By Ciara Linnane
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administrationconducted its first-ever hearing on cannabis and its nonintoxicating ingredient CBD all day Friday with more than 100 speakers offering views, including researchers, health professionals, advocates, manufacturers and opponents”
“The vast majority of Americans — nearly 95% of us — support the use of medical cannabis. Thirty-three states plus the District of Columbia have legalized it, and that number is likely to rise.
But like all swiftly embraced changes in public health, there can be unintended consequences of legalizing cannabis for medical uses.
BY JESSICA CAMPISI, BROOKE SEIPEL, ALICIA COHN AND JESSIE HELLMANN
“In 2019, states are taking action to restrict or expand access to abortion amid a national debate over Roe v. Wade.
Multiple states such as Kentucky and Georgia have passed bills that ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, around six weeks of pregnancy, while Alabama recently passed the strictest abortion law in the country, banning the procedure with few exceptions.”
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