In hospitals and nursing care facilities across the country, patients are systematically denied access to medical cannabis, even if they are located in states where it is legal. The reason behind this is simple. As long as the vast majority of these institutions rely on funding from Medicare and other federal sources, they opt not … Read More »
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When Can We Schedule a Cannabis Rescheduling?
December 7, 2018 For anyone following the medical cannabis space, there is nothing more frustrating than hearing members of the medical establishment summarily dismissing cannabis based on a lack of supporting data. Of course there’s a dearth of data; blame it on Schedule 1! Because of cannabis’ draconian Schedule 1 classification as a highly … Read More »
What to Consider Before Visiting a Marijuana Dispensary
For me, the term “dispensary” always brought to mind a clinic at an army base or summer camp, with a stern nurse dispensing aspirin. But when California passed Proposition 215 (the Compassionate Care Act) in 1996, reframing marijuana as “medicine”, a new institutional framework was needed for where such products could be obtained. Since then, … Read More »