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

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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. In addition to the THC potency of modern cultivars, one terpene of particular interest is myrcene.

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Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine

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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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How cannabis vaporizers are continuing to evolve

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In Histories , Greek writer Herodotus recounted the details of a ritual the ancient Scythians of Central Asia performed, who lived around 600 BCE – 400 CE: Hemp seeds and plants were put on red-hot stones and people engulfed themselves in the resulting vapor. . The history of vaporizers. The rest is still history in the making.

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How long does a weed high last? New studies can’t agree

The Cannigma

A review of existing research carried out between 2000 and 2019 found that four hours after consuming cannabis there was no difference between people who had and hadn’t smoked at all. The method has been promoted by none other than Neil Young , and its effectiveness is believed to be linked to the prevalence of the terpene beta-caryophyllene.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Using a content analysis approach, we investigated articles about medicinal cannabis from 2000 to the end of 2019 in the Medical Journal of Australia, Australian Doctor , Medical Observer , Australian Journal of General Practice , Australian Family Physicia n , and Australian Medicine. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). Data collection.

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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

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It’s a power fueled by the botanists, outlaws, and activists who gave the small, liberal surf city of Santa Cruz, California, an outsize role in shaping the history of cannabis. When I ask Yoda why he thinks no one wanted to claim Blue Dream, he says it’s because it’s just another strain with no true history behind it.

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Battle of the Weedwork Stars, Final Episode?

Cannabis Law Report

Back on June 4, 2018 , in honor of Hemp History Week , Jessica Walters at CannaMD explored the background of “ marijuana’s controversial cannabis brother, hemp – a non-psychoactive variety of the cannabis plant, cannabis sativa. However, this is not a new debate. ” In October 2018, the U.S.

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