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VOLUME 03 | NUMBER 14 | DECEMBER 2017 Around the Network AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY (ASH) HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 www.hematology.org Tel: [phone] IN THIS ISSUE feature High Hopes EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS Hematology patients are turning to cannabis for symptom relief, but should they? Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director, Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland, OH 109 feature A World of Difference ASSOCIATE EDITORS Beth Faiman, CNP, PhD A look at the slow march to bring high-quality hematology and oncology care to limited-resource areas. 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