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UK Article: Why Don’t We Just… reschedule psilocybin?

Cannabis Law Report

Psychedelic medicine could provide much needed treatment options for some mental health and neurological disorders in the near future. There are a number of differences between PAP and current treatment approaches. This is because of the status of psychedelics as Schedule 1 drugs, under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.

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UK: Tory MP Crispin Blunt At Loggerheads With The Home Office Over Psilocybin Research

Cannabis Law Report

This change would mean it would be easier to run trials on its use in mental health treatments. The Prime Minister had already approved the rescheduling of psilocybin for exploring its potential as a treatment for depression, which he informed Mr Blunt in a meeting in May. Source: [link].

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

The Cannigma

In 2019, Japan approved clinical trials for Epidiolox — a cannabis derived medicine used to treat severe forms of childhood epilepsy such as Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. CBD has become especially trendy in Tokyo, where CBD shops and cafes allow for the on-site consumption of CBD in edibles and topical treatments.

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Study: CBD “Promising” Therapy for Cocaine Addiction

CannaMD

Current Cocaine Treatments. As researchers point out: There is no gold standard pharmacological treatment for dependence on cocaine. Although several drugs have been investigated, there is no strong or consistent evidence indicating any of these drugs for the treatment of cocaine use disorder. mice/rats).

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Pushing Cannabis into Modern Healthcare

CannaTech

Canada has been at the forefront of shaping much of the rhetoric surrounding cannabis since 2001. Over time extended clinical trials will continue to map out the plant’s therapeutic effects, supporting it as an alternative medicine offering relief for a long list of conditions. Changing Cannabis Conversations Worldwide.

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Medicinal Cannabis – How far have we really come?

Cannabis Law Report

Natalie has worked with private hospitals and clinics in relation to medical malpractice claims, and assisted on cases involving medical devices product liability and clinical trials. Acting on a broad range of cases, all with a medical or injury element, usually on the instructions of insurers. Legalisation. The Reality.

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Why we haven’t cured cancer

Otherside Farms

Differential effects of repeated low dose treatment with the cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2 in experimental models of bone cancer pain and neuropathic pain. cancer cells (full – 2001). Inhibition of Glioma Growth in Vivo by Selective Activation of the CB2 Cannabinoid Receptor1 (full – 2001). full – 2001).