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Study: Marijuana a Useful Adjunct Treatment for Huntington Disease Symptoms

The Joint Blog

The study states that marijuana can improve neurological symptoms and should be recommended to HD patients by their physicians. 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.”.

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

The Cannigma

Using integration or psychotherapy along with these medicines allows patients to incorporate the positive effects permanently. In 1983, Ken Nelson was likely the first person to extract and smoke Sonoran Desert Toad (aka the Colorado River toad, Incilius alvarius ) venom. The after-glow is essentially the opposite of a hangover.

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

Cannabis Law Report

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. Patients can legally access medicinal cannabis through a doctor, via the TGA’s Authorised Prescribers and Special Access schemes.

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NO BRAINER: CBD AND THC FOR HEAD INJURIES

Green Relief

A 2014 study found that traumatic brain injury ( TBI ) patients who tested positive for THC were more likely to survive with less impairment than TBI patients who abstained from marijuana. As yet there have been no FDA -approved clinical trials to determine the efficacy of CBD -rich cannabis oil extracts for traumatic brain injury.

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Green Relief

A 2014 study found that traumatic brain injury ( TBI ) patients who tested positive for THC were more likely to survive with less impairment than TBI patients who abstained from marijuana. As yet there have been no FDA -approved clinical trials to determine the efficacy of CBD -rich cannabis oil extracts for traumatic brain injury.

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Shemshemet: Cannabis in Ancient Egypt

SpeedWeed

Nunn, 2002). Cannabis extracts have been employed for irrigation in diseases of the anus, and in form of compresses the drug has been applied to sore toenails. In Rhamses’ papyrus, washing sore eyes with extracts from cannabis and also from some other plant is recommended. Fragments of the the Ramesseum III papyrus.

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Cannabis Trends of 2022

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Today’s consumers cite a wide variety of cannabis benefits, including alleviating pain, reducing anxiety, stimulating appetite, aiding sleep, and treating the symptoms of neurological or gastrointestinal disorders. in 2002 to 49.2% of the population, a 200% increase from 2002. Lifetime use has increased from 42.7%