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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

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Brief history of ALS. The first study I will reference is from 2006, conducted on mice. The ECS plays an important role in managing numerous processes, ranging from sleep, mood, immune functions, metabolism, movement and pain. The first person to describe this disorder was a Scottish scientist named Charles Bell in 1824.

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

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The AAFP urges its members to be involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of substance use, as well as secondary diseases impacted or caused by use. The AAFP recognizes the benefits of intervention and treatment for the recreational use of marijuana, in lieu of incarceration, for all individuals, including youth.

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Here’s What Neuroimaging Can Tell Us About the Psychedelic Experience

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Due to it’s high temporal value, EEG shines at detecting epilepsy, sleep disorders, dementia and any other structural brain disease or disorder. In just a few years after his discovery, we now know that 90% of the energy consumed by the brain is used to support the DMN — and it’s active during sleep and light anesthesia. Daumann et al.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

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The Cannabis sativa plant has an incredibly multi-layered, rich, and versatile history of human uses for food and fibre, as well as recreational, and religious and spiritual purposes throughout the world (McPartland and Hegman 2018 ; Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ; Li 1974 ; Bonini et al. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ).

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Shemshemet: Cannabis in Ancient Egypt

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They retted the stems and twisted the fibers into sturdy ropes and ground the plant to make a soothing eyewash, a treatment they recorded in the medical papyri. The Berlin Papyrus (1300 BC) records a topical treatment for swelling: “A remedy to treat inflammation: “Blätter (oder Blüten?) Ìf the hieroglyph ‘smsm.t’