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9 Marijuana Strains To Help Chronic Pain

MMJ Recs

Chronic pain marijuana strains span across sativa, indica, and hybrid breeds. Generally speaking, sativa strains are characterized by euphoria, increased creativity and awareness, and head-highs, whereas indica strains place emphasis on calming, sedating body-highs that can promote rest and sleep. Afghan Kush. Harlequin. Sour Diesel.

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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). Cannabis sativa literally means “useful hemp.” His early publications ( The Natural Mind and From Chocolate to Morphine ) focused on exploring altered states of consciousness.

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Nevada veterinarians can now treat patients with certain cannabis products

Cannabis Law Report

Nevada voters approved medical marijuana for people by ballot initiative in 2000. The cannabis sativa plant contains more than 90 unique compounds, or cannabinoids, including CBD and THC, as well as almost 500 other terpenoids and phenylpropanoids. Cannabis became legal for recreational use in the state on Jan.

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

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Cannabis sativa – One plant, Many crops. Because of the challenges in determining geographical origin of modern plants and the possibility for reproduction across the genus, all plants in the genus are most accurately Cannabis sativa. Block, M.D. Founder, Nurturing Nature® Group Consultants. UF/IFAS Master Gardener (Miami-Dade County).

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The Evolution of Cannabis Products

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

The cannabis or marijuana plant, known as Cannabis sativa, includes more than 100 chemical compounds. Introduced by an Irish physician, cannabis was found to help everything from migraines to stomach cramps and at one point, was included in more than 2000 “patent medicines” – pseudo medicines that sometimes had dangerous other chemicals.

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Clark Hill: The European Cannabis Market: Opportunity Knocks

Cannabis Law Report

The pattern of legislative change has seen two distinct patterns emerge globally since the year 2000: legalization for medicinal use and decriminalization for recreational use. The position across European countries is as follows: Country. Medicinal Use. Recreational Use. The bombshell decision opened the European market to hemp-derived CBD.

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Searching for the origin of Blue Dream marijuana strain

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Producing consistent THC percentages around 18 percent, this mellow strain is energizing, but not like a stress-inducing sativa. A hybrid blend of a stretchy, late-flowering sativa Haze and an indica-leaning Blueberry , Blue Dream came about in the early 2000s and remains one of the most recognizable and available types of marijuana.

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