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Difference between Recreational and Medical Marijuana

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CBD is the second highest concentrated chemical present in cannabis. Strains rich in CBD are most commonly used to treat neurological disorders, epilepsy and cancer. Yes, in 2001, the Canadian Court of Appeal declared medical marijuana usage as lawful. Cannabidiol, or CBD. CBD has many medicinal benefits.

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

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Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. Refractory paediatric epilepsy. Only one article appeared in the MJA in 2000 and again in 2001. Conclusions. Palliative care indications. Cancer pain.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

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This differs sharply from the conventional course of cannabis medicine, which is to use whole, clean plant extracts to treat epilepsy and to gradually discontinue use of conventional pharmaceuticals. An Israeli study of cannabis versus epilepsy, however, used natural extracts with a ratio of 20:1 CBD:THC. Lancet Neurol Dec 23 2015.

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The Marijuana Conspiracy

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With an 80 percent concentration of “good fats” our bodies need for good health maintenance and protein with all eight amino acids plus optimum dietary fibre, hemp truly is a “perfect balance” food source [ Health Benefits of Hemp Seed ]. In 2001 the “Hempcar” circled the North American continent powered by hemp oil.

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IG Group London Provide Their Overview As To What They Think The UK Cannabis Market Is

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Medicinal cannabis was technically legalised at the start of November 2018 following several high-profile cases about children with severe forms of epilepsy being unable to access potentially life-changing cannabis-based treatment. The firm was founded in 1998 and listed on AIM in 2001 before it left London to join the NASDAQ in 2013.?Over

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Meritas Law Firms Worldwide Article: Global Cannabis Industry: The Essential Primer

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Some of the potential health benefits associated with THC and CBD, with and without the high, respectively, include reducing chronic pain such as from migraines or cancer, alleviating anxiety, reducing inflammation, and helping treat conditions such as epilepsy, PTSD, and glaucoma. This is true even if the CBD comes from industrial hemp.

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