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Health & Wellness News tagged with medical marijuana

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Medical Marijuana: How Much Is Enough?
Health & Wellness  (tags: medical marijuana, health, drugs )

Plato
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- 63 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
A state Health Department proposal that medical-marijuana patients be allowed more than 2 pounds of pot every two months took law enforcement by surprise and prompted the governor to tell health officials to start over.
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Is Medical-Marijuana Use Reason to Deny Someone An Organ Transplant?
Health & Wellness  (tags: organ transplant, medical marijuana )

In a Mirr
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- 81 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
The death this week of a musician who said he was denied a liver transplant because of his medical-marijuana use has highlighted a new ethical consideration: Should pot use with a doctor's blessing be held against a dying patient who needs an organ transp
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Medical Marijuana User Dies for Lack of Liver Transplant
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, humans, illness, hospital, corruption, medical marijuana, transplant, patient, death )

Holly
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- 83 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
Garon died a week after his doctor told him a University of Washington Medical Center committee had again denied him a spot on the liver transplant list because of his use of marijuana, although it was authorized under Washington state law.
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Medical Marijuana Use Forces Patient Off Transplant List.
Health & Wellness  (tags: UW, his liver is failing, hepatitis C, medical marijuana, organ transplant )

In a Mirr
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- 86 days ago - komotv.com
His liver, ravaged by hepatitis C, is failing. Without a new one, his doctors tell him, he will be dead in days.But Garon's been refused a spot on the transplant list, largely because he has used marijuana, even though it was legally approved for medical
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Physicians Group Urges Easing of Ban on Medical Marijuana
Health & Wellness  (tags: medical marijuana, cancer, chemotherapy, Parkinson's disease, American Nurses Assn., American ublic Health Assn. )

Blue
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- 160 days ago - latimes.com
Bbig news. The American College of Physicians just endorsed medical marijuana. Photo:RELIEF: Betty Hiatt, 81, smokes medicinal marijuana at her Seattle home. Having survived cancer, Crohn's disease and the onset of Parkinson's disease, the grandmother...
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Federal Court of Canada Strikes Down Regulation Limiting Growers of Medical Marijuana
Health & Wellness  (tags: cannabis, pot, marijuana, medical marijuana )

Steph
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- 195 days ago - cnews.canoe.ca
Canadians prescribed marijuana to treat their illnesses will no longer be forced to rely on the federal government as a supplier following a Federal Court ruling that struck down a key restriction in Ottawa's controversial medical marijuana program.
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American Psychiatric Association Assembly Backs Medical Marijuana Patient Protection
Health & Wellness  (tags: medical marijuana, medicine, health, protection )

Jamie
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- 259 days ago - mpp.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a unanimous vote, the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association has approved a strongly worded statement supporting legal protection for patients using medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation.
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Feds Go After Wildly Successful Medical Pot Sellers
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, drugs, humans, interesting, medical marijuana )

Linda
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- 260 days ago - sfgate.com
What's more, their dispensary had a medical marijuana permit issued by Alameda County and was regularly visited by sheriff's deputies to make sure everything was on the up and up.
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Man 'Takes Cannabis' Into Drug Trial
Health & Wellness  (tags: mary jane, medical marijuana, AlternativeMed )

Patricia
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- 300 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
A MAN who says he uses drugs for pain relief pulled out a bag of suspected cannabis in a Brisbane court room today while appearing on drug possession charges.
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Law Requires N.M. to Grow Its Own Pot
Health & Wellness  (tags: medical marijuana )

Plato
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- 389 days ago - optonline.net
New Mexico has a new medical marijuana law with a twist: It requires the state to grow its own. The Law protects medical marijuana users from prosecution & requires New Mexico to oversee a production and distribution system for the drug.
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Medical Marijuana for ADD and Its Good for Kids!
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Health & Wellness  (tags: ADDHD, ADHD, marijuana, cannabis, medical marijuana, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, children, drugs, doctors, health, healthcare, medicine, Mentalhealth, treatment, research )

John
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- 461 days ago - youtube.com
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann interviews a bold and honest physician/pediatrician from the University of Southern California who explains how medical cannabis can be used to treat ADD in children. Its a great video.
   

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