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Cannabis as Medicine: 101

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For most cultures, the use of cannabis as a medicine can be traced back to thousands of years ago. The Canadian government paid less attention to cannabis having medicinal properties, and added it to a list of restricted drugs under the Opium and Narcotic act in 1923. Without a doubt, pills were immediately introduced to the market.

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Terpene Spotlight: Pulegone

FloridaMarijuana.net

Cannabis has been a source of food, fuel, paper, and building materials, a textile fiber, and a folk medicine remedy for thousands of years. As the cannabis plant gains more notoriety for its medicinal uses, more research is proving what humans have known for thousands of years. According to P.M. Banana Kush. Girl Scout Cookies.

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The Future of Medicinal Cannabis in Canada

Sensi Seeds

Context of the Medicinal Cannabis Situation. Since 2001, Canadians seeking to use cannabis for medical treatment have had access to it under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR ). Under the regulations, no intermediaries are allowed to sell medicinal cannabis to patients. The Canadian Medical Association (CMA).

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Doctors Get New Clinical Guidelines for Managing Chronic Pain With Cannabis, Courtesy of Canadian Researchers

Veriheal

Chronic pain —a condition that affects 50.2 The team peered into the findings of numerous articles published between 2001 and 2019. The guidelines provide indications as to how cannabis and cannabis-based natural medicines may benefit patients with anxiety, appetite loss, chronic pain, and sleep problems.

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Portuguse medical cannabis exports increase by 600% says new report

Cannabis Law Report

To make the fortune of the country, today one of the most promising territories in the European basin of the Mediterranean, the favorable climatic conditions, particularly suitable for the production of this plant for medicinal purposes, and above all the regulations approved by the government in the last 20 years.

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Survey Reveals Almost Half of Canada’s MMJ Patients Reduced Their Alcohol and Opioid Consumption

Veriheal

All of the study subjects were enrolled in the nation’s federally legal medical cannabis program, which was launched by Health Canada back in 2001. The use of cannabis as a therapeutic and medicinal aid is widely supported. The Great White North also legalized the possession and retail sale of cannabis for adults in 2018.

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Really It’s 2021 – Why Is A Strain Still Called Jack The Ripper? Celebrating Violence Against Women.

Cannabis Law Report

In 2001, after many years of experience, active activism and tips sharing through online forums, Subcool founded together with his wife MZJill, a team of medicinal growers, the TGA Genetics seedbank. TGA seeds are organic, regular, and widely medicinal. Unique Strains. Known for being aromatic, tasty and resinous.

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