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In the United States, the use of cannabis for medical purposes is legal in 38 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia, as of March 2023. [1] Ten other states have more restrictive laws limiting THC content, for the purpose of allowing access to products that are rich in cannabidiol (CBD), a ...
e. In Washington, D.C., cannabis is legal for both medical use and recreational use for possession, personal use, cultivation, transportation and gifting, and for retail sale once a regulatory system is implemented following an affirmative vote by the residents on a 2014 ballot initiative. [1] [2] The United States Congress exercises oversight ...
The Drug Abuse Warning Network ( DAWN) was a public health surveillance system in the United States that monitored drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments and drug-related deaths. [1] DAWN was discontinued in 2011, [1] but its creator, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), continues to develop ...
The Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) are a critical component of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), designed to provide rapid-response medical care in the wake of public health and medical emergencies that overwhelm local, state, tribal, or territorial resources. DMATs offer a wide range of medical services during natural and ...
Code purple: medical emergency. Code red: fire. Code yellow: internal emergency. MET call: a medical emergency that is not cardiac or respiratory arrest. Code pink: a mother is going into labor unexpectedly, or there is a newborn medical emergency. VICTORIA Australia. Emergencies (Public Hospital services)
March 5, 2024 at 8:56 AM. The Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program — which regulates the legal cultivation, production, sale and use of medical marijuana products — is set to officially start Jan ...
The Bluegrass State's medical cannabis program begins Jan. 1. Kentucky's Republican-dominated Legislature passed the law with bipartisan support in 2023, legalizing medical cannabis for people ...
The National Disaster Medical System ( NDMS) is a federally coordinated disaster medical system and partnership of the United States Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Defense (DOD), and Veterans Affairs (VA). The purpose of the NDMS is to support State, local, Tribal and Territorial authorities following ...