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IND Program Reopening via Epidiolex

science First mentioned: Ep. 151

During the Horatio tribute episode, Wade Laughter revealed that the Compassionate Investigational New Drug (IND) program — originally the federal program that supplied cannabis to patients like Elvy Musikka — was effectively reopened by the US government due to Epidiolex (the GW Pharma CBD drug for epilepsy). Veterans advocacy groups were working behind the scenes to leverage this reopening to get veterans access to medical cannabis through the program, representing a potential pathway back to federal recognition of cannabis as medicine.

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