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Medical Marijuana ‘Significantly’ Decreases Use Of Opioids By Chronic Pain Patients, New Study Finds

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A new study shows that marijuana pain can be an effective replacement for the treatment of pain management.

Murdoch University researchers and research centers in Perth Pain Management Center to investigate how people who have been treating people with chronic cancer cancer pain.

Research published in Pain Management on Monday, “Cannabinoid co-prescriptions may be able to reduce the consumption prescribed for the chronic consumption of the pain kingdom.”

To assess the relationship between cannabis and opioids, the researchers followed two patients in a year: they were already in pain in the pain clinic and a Cannabis co-patient and another 53 patients, without Marijuanik, in a clinic.

Basically, median patient was taking about 40 mg opioids a day. After a year, 15 mg Delta-9 thc and 15 mg CBD median dose of 15 mg of CBD, the team “significantly” has reduced 2.7 mg of opioid doses per day. After a year, the opioid was only taking a median 42.3 mg per day.

“The introduction of cannabinoids can create useful reductions of opioid consumer settings in the real world, with additional benefits for disability and insomnia,” Authors of study celurbill. “However, this treatment is only subjected by a sub-group of patients.”

In the Kannabis treatment regiment between the cohort, “the opioid consumption has significantly reduced in 6 to 12 months.”

“Physical activity and sleep also improved. These findings indicate that medicinal cannabis can help patients reduce their opioid activity and improve their physical activity and sleep.

The findings are also consistent with the body of scientific literature, exploring the association between the use of cannabis and opioids.

For example, a study published this year earlier found in drug and alcohol review, among drug users who experience chronic pain every day The use of cannabis was related to greater probability of leaving opioids-Species among men.

Also found a study posted last year Legalization of medical cannabis seemed to significantly reduce the monetary payments of opioids What specializes in pain, authors “declining that in terms of Marijuana doctor, proves that they are available as a replacement.

Last studies also showed the decline of operating operations, legalized by marijuana for adults in jurisdictions. This study found a “Coherent negative relationship between legalization and aggression” has more significant effects on the states that were legalized before the cannon In opium crisis. The authors computed the legalization of recreation marijuana “that 3.5 per person per person is linked to reduction.”

“Our discoveries suggest that you can help recreating access to leisure marijuana to deal with the opioid epidemic,” said the report. “Previous research represents that marijuana (especially doctors) can reduce the prescriptions of opioids, and that we find that overdose can also reduce deaths.”

Another newly published report according to the use of Opioid opioid after the state Marijuana doctor legalization The availability of the legal cannabis was found that both patients with chronic pain reduced the opioid use and helped reduce deaths exceeded by prescription. Overall, the results of the study indicated that “Cannabis has a key role to play in pain management and reduce the use of opioids,” he said.

Another study published in 2023, linked to medical marijuana Minor level of pain and reduced dependence on opioids and other prescription medications. And other February, another published by the American Medical Association (Mother), found chronic pains that received medical marijuana for more than a month viewed important reductions in prescribed opioids.

About Three chronic pain patients reported using cannabis As a treatment option, 2023 mothers published by a report. Most of that group said they used cannabis as another substitute for pain medicines, including opioids.

Other research published that year found that People buy CBD legally significantly reduced opioid prescription feesIt has less recipe for 6.6 and 8.1 percent.

About prescription drugs Medicaid analyzed a 2022 research paper, while he found the legalization of marijuana for adult use “Reduced relevant” prescription drug use To treat multiple conditions.

2023 Report Medical Marijuana Medical Legalization Related Medical Payments reducing doctors-You have other data activities when they use legal access to the prescription drugs that patients use cannabis as an alternative.

Researchers in another study published last year examined Oregon opioid prescription and mortality rates to find it Marijuana retail access by reducing the prescriptions of oversized opioidsAlthough they saw a decline in the decline of death related to opioids.

Last research also indicates that cannabis can be an effective replacement of heels in terms of pain management.

Report published in BMJ magazine, such as marijuana and opioids for chronic painless pain and Canavies found “can be similarly effective and may have fewer interruptions than opioids” Provide potentially comparable relief with a lower chance of harmful effects.

Published special studies found more than half patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, which was more effective than other analgesic medications cannabis, and 40% reported Reducing the use of other anes in the use of marijuana.

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HoneyGrove Dispensary selivers affordable small-batch flower to patients amid push for MMJ reform

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HoneyGrove Dispensary has partnered with Ewing-based medical cannabis company Noble Valley Harvest Company to offer small-batch flowers at reduced prices to medical marijuana patients.

Half ounces are available for $75 and full ounces are available for $125, with no sales tax applied to cardholder purchases. HoneyGrove waives sales tax on adult-use transactions for patients with a valid medical card to support patient access.

Within NJ’s three-ounce monthly purchase limit, cardholders can get $100 off multiple ounce purchases.

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The initiative addresses ongoing concerns about affordability in New Jersey’s medical marijuana program, which has drawn criticism for high costs and limited supply. By offering premium, small-batch products at prices associated with lower-quality options, HoneyGrove and Noble Valley aim to improve immediate patient access while advocating for broader program reforms.

“HoneyGrove and HoneyStash are committed to patient care by partnering with local growers,” said Dave Valese, CEO of HoneyProjects, the management company for both dispensaries. “This partnership with Noble Valley ensures that medical patients receive high-quality flower at affordable prices, supporting our broader efforts to improve New Jersey’s medical cannabis program.”

“Noble Valley Harvest is producing small-batch cannabis for the New Jersey market,” said Dr. Lisa Grega, founder of Noble Valley Harvest Company. “We’re excited to give medical patients first access to help boost a market that’s shrinking in size and selection.”

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Ohio Senate Expected To Vote On Bill Recriminalizing Some Marijuana Activity That Voters Legalized

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“You can be charged with a felony for having legal weed in a package other than what you bought it from. You can be charged with a felony for buying legal weed in Michigan.”

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A new law to be passed in the Statehouse next week would establish a series of juveniles Criminal penalties for persons illegally transporting or possessing marijuana in Ohiowhile withdrawing legal protections for users, such as child custody or professional license disputes.

That’s why NORML, the oldest marijuana advocacy organization in the US, is leading a quixotic effort to urge the Ohio Senate to reject Senate Bill 56 before a final vote next week.

With Senate approval, the bill would go to Gov. Mike DeWine (R) for his signature or veto.

The marijuana changes are part of a larger package that also establishes a new, comprehensive regulatory system for the intoxicant hemp, a product functionally similar to legal marijuana, but sold without age restrictions, taxes or quality controls. DeWine, a Republican who opposed relaxing Ohio’s marijuana laws, has been making public the issue of hemp more than a year ago.

But perhaps due to a political compromise, marijuana users have been caught up in the crackdown on hemp, according to Morgan Fox, NORML’s political director.

“A lot of this stuff is completely nonsensical,” he said in an interview. “This is recriminalizing a lot of behavior that is relatively innocent and has been legal for a long time.”

House and Senate lawmakers negotiated the final version of the legislation in a conference committee, which means the bill cannot be changed. The House passed it last month by a 52-34 vote last night, with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.

Committee members described the final version as a compromise between mixed blocs of voters: Democrats who don’t want new criminal penalties for regular users, Republicans who support the right to grow marijuana, religious conservatives who oppose the expansion of legal use of the intoxicant, local governments who want their money to ruin a gas station. retailers, and both the hemp and marijuana industries seeking market advantages. (In all, 153 lobbyists signed up to work on the bill in August, state records show.)

In 2023, Ohio voters passed Issue 2 by 57 percent to 43 percent, allowing adults to legally use, buy, sell and possess cannabis. Those rights remain intact under the bill.

However, SB 56 imposes legal penalties for not having marijuana in its original container or buying legal marijuana in Michigan, where it is usually much cheaper.

Below is a closer look at some of these rules.

Out-of-state marijuana

SB 56 reclassifies what counts as the “legalization scope” of marijuana. And under its rules, marijuana that isn’t grown at home or purchased at a state dispensary is illegal. Prices are much lower in Michigan’s more mature cannabis market, and SB 56 would make it illegal to bring the substance back into Ohio.

Violators can be charged with a misdemeanor, which carries a maximum fine of $150, but no jail time.

Fox, the state lobbyist for NORML, said he is not aware of any adult-use states that outlaw the simple possession of cannabis produced in another state.

Driving with marijuana in the car

Under the bill, drivers could legally transport marijuana. However, it must be stored in the trunk or, in cars without a trunk, behind the last upright seat of the car. Marijuana and any paraphernalia must also be stored in its “original, unopened container.”

Likewise, edibles must be kept in their original packaging to complete the bill.

Offenses are minor fouls.

“You can be charged with a felony for having legal weed in a package other than the one you bought it from,” Bride Rose Sweeney, one of the top Democratic negotiators in the House, said at the conference. “You can be charged with a felony for buying legal Michigan weed.”

Loss of legal protections

In addition to legalizing marijuana, the voter-approved 2023 law created legal protections for adults who use marijuana in many civil and administrative contexts.

For example, state licensing boards cannot penalize licensees solely for using marijuana. A judge cannot deprive a parent of parenting time or responsibilities based solely on marijuana use and absent clear and convincing evidence of the child’s lack of safety.

Similar protections exist in relation to access to medical care, such as organ donation, in relation to denying a person as a tenant or disqualifying them from public benefits.

The bill removes almost all of these protections, although users can access public benefits (except unemployment compensation).

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The forgotten story behind autoflowering cannabis

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Many of the things that are common in modern cannabis come from a time when curiosity about the plant could lead to real problems. With the market now dominated by hybrid genetics, it is a common belief that it is almost impossible to bring anything back to an original cultivar. However, many of these initial building blocks came from the first wave of cannabis exploration, when a handful of growers traveled across continents in search of unique local varieties. Nevil Schoenmakers was one of them, and what he spotted on the side of a highway during a trip to Turkey left a mark on the history of cannabis that has never been erased.

On the way to Turkey
Dwight Diotte of D9 Canna Consulting still remembers those early years. A time when the modern industry was just an idea and the world of cannabis lived in the shadows between one country and another. Everyone in that circle followed clues more than maps, and it all felt like a treasure hunt with pocket knives and curiosity.

So how did cannabis ruderalis enter the cannabis world. The story begins with a road trip. Nevil was moving through Eastern Europe on one of his journeys to find his seed when he saw something strange on a highway in Hungary. The plants, already in flower, stand out against the July heat. He stopped so suddenly that his car screeched. Then he ran across like someone who had just seen a myth pass by.

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He took some branches and dried them in the car heater. He soon realized that what he found was something special. He paused again, and turned around. Turkey could wait. What he had just discovered demanded attention, “and perhaps saved him from a more dangerous detour,” Dwight notes. The Cold War was still very real and the borders of that region were not yet friendly to roving plant hunters.

Sparking the seeds of something new
By the time Dwight saw Nevil the following year in the Netherlands, the seeds of the mystery were already on the table. They were tiny, dark and impossible to germinate with the usual tricks. Dwight remembers gently cracking the pebbles and soaking them as Nevil thought animals might do in the wild. “It felt less like horticulture and more like archaeology,” Dwight recalls.

Once they sprouted, the surprise came quickly. These were no ordinary plants. They went from seed to flower oblivious to the light of day and seemed determined to complete their cycle, encouraged or not. The concept of autoflowering did not yet exist. “Nevil saw the plants blooming on the fifth or seventh node and understood that something new was on the table.”

This was the birth of the modern ruderalis work, although at the time no one was thinking in neat categories. “We were trying to understand what we found.”

Claiming ownership
Dwight wandered between Canada and Europe during those years and witnessed it all. He helped raise funds for what would later become the famous Cannabis Castle, watched the early grow in action and watched Nevil push ruderalis as far as he could before returning to his passion for long-flowering cannabis. “The Finola project was created in the mid-90s and its founders claimed credit for the autoflowering breakthrough, even though the genetics went back to the same region that Nevil had explored, if not the same plants as Nevil himself,” Dwight said.

Everyone involved in that era seemed to reinvent themselves every season. The seed companies changed their names. Growers moved between projects. Some developed legendary cultivars. Others disappeared completely from public life. Through it all, Nevil remained a figure who kept one foot in research mode and the other in business reality. When the Dutch tightened regulations in the nineties, the landscape changed again, and a series of legal dramas followed across continents. “A few years later the dust settled and life moved on, but the seeds of his legacy had already been planted.”

According to Dwight, many of the fog lines that dominate the shelves today have their origins in Nevil. “It’s the same in the autoflowering category. Even after turning his attention away from ruderalis, he produced work that breeders talk about in low tones and reverence.”

Heritage
Dwight still grows ruderalis for fun. He says that plants teach him things. He says that even after forty years they still amaze him. “Nevil Schoenmakers always worked with what he found and let the plants say what they wanted to be. But the evidence is hard to ignore. When the first little black seeds were opened in Hungary, the industry of the future cracked with them. And even today, every time an autoflower appears on a legal shelf anywhere in the world, a small part of that moment is still on the side of the road in Eastern Europe.”

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