When voters in two US states approved the recreational use of marijuana in 2012, public debates for how best to promote and protect public health and safety started drawing implications from states' medical marijuana laws. However, many of the discussions were simplified to the notion that states either have a medical marijuana law or do not; little reference was made to the fact that legal pro...

INTRODUCTION Over the last decade, the use of medical marijuana has expanded dramatically; it is now permitted in 16 states and the District of Columbia. Our study of family physicians in Colorado is the first to gather information about physician attitudes toward this evolving practice. METHODS We distributed an anonymous web-based electronic survey to the 1727 members of the Colorado Academ...

BACKGROUND The Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act1 (“Hawkins-Slater”– Rhode Island General Laws 21-28.6-1) became law in 2005. Regulations2 were promulgated initially in July of 2006. The legislative findings3 incorporated in Hawkins-Slater assert that modern medical research recognizes beneficial uses for marijuana, including the treatment of pain, nausea and other de...

PURPOSE The state-level legalization of medical marijuana has raised concerns about increased accessibility and appeal of the drug to youth. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of medical marijuana legalization across the United States by comparing trends in adolescent marijuana use between states with and without legalization of medical marijuana. METHODS The study utilized ...

Marijuana smoke is blanketing the United States. Medical marijuana dispensaries outnumber coffee shops in some communities. And no matter where you go, there’s no escaping the debate over whether the drug should be legalized for medical or recreational purposes. Thus far, 20 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws allowing medical use of marijuana. An additional 15, including Minne...

In 2000, voters in Colorado approved an amendment to the state constitution to legalize medical marijuana. In 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice indicated that patients complying with medical marijuana laws would not be a priority for prosecution. The state subsequently experienced widespread growth in in the number of individuals with a medical marijuana card and in marijuana dispensaries. I...

In recent years, the question to many physicians around the United States has morphed from, “How about some Viagra, doc?” to, “How about some medical marijuana, doc?” California exemplifies the bookends of the medical marijuana/legalization movement. The movement’s major victory was in November of 1996, when Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, was voted into law, creating a process by w...

ABSTRACT The legalization of cannabis has been a trend to be done by countries because it is seen as beneficial in many ways. Marijuana drug which less negative impacts, or can said “manageable” hence receiving much support from the society legalized country. Cannabis legalization, either medical non marijuana, believed positively impact welfare society. Uruguay and Canada are first second mari...

© 2000 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors The issue of medical marijuana use has been on the forefront of public debate. There are indications that marijuana is sometimes used to alleviate pain from cancer, to reduce nausea from chemotherapy, to mitigate the wasting syndrome of AIDS, and for the treatment of glaucoma, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and a variety of other disorders. A f...