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The defined daily dose (DDD) is a statistical measure of drug consumption, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology. It is defined in combination with the ATC Code drug classification system for grouping related drugs. The DDD enables comparison of drug usage between different drugs in ...
Founded in 2002 by medical cannabis patient Steph Sherer, it has grown to over 100,000 members in 50 states. [122] Other groups include the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Marijuana Policy Project, and Drug Policy Alliance, although these focus more broadly on policy reform regarding both medical and non-medical use.
Medical organizations that have issued statements in support of allowing access to medical cannabis include the American Nurses Association, [10] American Public Health Association, [144] American Medical Student Association, [145] National Multiple Sclerosis Society, [146] Epilepsy Foundation, [147] and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. [148]
[36] A World Health Organization survey found that the U.S. is the world's leading per capita marijuana consumer. [37] The 2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health prepared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicated that 14.4 million U.S. citizens over the age of 12 had used marijuana within a month. [38]
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
Proposition 34 would limit how certain healthcare providers spend revenues from a federal prescription drug program. The measure is an effort by the real estate industry to limit spending by the L ...
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 ...
Oct. 27—The Coos Bay City Council voted unanimously to lift a moratorium on new marijuana dispensaries in the city, but stopped short of easing the restrictions about where businesses can be ...