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Cannabis in Virginia is legal for medical use and recreational use. The first medical marijuana dispensary opened in August 2020, [1] and adult recreational use became legalized in July 2021. [2] [3] In April 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam approved a bill to decriminalize simple marijuana possession, which took effect July 2020. In ...
Due to increasing public awareness of the medical benefits of cannabis, and in anticipation of forthcoming changes to federal policy, a number of states passed laws in the late 1970s and early 1980s addressing the medical use of cannabis. [13] New Mexico was the first to do so in 1978, and by the end of 1982 over thirty states had followed suit ...
Cannabis use has increased significantly around the world. Past research shows that regular cannabis use can increase a person’s risk for several health concerns, including risk factors for ...
Cannabis as illustrated in Köhler's Book of Medicinal Plants, 1897. Overall, research into the health effects of medical cannabis has been of low quality and it is not clear whether it is a useful treatment for any condition, or whether harms outweigh any benefit. [18] There is no consistent evidence that it helps with chronic pain and muscle ...
Right now, medical marijuana is commonly used to treat nausea, chronic pain, glaucoma and a range of other issues. But that might not be all that the drug can do. Several studies have uncovered ...
Barren shelves are greeting customers at a local hemp shop in Virginia Beach. “Right now the shop is super empty,” said Savana Griffith, owner of The Hemp Spectrum. “We have about five ...
When it was created in 2007, Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access was the first American veteran service organization designed to assist veterans with medical access to cannabis. Since then, VCMA has been lobbying and advocating both at the federal level ( Veterans Affairs ) and at the State-level, to geographically and qualitatively increase ...
On December 17, 2009, Rev. Bryan A. Krumm, CNP, filed a rescheduling petition for Cannabis with the DEA arguing that "because marijuana does not have the abuse potential for placement in Schedule I of the CSA, and because marijuana now has accepted medical use in 13 states, and because the DEA's own Administrative Law Judge has already ...