law lacks provisions for modern «state of the art» production.