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Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine

Project CBD

He is the author of several bestselling books, including Spontaneous Healing (1995), Eating Well for Optimum Health (2000), and Healthy Aging (2007). NM: Please tell us about the history of cannabis use in folk medicine. Dr. Weil: Cannabis has a long history of use in folk medicine throughout the world.

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Relief the Natural Way: CBD Oil for Stress and Anxiety

Otherside Farms

The History Behind Cannabis as Medicine. Over 700 years later, between 2000 and 1000 BC, cannabis was noted in many Hindu and other religious texts in the area as a “source of happiness” and smoked in daily religious ceremonies and rituals. Fast forward over 2000 years to 1992. Let’s begin!

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This app-guided psychedelic treatment works when antidepressants don’t

The Cannigma

The first randomized trial of ketamine for depression took place in 2000, where researchers found a single dose of ketamine could decrease depressive symptoms in just 72 hours. Once approved, you’ll register and meet with a medical provider who gets to know your medical history, your concerns, and your aims for the program.

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Will Colorado Springs Finally Legalize Medical Marijuana? A Deeper Look

Veriheal

Colorado and Colorado Springs History with Cannabis Colorado has a long and storied history with marijuana. While California was the first state to legalize medical cannabis in 1996, just a few years later, the state established a Colorado medical marijuana program through a ballot measure in 2000.

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The Evolution of Cannabis Products

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Cannabis has a complicated history in the United States. however, and the evolution of the cannabis industry has an interesting history spanning thousands of years and dozens of countries. however, and the evolution of the cannabis industry has an interesting history spanning thousands of years and dozens of countries.

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Medical Marijuana And Epilepsy: All You Need To Know

MMJ Recs

The History Of Epilepsy. The first mention of epilepsy from antiquity is in a Babylonian textbook from at least 2000 BC. Throughout the intervening 2000 years, people with epilepsy were generally viewed with fear and superstition. The word ‘epilepsy’ comes from the Greek word “epilepsia”, which means “to seize”.

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Doctor Block…….”A Physician Botanist’s Insight to Cannabis species: The Naming of Plants and Products”

TheAnswerPage

Despite its cultivation as a source of food, fiber and medicine, and its global status as the most frequently used illicit drug, plants in the genus Cannabis currently experience an inconclusive taxonomic organization and evolutionary history. 2010) History of Taxonomy – Lecture from Dept. References: Manktelow, M.

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