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[diatoms]

First medical cannabis clinic approved in Scotland

Published

18 hours ago

on

22nd March 2021

By

Sarah Sinclair

https://cannabishealthnews.co.uk/2021/03/22/first-medical-cannabis-clinic-approved-in-scotland/

Scotland’s first medical cannabis clinic has been approved by regulators.

Sapphire Medical Clinic has become the first cannabis clinic to be approved by Scottish regulators in a landmark and potentially “life-changing” moment for patients. 

The award-winning clinic is now authorised to provide safe access to medical cannabis for patients in Scotland after receiving Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) registration.

The clinic is located in One Allan Park Wellbeing Clinic, Stirling, in the central belt of Scotland and initial appointments will take place from Monday 22 March. 

In 2018 the UK law changed, allowing doctors to prescribe cannabis-based medicines under certain circumstances.

Cannabis-based medicines can be considered for a vast range of conditions including back pain,  arthritis and anxiety, where patients have tried standard treatments with little symptom relief or an unsustainable level  of side effects.  

Sapphire Medical was the first clinic to be granted approval by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to operate in England and currently supports thousands of patients to access treatment.

Since the COVID pandemic Sapphire has been able to provide telemedicine appointments to patients in England and the approval granted today by HIS allows both face-to-face and telemedicine consultations to be offered in Scotland too.  

Susan Beckley, living in Forres, is waiting for an appointment at Sapphire Medical Clinics Scotland as she suffers with multiple sclerosis (MS) and chronic pain. 

Commenting on the announcement, Susan said: “Now Scottish patients like myself can access legal medical cannabis with the peace of mind we are being treated by specialists within a HIS-regulated clinic. This option could be life changing for patients.” 

Andie Connolly-Brown, 41, who lives in Edinburgh and suffers with complex PTSD and anxiety for which she has tried a range of conventional therapies, said: “Having access to medical cannabis is a  lifeline for me.

“Today’s news that Sapphire Medical Clinics are now registered with Healthcare Improvement Scotland is timely, my anxiety in particular has been made worse by the Covid-19 lockdown so safe and affordable access to medical cannabis is welcome.” 

To help reduce cost barriers, the Sapphire Access Scheme offers affordable consultations to patients who enrol in the UK Medical Cannabis Registry, a clinical database set up to collect high quality data on treatment outcomes, side effects and a range of health outcome metrics.  

“We are delighted to be the first clinic to be  registered with HIS, which is a testament to the robust clinical governance framework we have established in evaluating  patients for treatment with medical cannabis,” commented Dr Mikael Sodergren, managing director of Sapphire Medical.

By capturing clinical outcomes through the UK Medical Cannabis Registry,  we will significantly contribute to the evidence base and ultimately allow more patients to benefit from medical cannabis as a treatment option.”

The cost of an initial appointment is £100, with a first follow-up £50 and quarterly check-ups afterwards £45.

Click here to book an appointment

https://cannabishealthnews.co.uk/2021/03/22/first-medical-cannabis-clinic-approved-in-scotland/

 

 

                                                                                      wow, this is awesome news! go scotland:)

[Rubin Farr]

Sketchiest looking dispensary I’ve been to so far.

[Zephyr_Nova]

Couldn't even spell 4:20 right.

[YEK]

342 potato

[Rubin Farr]

been enjoying a new strain this week, has a pleasant pineapple scent and flavor to it. enhances the gummies I got from the same place.

[logakght]

right now I´m on weed. I find interesting how my body reacts soooooooo different these time, just chilling out, light but on Earth, unblocking creativity of course, while younger it was more of an hallucinatory trip where everything was distorted and amplified, good.

 

[drillkicker]

3 minutes ago, logakght said:

right now I´m on weed. I find interesting how my body reacts soooooooo different these time, just chilling out, light but on Earth, unblocking creativity of course, while younger it was more of an hallucinatory trip where everything was distorted and amplified, good.

 

Probably because you're older and more grounded instead of living in your head as much

[logakght]

5 minutes ago, drillkicker said:

Probably because you're older and more grounded instead of living in your head as much

yep. indeed weed changed me for the good.

[Rubin Farr]

Somewhat informative article on delta-8 THC:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/high-anxiety-over-federal-weed-060008612.html

[cern]

Cannabis is a losers drug..
I like cannabis but I don't like to smoke it and I don't like stoners.. Always talks slow, need to think much, want to borrow money etc

It is always the stoner with baggy pants who is poor as fuck, mostly living with their parents and love to talk about how cannabis is the best gift to the mankind.

Losers 

[Silent Member]

There's also lots of people who smoke it and don't act like it's a big deal.

[diatoms]

                                                               this is huge:)

 

New York Legalizes Recreational Marijuana, Tying Move to Racial Equity

Under the law, 40 percent of tax revenue from cannabis will be steered to minority communities that had disproportionate numbers of marijuana arrests.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/nyregion/cuomo-ny-legal-weed.html

 

BREAKING: New York Legislature Approves Marijuana Legalization

• by NORML
• Posted on March 30, 2021

https://norml.org/blog/2021/03/30/breaking-new-york-legislature-approves-marijuana-legalization/

New York State lawmakers today advanced The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), which legalizes and regulates an adult-use commercial marijuana market in New York State, and also permits those over the age of 21 to cultivate personal-use quantities of cannabis in their own homes. Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign the bill imminently.

“These votes are historic because they signal the beginning of the end of the racially discriminatory policies that have long made the Empire State the marijuana arrest capital of the United States, if not the world,” stated NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri. “Once enacted, this measure will end the practice of annually arresting tens-of-thousands of New Yorkers for low-level marijuana offenses, the majority of whom are overwhelmingly young, poor, and people of color.”

The Act allows adults to obtain marijuana from state-licensed retailers or grow their own (up to three mature plants at one time). The measure also facilitates the automatic review and expungement of past convictions for offenses made legal under the MRTA. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers will receive legal relief under this provision. 

Regulators would license commercial producers and sellers of cannabis, as well as issue licenses for delivery services and on-site consumption facilities. Retail sales will be taxed at nine percent, plus up to a four percent local tax, as well as an additional tax based upon THC content. Forty percent of tax revenue will be directed toward communities disproportionately impacted by cannabis prohibition. Provisions in the MRTA seek to award half of all business licenses to social equity applicants.

Law enforcement in New York has historically arrested its citizens for marijuana at astonishing rates. According to a 2020 report published by the American Civil Liberties Union, in 2018, almost 60,000 New Yorkers were arrested for marijuana law violations. Of those arrested, 95 percent of defendants were charged with possession only. Arrests for the possession of marijuana in the state made up over half of all drug arrests in 2018. Three New York counties (Columbia, Greene, Washington) fell within the top 20 in the nation for the most marijuana possession arrests per capita. More recent data, issued weeks ago by The Legal Aid Society, found that in the five boroughs in New York City for the year 2020, Black and Hispanics comprised over 93 percent of those arrested for marijuana violations.

https://norml.org/blog/2021/03/30/breaking-new-york-legislature-approves-marijuana-legalization/

 

[cear]

this is also huge ! smart!

Colorado Temporarily Re-Bans Marijuana For Statewide Tolerance Break

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in a recent marijuana-use survey, 78% of state residents mentioned they were considering taking a break anyway, having noticed lately that it took two or three bowls before they even felt anything. “Many Coloradans are now burning through half their stash just to get in the right mindset for the day, and we’re reaching a point at which primo weed is something we merely take for granted rather than something we truly appreciate and enjoy.

https://www.theonion.com/colorado-temporarily-re-bans-marijuana-for-statewide-to-1846644038

[diatoms]

Virginia: Legalization of Adult-use Marijuana Takes Effect July 1, 2021

• by Jenn Michelle Pedini, NORML Development Director
• Posted on April 7, 2021

https://norml.org/blog/2021/04/07/virginia-legalization-of-adult-use-marijuana-to-take-effect-july-1-2021/

Following today’s legislative approval of Democratic Governor Ralph Northam’s amendments to Senate Bill 1406 and House Bill 2312, Virginia becomes the first southern state to legalize the possession and use of marijuana by adults.

Last week, Gov. Northam recommended changes to the legislation to permit the personal use provisions of the law to take effect on July 1, 2021 rather than on January 1, 2024 — the enactment date initially approved by lawmakers. Today, a majority of the legislature concurred with that change.

Therefore, beginning July 1, 2021, adults will be permitted to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and to cultivate up to four cannabis plants per household without penalty.

Additional amendments added by Gov. Northam will allow the sealing of records related to crimes involving the misdemeanor possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. Those records will begin to be sealed starting on July 1, 2021. Separate legislation enacted in 2020 previously sealed records related to misdemeanor marijuana possession. 

Records specific to the simple possession of marijuana and/or misdemeanor possession with intent to distribute records will be automatically expunged no later than 2025. Those with records specific to crimes involving the felony possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute may begin to petition the courts for an expounging of their records in 2025. 

The bill also allows for the resentencing of individuals currently incarcerated for marijuana-related offenses. The measure permits these individuals to have a hearing before the court that originally sentenced them, with legal counsel provided for indigent individuals. However, this portion of the bill must be reenacted in 2022.

https://norml.org/blog/2021/04/07/virginia-legalization-of-adult-use-marijuana-to-take-effect-july-1-2021/

 

 

                                               It's Awesome to finally see all those who have criminal records for possession of cannabis

                                                                         get their records cleared and dismissed in a quarter of the usa

                                                                                          it was a very different reality only 15 years ago

                                                                         i could hardly say the c word without everyone in the room freaking

                                                                                                     What a Time to witness:)

[diatoms]

New Mexico: Governor Signs Marijuana Legalization, Automatic Expungement Measures into Law

• by NORML
• Posted on April 12, 2021

https://norml.org/blog/2021/04/12/new-mexico-governor-signs-marijuana-legalization-automatic-expungement-measures-into-law/

Earlier today, Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed two separate measures into law amending the state’s marijuana policies. The first measure (House Bill 2) legalizes and regulates marijuana possession, production, and sales for adults. The second measure (Senate Bill 2) facilitates the automatic review and expungement of the records of those convicted of low-level marijuana offenses.

NORML State Policies Manager Carly Wolf said: “This is a day to celebrate! New Mexico will greatly benefit from this new revenue stream and the creation of thousands of jobs. Most notably though, legalization will spare thousands of otherwise law-abiding residents from arrest and a criminal record, and the state’s new expungement law will help provide relief to many who are suffering from the stigma and other collateral consequences associated with a prior marijuana conviction.”

NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri added: “New Mexico joins an ever-growing list of states that have realized the failures of marijuana prohibition and the harms it brings to their communities and citizens. The American people are demanding an end to prohibitionist policies that have wreaked havoc on communities of color, squandered countless millions in taxpayer dollars, and wasted limited judicial and law enforcement resources on criminalizing otherwise law-abiding individuals for possession of a product that is objectively less harmful than alcohol or tobacco.”

The adult-use measure (House Bill 2) permits those ages 21 and older to legally purchase up to two ounces of marijuana and/or up to 16 grams of cannabis extract from licensed retailers. It also permits adults to home-cultivate up to six mature plants for their own personal use. Retail sales would begin by April 2022. Activities involving the personal possession and cultivation of cannabis are depenalized on June 29, 2021, the date the new law takes effect.

The expungement measure (Senate Bill 2) stipulates that those with past convictions for offenses made legal under this act are eligible for automatic expungement of their records. Those currently incarcerated for such offenses are eligible for a dismissal of their sentence. It’s estimated that over 150,000 New Mexico residents are eligible for automatic expungement under this measure, according to the Department of Public Safety.

https://norml.org/blog/2021/04/12/new-mexico-governor-signs-marijuana-legalization-automatic-expungement-measures-into-law/

 

 

                                                                                     like dominoes:)

 

[Rubin Farr]

[Rubin Farr]

All of the dispensaries here have 4/20 specials all week. Picked up these edibles for just $45 total:

100mg dark chocolates

100mg watermelon soft chews

100mg orange lozenges 

[Hugh Mughnus]

I haven’t smoked in months. Should I tonight?

[diatoms]

23 minutes ago, Hugh Mughnus said:

I haven’t smoked in months. Should I tonight?

                                                                               oh yeah, no, for sure:)

[Rubin Farr]

20mg THC dark chocolate for breakfast, with a mellow day of bong tokes and streaming movies planned, maybe some vidya games to boot. Healthy snacks at the ready

[colunga]

NYC weed tax stuff wont take effect until April 2022.

one thing i loved about going to dispensaries in LA was shopping around - going to 3 different dispensaries and not buying anything, then returning to the first one to buy something. I wish I could call delivery guys in NY then send them home without buying if their selection is doo doo.

[Rubin Farr]

Birmingham, Alabama Mayor issues 4/20 blanket pardon to any marijuana offenders convicted between 1990-2020

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/birmingham-mayor-randall-woodfin-celebrated-213000257.html

[Rubin Farr]

 

[Braintree]

Bought a joint in the park the other day that's the length of my hand. Took like three drags on it and phased into another dimension. The bike ride later was fun though. Real chill.

[YEK]

7 minutes ago, Braintree said:

Bought a joint in the park the other day that's the length of my hand. Took like three drags on it and phased into another dimension. The bike ride later was fun though. Real chill.

You bought a joint at a park? Sounds sketchy...