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Massachusetts became the eighteenth state to legalize medical marijuana when voters passed a ballot measure in 2012, [4] even though the federal government still lists marijuana as a Schedule 1 controlled substance with no medical value. Recreational marijuana is legal in Massachusetts as of December 15, 2016, following a ballot initiative in ...
The Massachusetts Medical Society, which represents 24,000 doctors in the state, approved a resolution during the weekend of May 19, 2012 to oppose legalizing medicinal marijuana without scientific proof that it would be safe and effective on patients and stated that it cannot support legislation intended to involve physicians in certifying ...
AdCare Hospital of Worcester (originally named Doctors Hospital [2]) is a substance abuse treatment hospital located in Worcester, Massachusetts.With 114 inpatient beds and a variety of outpatient services in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, AdCare is the only private hospital in Massachusetts specifically dedicated to substance abuse treatment.
The Massachusetts Legalization, Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Initiative also known as Question 4, was an indirect initiated state statute question to legalize, regulate and tax recreational marijuana that appeared on the November 8, 2016 Massachusetts general election ballot.
"Among medical-only states, Florida continued its double-digit growth, adding an astonishing 324,400 medical marijuana patients in 2022 — bringing the state’s registered total to 781,000 ...
In the 1990s MC worked closely with the ACLU-Massachusetts Drug Policy Task Force and the Massachusetts Coalition for Medical Cannabis or MC 2 on legislative issues including: Passage of the Bertonazzi bill: An act creating a marijuana therapeutic research program in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health , passed by the legislature and ...
"So many medical professionals are leaving the field or retiring. For the majority of primary care physicians, we're looking at somewhere between 30-45 minutes of paperwork per patient.
Arizona also passes a medical cannabis ballot measure, but it is rendered ineffective on a technicality. [30] 1998: Oregon, Alaska, and Washington all legalize medical cannabis through ballot measure. [31] Nevada also passes a medical cannabis initiative, but it requires second approval in 2000 to become law, as per the state constitution. [32]