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Bill intends to regulate new form of intoxicating hemp
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A bill that pits the hemp industry against the cannabis industry has been watered down in favor of a longer-term approach to the issue of lack of regulation of intoxicating hemp and what’s known as Delta-8 THC. The issue arose when a 2018 farm bill allowed for interstate sales of hemp products. Manufacturers are taking that…
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New look marijuana products threaten Colorado kids
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A Colorado committee recently considered how to regulate a new generation of marijuana-based products that illustrate just how far commercialization has extended since the comparatively innocent days before the legalization of recreational marijuana. The official state work group considered what to do about radically new ways to deliver intense amounts of THC, the main psychoactive…
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Colo. parents, nonprofit leaders react to FDA approval of CBD-based drug
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Before trying the cannabidiol-based drug Charlotte’s Web, Kim Shaw Clark said she was waiting for the seizure that would claim her son’s life. Caden, now 14, tried more than a dozen medications – from antipsychotics to benzodiazepines – and underwent brain surgery during their years-long attempt to relieve the symptoms of his Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a…
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Gundersen: More research needed before approving marijuana for PTSD
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The Colorado Psychiatric Society’s mission is to promote excellence in psychiatric care. Quality medical care is based on evidence derived from well-designed clinical trials. We are concerned about the draft bill that would add Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) to the list of debilitating conditions that are authorized to be treated…
