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

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9 Marijuana Strains To Help Chronic Pain

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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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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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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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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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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. A 2017 study published in ACS Omega by Jiries Meehan-Atrash, Wentai Luo and Robert M.

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ElleVet Sciences Publishes Safety Study On CBD For Animals

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The industrial hemp product used in this study is a proprietary strain-specific extract of the cannabinoids outlined in the methods with relatively high concentrations of CBD and lesser quantities of other cannabinoids as well as small amounts of terpenes that may have synergistic effects often termed the “entourage effect.” Br J Pharmacol.

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