{"id":1449,"date":"2023-09-19T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2023-09-19T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T20:37:06","slug":"hhs-could-open-the-door-for-more-marijuana-use-in-nursing-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/2023\/09\/19\/hhs-could-open-the-door-for-more-marijuana-use-in-nursing-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"HHS Could Open the Door for More Marijuana Use in Nursing Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been touting the benefits of medical marijuana for nursing home\/senior care residents for many years now.\u00a0 As a cannabis attorney, as well, I have been immersed in the research and studies, showing how marijuana can benefit nursing home residents, just like any other drug our residents may take for their well-being.<\/p>\n<p>But the risks of utilizing marijuana in the nursing home, I\u2019ve been stating, have been too great. Marijuana remains a Schedule I federally illegal controlled substance, and, as such, the Controlled Substances Act defines cannabis and its distinct cannabinoids as possessing \u201ca high potential for abuse \u2026 no currently accepted medical use \u2026 [and] a lack of accepted safety for the use of the drug under medical supervision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcknights.com\/blogs\/guest-columns\/hhs-could-open-the-door-for-more-marijuana-use-in-nursing-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full column<\/a> by Duane Morris partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/nevillembilimoria.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neville M. Bilimoria<\/a> in\u00a0<em>McKnight\u2019s Long-Term Care News<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been touting the benefits of medical marijuana for nursing home\/senior care residents for many years now.\u00a0 As a cannabis attorney, as well, I have been immersed in the research and studies, showing how marijuana can benefit nursing home residents, just like any other drug our residents may take for their well-being. But the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/2023\/09\/19\/hhs-could-open-the-door-for-more-marijuana-use-in-nursing-homes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HHS Could Open the Door for More Marijuana Use in Nursing Homes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[998,997,1004,1002,184,1003],"ppma_author":[714],"class_list":["post-1449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-health-and-human-services","tag-hhs","tag-long-term-care-news","tag-marijuana-in-health-care","tag-neville-bilimoria","tag-nursing-homes"],"authors":[{"term_id":714,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1449"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}