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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

In 2019, Japan approved clinical trials for Epidiolox — a cannabis derived medicine used to treat severe forms of childhood epilepsy such as Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. In 2018, Epidolex became the first plant-derived cannabinoid prescription medicine to receive FDA approval. The future of weed legalization in Japan.

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Why we haven’t cured cancer

Otherside Farms

Differential effects of repeated low dose treatment with the cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2 in experimental models of bone cancer pain and neuropathic pain. Reduction of bone cancer pain by activation of spinal cannabinoid receptor 1 and its expression in the superficial dorsal horn of the spinal cord in a murine model of bone cancer pain.

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Pushing Cannabis into Modern Healthcare

CannaTech

Canada has been at the forefront of shaping much of the rhetoric surrounding cannabis since 2001. Over time extended clinical trials will continue to map out the plant’s therapeutic effects, supporting it as an alternative medicine offering relief for a long list of conditions. Changing Cannabis Conversations Worldwide.

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Study: CBD “Promising” Therapy for Cocaine Addiction

CannaMD

A new review published by scientific journal, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior , has found that marijuana cannabinoid, CBD, is a “promising” therapy for treating cocaine dependence. Exploring alternative therapies, researchers turned their attention to marijuana cannabinoid, cannabidiol – more commonly referred to as CBD.

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Best strains and terpenes for migraine relief

The Cannigma

The authors noted that while “promising data are emerging on the possible role of ECS in migraine…proper placebo-controlled trials are needed to establish a therapeutic role for cannabinoids.” 10 A 2001 review paper by cannabis researcher Dr. Ethan Russo details the historical use of cannabis for migraines. headaches per month.

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Outline – Hopgood & Ganim Lawyers: Medicinal Cannabis in Australia: issues and regulations

Cannabis Law Report

The Commonwealth Parliament’s legislation is in line with a trend towards medicinal legalisation across the developed world in recognition of a growing medical consensus concerning the therapeutic role that “cannabinoids” (chemical compounds derived from plants of the genus cannabis) can play in treating disease and illness.

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SciSparc Announces Positive Topline Results For Proprietary Pain Management Compound In Pre-Clinical Study

Cannabis Law Report

OTCQB: SPRCY ) a specialty, clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of cannabinoid-based treatments, today announced positive top-line results for its proprietary compound, SCI-160 in a controlled pre-clinical trial on neuropathic and post-operative pain. TEL AVIV, Israel , Aug.