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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 Clinical trial participants taking cannabis extracts experienced greater short-term and long-term pain relief, as well as superior sleep quality. #NORML #marijuana #cannabis #clinicaltrial #backpain

Cannabis Extract Superior to Opioids for Chronic Back Pain

Clinical trial patients experienced greater short-term and long-term pain relief

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Goth Goad (Halloween Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 2d

JM Pedini from NORML Virginia gives the first presentation and one thing that sticks out is how there is a vacant area in the state that does not have legal cannabis providers.

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 5d

🌿 Senate members narrowly approved a House-backed budget plan imposing a 24% wholesale tax. The Senate vote came hours after the Republican House Speaker threatened a state government shutdown if Senators failed to back the tax hike. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #Michigan

Michigan Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Tax Hike Despite Significant Pushback From Advocates

Hundreds rallied in Lansing opposing the 24% increase

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 6d

🌿 Investigators reported "clinically important" improvements in patients' pain severity, anxiety, sleep quality, and overall quality of life following cannabis treatment. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #crps #complexregionalpainsyndrome

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Patients Report Improvements Following Cannabis Use

"Clinically important" improvements in pain, anxiety, sleep quality, and quality of life

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 7d

🌿 This week, hundreds of activists rallied at the state capitol in protest of the proposed 24% increase. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #Michigan

Michigan Advocates Push Back Against Marijuana Tax Hike

Hundreds rallied in Lansing opposing the 24% increase

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 No one should ever be arrested or jailed for the responsible use of cannabis. Yet every two minutes, someone in America is arrested for violating marijuana laws. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana

30 Million Marijuana Arrests and Counting – Enough is Enough!

Every two minutes, someone in America is arrested for violating marijuana laws.

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 13d

"JM Pedini, executive director for Virginia NORML and development director at NORML, told Marijuana Moment that 'the choice is clear for Virginia voters: Abigail Spanberger supports legalizing and regulating cannabis sales for adults 21 and older. Winsome Earle-Sears does not.'"

Virginia Candidates For Governor Have Contrasting Marijuana Stances As Early Voting Begins - Marijuana Moment

Virginia voters have the chance to decide on whether their next governor will be someone who supports or opposes legalizing recreational marijuana sales in the commonwealth—with the two major party no...

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 13d

🚫 The Court determined that no "common right" exists for retailers to sell hemp-derived psychoactive products because they "are now and have always been illegal in Maryland." #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #Maryland #hemp #delta8

Maryland Court Upholds Ban on Sale of Hemp-Derived Intoxicants

Judges opined that the ban is reasonable because it protects public health

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 14d

✅ Complete the survey to enter to win a $100 NORML Store gift card! ⁠Help us understand how NORML can better represent consumer interests in our lobbying, organizing, outreach, and educational efforts. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #survey

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Help NORML better represent cannabis consumer interests

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 16d

✅ Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed AB564 into law. The new law rolls back a 25% tax hike that took effect on July 1st and pauses future tax hikes on adult-use cannabis products until June 30, 2028. The law takes effect on October 1st. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #California

California Gov. Signs Legislation Halting Cannabis Tax Hike

Rolls backs 25% hike that took effect 7/1 and pauses future increases until 6/30/28

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 19d

🌿 Patients experienced "dramatic reductions" in anxiety during the first week of the trial, and they exhibited "significant improvements" on assessments of mood, sleep, and quality of life throughout the duration of the study. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #cbd #anxiety

Anxiety Patients Experience Clinical, Cognitive Improvements With CBD

"Dramatic reductions" in anxiety during the first week of the clinical trial

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 20d

🌿 Following treatment, two-thirds of the cohort exhibited a greater than 50% reduction in seizure frequency. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #rettsyndrome #epilepsy #cbd

CBD Reduces Seizures in Pediatric Patients With Rett Syndrome

Study participants used FDA-approved CBD formulation Epidiolex

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 21d

⚠️ Despite subjects' lack of psychomotor impairment, researchers acknowledged that some participants tested positive for THC at levels classifying them as "under the influence" in several states. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #driving #legalization

No Evidence of Residual Cannabis Effects on Driving Performance

Researchers evaluated a cohort of 191 cannabis consumers

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 21d

⏰ It’s been a month since Trump announced that his administration is "looking into" federally reclassifying cannabis and that it would "make a determination over the next few weeks." #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #rescheduling

The Clock Is Ticking on Cannabis Rescheduling

It's been a month since Trump announced that his administration would "make a determination" on cannabis rescheduling in a "few weeks."

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 21d

🌿 On Tuesday and Wednesday, the first state-licensed, non-tribal operators opened their doors to adults 21 and older. The initial licensees are existing medical cannabis operators. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #Minnesota #legalization

Minnesota Begins Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

23rd state to launch state-licensed adult-use retail

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 22d

⚠️ Investigators suggested that contact between the metal parts of the vaporizer and the acidic cannabis liquid may cause metal dissolution. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #vaping

Vaporizers' Components May Expose Consumers to Heavy Metals

Cartridges may leach metals when exposed to high temperatures

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 22d

🌿 "California NORML is proud to have taken a leadership role sponsoring this bill," @canorml.bsky.social Coordinator Dale Gieringer said. "Cannabis is already heavily over-taxed relative to comparable products like beer, wine, and tobacco in California." #NORML #marijuana #cannabis #California

California Lawmakers Advance Legislation Halting Cannabis Tax Hike

Rolls backs 25% hike that took effect 7/1 and pauses future increases until 6/30/28

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 23d

✅ The ordinance, which took immediate effect, amends county code so that the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana is reduced to a civil violation punishable by no more than a $150 fine. #NORML #marijuana #cannabis #georgia #decriminalization

Clayton County, GA Enacts Marijuana Decriminalization

Possession of 1 oz subject to no more than a $150 fine

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 26d

🌿 "Legalizing and regulating adult-use marijuana markets is preferable to prohibiting them. Placing #marijuana products behind the counter keeps #cannabis out of the hands of young people and it reduces the public's appetite for these unregulated novel intoxicants." #NORML #delta8

Consumers Twice as Likely To Use Unregulated Delta-8 in States Without Adult-Use Cannabis

Findings are consistent with prior studies

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 26d

🌿 Patients reported better sleep quality, reduced anxiety, and improved health-related quality of life following their use of medical cannabis. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #insomnia #anxiety #sleep

Cannabis Improves Sleep Quality for Insomnia Patients

Also reduces anxiety and improves health-related quality of life

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 26d

🌿"These results belie long-standing 'stoner-stupid' stereotypes. As more older adults turn to cannabis, these findings are timely and relevant, and they should inform patients’ decisions as well as the perspectives of their doctors and caregivers." #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #seniors

No Cognitive Performance Differences in Older Adults Who Use Cannabis

Neuropsychological testing results did not differ compared to abstainers

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 27d

🌿 Researchers concluded that CBD "may benefit blood pressure control, specifically with prolonged use in hypertensive patients." #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #CBD #bloodpressure #hypertension

CBD Dosing Reduces Systolic Blood Pressure

Researchers reviewed data from four clinical trials

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 28d

🌿 "These results support the continued investigation into combined naloxone + cannabinoid formulations as overdose reversal agents for improved tolerability," the study's authors concluded. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #opioids #naloxone

Vaporized Cannabis Reduces Opioid Withdrawal Symptom Severity

Case report published in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · 29d

🌿 Topical CBD has previously been associated with reduced lower back and leg pain in patients with spinal stenosis, as well as with improved outcomes in patients with hand osteoarthritis. #NORML #marijuana #cannabis #CBD #painrelief #clinicaltrial #bruxism

CBD Gel Improves Sleep, Reduces Migraine-Related Disability

Clinical trial assessed patients with bruxism

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NORML @normlorg.bsky.social · Sep 8

😙💨🍷 Self-administering cannabis before alcohol significantly reduced alcohol consumption compared to when alcohol was offered without cannabis. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana #alcohol #drinking

Using Cannabis Before Drinking Results in Less Alcohol Consumption

Subjects drank less alcohol and experienced fewer alcohol cravings

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