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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 ...
In 2014, the startup Meadow began offering on-demand delivery of medical marijuana in the San Francisco Bay Area, through their mobile app. [140] Almost 70% of medical cannabis is exported from the United Kingdom, according to a 2017 United Nations report, with much of the remaining amount coming from Canada and the Netherlands. [141]
Research on the medical benefits of cannabis has been hindered by various federal regulations, including its Schedule I classification. [3] To conduct research on cannabis, approval must be obtained from the Food and Drug Administration, [4] and a license must be obtained from the Drug Enforcement Administration specific to Schedule I drugs. [5]
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 ...
In 2022, Biden requested the Health and Human Services Administration conduct an extensive evaluation of marijuana’s medical benefits and risks. As part of the evaluation, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
For decades, federally approved research into the potential medical benefits of cannabis were limited by a rule stating the cannabis researchers use must come from a University of Mississippi farm ...
Over time, the marijuana gateway hypothesis has been studied more and more. In one published study, the use of marijuana was shown not a reliable gateway cause of illicit drug use. [67] However, social factors and environment influence drug use and abuse, making the gateway effects of cannabis different for those in differing social circumstances.
According to Business Insider, only 6% of studies on marijuana focused on the drug's benefits. But there are so many.