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Terpene Spotlight: Phytol

FloridaMarijuana.net

THC and CBD are two popular cannabinoids, and have been used medicinally for centuries. Edition (2001): Medicinal plants contain a variety of bioactive compounds such as terpenes, which are composed of essential oils. When terpenes and cannabinoids interact together, there is a heightened efficacy for medical marijuana patients.

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Cannabis Terpenes, Part 3: A Few of Our Favorite Terpenes

FloridaMarijuana.net

THC and CBD are two popular cannabinoids, and have been used medicinally for centuries. Edition (2001): Medicinal plants contain a variety of bioactive compounds such as terpenes, which are composed of essential oils. But now, science has proven that there’s far more to the cannabis plant than just those two beneficial compounds.

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Terpene Spotlight: Pulegone

FloridaMarijuana.net

Edition (2001): Medicinal plants contain a variety of bioactive compounds such as terpenes, which are composed of essential oils. As researchers dive into the depths of the cannabinoid system it is becoming clear that cannabis terpenes are just as vital to a plant’s efficacy as are THC and CBD. According to P.M.

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Jamaican Lion: The Industry’s First Comprehensive Cannabis Reference Genome

Medicinal Genomics

The completeness of the human genome that was celebrated at the White House in 2001 is 10-fold lower in quality compared to the cannabis genome we’ve just released. McKernan’s pedigree in genetics dates back to his work as a member of the Human Genome Project at MIT.

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Marijuana for Nausea: Helping Cancer Patients for Decades

Greencamp

Marijuana for nausea became FDA approved and available for medicinal use in 1985 in the US, and Canada legalized it for these purposes back in 2001. In fact, CBDV and THCV, the two less prevalent cannabinoids, showed a great potential in reducing nausea in rats. ( Best strains for nausea.

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Best strains and terpenes for nausea

The Cannigma

Two studies from 2001 showed that THC acts via peripheral CB1 receptors to “decrease intestinal motility” but also acts centrally to “attenuate emesis” which, in simple terms, means reducing the speed at which food moves through your digestive tract and reducing nausea, respectively. CBDA and nausea.

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New Commission Formed in the United Kingdom Plans to Publish Recommendations on How the UK Can Become a Global Leader in Cannabinoid Innovation

Cannabis Law Report

The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC), the Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI), and First November Group, recently announced the launch of a new wide-ranging commission to review regulation and public policy in the United Kingdom’s (UK) legal cannabis industry called the Hodges Review.