DFCR experts Mikhail Kogan, MD and Leslie Mendoza Temple, MD serve as guest editors for Elsevier’s Complementary Therapies in Medicine. With the growing trend in legalization and increased patient use of medical cannabis, students of health professions are likely to […]
Article excerpt Monica Taing talks very fast. Enthusiasm is her accelerator pedal as the 29-year-old pharmacist from Jersey City describes cannabis’ potential to expand the options for chronically ill people — especially those who are leery of using addictive opioids […]
Article excerpt: Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician at Harvard Medical School. He’s also on the board of the advocacy group, Doctors for Cannabis Regulation. He tells Inverse that Delta-8-THC does have “vast” potential, as do many of the […]
Article excerpt: “Do you approve of amending the Constitution to legalize a controlled form of marijuana called ‘cannabis’? Only adults at least 21 years of age could use cannabis. The State commission created to oversee the State’s medical cannabis program […]
Article excerpt: This story is part of a series of profiles, The CannaInfluencers: The people shaping the cannabis industry in the Garden State. Written by NJ Cannabis Insider reporters, the profiles will publish in the weeks leading up to the […]
DFCR Founder and President David Nathan co-authors an opinion piece with Paul Armentano regarding the upcoming vote to legalize cannabis in New Jersey. Article excerpt: Having spent many years working on marijuana policy, we’ve had ringside seats to the dramatic […]
Article excerpt: Dr Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and a contributing editor to Harvard Health Publications. In his capacity as a specialist authority on addiction and medical cannabis, he has served as […]
Article excerpt: Despite being signed into law in July 2019, many of the improvements touted by Jake Honig’s Law, which expanded the state’s medical marijuana program, have yet to be implemented, frustrating physicians, healthcare professionals and attorneys operating in the […]
Recently new guidelines were issued on medical cannabis for chronic pain. An excerpt: Chronic pain patients can be treated with medical cannabis following one of three protocols based on patient characteristics, according to an international task force at the virtual […]
Article excerpt: Delta-9-THC, the main drug in cannabis plants that gets people high, can also be a potent medicine. It can treat extreme nausea and stimulate appetite, which is especially helpful for people who have HIV or are going through […]
David L. Nathan, MD on introducing the Universal Cannabis Product Symbol and the Universal Cannabis Information Label at Cannabis Science and Technology. Read the article at Cannabis Science and Technology
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) led a group of 16 public health organizations and over 100 public health professionals in calling on members of Congress to support comprehensive marijuana reform by bringing the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment & Expungement […]
From the article: When voters head to the polls in November two initiatives regarding the legalization of medical marijuana will appear. The first is Initiative 65, which was brought forward by the citizens of Mississippi who would like to see […]
Article excerpt: “CBG is interesting in a lot of different ways,” says Peter Grinspoon, MD, primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, instructor at Harvard Medical School, and board member of the advocacy group Doctors For Cannabis Regulation. Dr. Grinspoon […]
Originally appeared at the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine
Article excerpt: Portland’s Office of Community & Civic Life named Dasheeda Dawson as its new cannabis program supervisor earlier this month, in some ways ushering in a new chapter of the city’s Social Equity Grant program. Portland voters passed a 3% […]
Article excerpt: Dasheeda Dawson, the new head of Portland, Ore.’s Cannabis Program, believes it’s essential to disseminate accurate information about the plant, and the costs of prohibition. She joined the regulatory side in May, after stints in cannabis advocacy and […]
Article excerpt: Brooklyn native Dasheeda Dawson was recently put in charge the Cannabis Program of Portland, Oregon’s Office of Community and Civic Life. “I am working within the government to activate things that are long overdue,” Dawson told Benzinga. The […]
Article excerpt: Systemic racism isn’t just intertwined with the criminalization of cannabis, but in the legal industry, too. Breaking into this business as an entrepreneur is an uphill battle unless you’re privileged with financial security and connections. If you have […]
Article excerpt: Dr. Lester Grinspoon passed away peacefully this morning, just a day after celebrating his 92nd birthday. As a physician, researcher, author, educator and activist, Grinspoon was a towering figure in both the medical marijuana movement and the grassroots […]