Missouri Dedicates $17 Million in Cannabis Revenue to Veteran Services
November 6th 2023Missouri will transfer $17 million from its cannabis programs to the Missouri Veterans Commission to support veterans' health care and services, following the success of both medical and adult-use cannabis programs in the state.
Breaking New Ground: The Impact of ANA's Recognition of Cannabis Nursing as a Specialty Practice
October 24th 2023Cannabis nursing as a specialty has been an involved and complicated work-in-progress for more than a decade with the American Cannabis Nurses Association as well as the Cannabis Nurses Network and many others. In this exclusive interview, healthcare professionals Laura Barrett-Nutting, MBA, BSN, RN, co-founder and Executive Director of the National Clinical Directors Consortium and owner of Ask Nurse Laura, Heather Manus, RN, founding member of Cannabis Nurses Network, Mary Lynn Mathre, President and co-founder of Patients Out of Time and Founding Member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA), and Dawn-Marie Steenstra, LPN, SDC, QA, SCC, a Clinical Director of Dispensaries in Maryland, and a co-founder for the National Clinical Director Consortium discuss the transformative effects of the American Nurses Association's (ANA) official recognition of cannabis nursing as a specialty practice (1,2).
The ABCs of CBD: Cannabinoids in Dermatology and Skin Care
October 23rd 2023Our sister publication, Dermatology Times, discussed how cannabis-based personal care products suddenly seem ubiquitous all over the market, where CBD is a featured ingredient in everything from moisturizers and lotions to makeup.