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Study: Marijuana a Useful Adjunct Treatment for Huntington Disease Symptoms

The Joint Blog

Researchers found that “the majority [of them] showed statistically significant results favoring the use of medical marijuana, especially for improving motor symptoms and quality of sleep.”. Study selection, quality assessment and data extraction was performed by three reviewers. Results: A total of 22 studies were reviewed.

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The history and science of psychedelics: from acid and shrooms to ketamine and salvia

The Cannigma

Just as THCA in cannabis flower needs to be decarboxylated into the active compound THC, psilocybin is not active until it undergoes a chemical reaction. In 1983, Ken Nelson was likely the first person to extract and smoke Sonoran Desert Toad (aka the Colorado River toad, Incilius alvarius ) venom. It became illegal in the US in 2009.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Medical publications, are, in the main fairly positive toward cannabis. Published by The Journal of Cannabis Research. Medicinal cannabis has been legalised for use for a range of specified medical conditions in Australia since 2016. At the same time, the outlook on cannabis research data is largely positive. Background.

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Shemshemet: Cannabis in Ancient Egypt

SpeedWeed

Excerpted from Cannabis and the Soma Solution. Besides this linguistic source, pollen analysis of ancient soil layers and deep tissue samples from Egyptian mummies, have indicated that in Egypt, like much of the rest of the ancient world, cannabis held an important role. shemshemet the Egyptian word for cannabis. Nunn, 2002).

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NO BRAINER: CBD AND THC FOR HEAD INJURIES

Green Relief

The benefits of CBD-rich cannabis concentrates for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) are well-known among football players and other pro athletes. government still maintains that cannabis is a dangerous drug with no medical value. How does cannabis, and THC , in particular, confer neuroprotective effects? But the U.S.

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Green Relief

The benefits of CBD-rich cannabis concentrates for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) are well-known among football players and other pro athletes. government still maintains that cannabis is a dangerous drug with no medical value. How does cannabis, and THC , in particular, confer neuroprotective effects? But the U.S.

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Cannabis Trends of 2022

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Historical evidence suggests that humans worldwide have been cultivating and consuming cannabis for tens of thousands of years, but cannabis use has skyrocketed in recent years, especially in the US. Our ancestors consumed cannabis flower for recreational, medicinal, and spiritual purposes.