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March 11, 2026. 12 cannabis news items, curated from live RSS feeds. Sorted by relevance score.

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A study demonstrates that THC can generate false memories, with potential implications for understanding cannabis effects on cognitive function and memory formation in clinical and neuroscientific contexts.

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This article reports on an anticipated executive order by President Trump to deschedule cannabis from federal drug scheduling, with timing tied to midterm elections.

**Clinical relevance:** Descheduling could facilitate increased medical research access and clinical evidence generation for cannabis therapeutic applications.

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These items collectively signal that cannabis medicine is transitioning from experimental curiosity to regulated clinical practice, with emerging evidence on specific cannabinoid applications (CBD/CBG for liver disease) alongside important safety data on cognitive effects that should inform patient counseling. Simultaneously, regulatory and legislative momentum, particularly around potential federal descheduling, is creating both opportunities for legitimacy and practical challenges around patient access, discrimination, and standardization that practitioners must navigate. As a clinician, this landscape requires me to ground recommendations in the growing body of evidence while remaining vigilant about cannabinoid-specific risks, particularly regarding memory and adolescent use, and to advocate for patients caught between changing legal frameworks and persistent healthcare stigma.

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