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The History of RSO: One Man’s Journey Changed Everything

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In 2003, he heard the three words nobody ever wants to hear: “You have cancer.” The conventional treatments weren’t appealing, and here was something he could make himself, based on actual research. When Life Hands You Cancer… Just when Rick thought things couldn’t get worse, they did.

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Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) in Miami

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However, research has yet to provide us with a definitive answer as to whether or not RSO is effective as a cancer treatment. It all started in 2003 with Rick Simpson. Frustrated with traditional treatments, he created a concentrated cannabis oil and, in a leap of faith, applied it to his skin cancer spots.

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Charlotte’s Web CBD Banned by British Regulators

Veriheal

This rare type of epilepsy caused her to endure up to 300 grand mal seizures per week from the tender age of five. After exhausting alternative treatment options, her mother Paige desperately started looking for a way to improve Charlotte’s quality of life. CBD buds and flowers are illegal even if they contain less than 0.2%

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The legal status of weed in the Netherlands and Amsterdam: What does the law actually permit?

The Cannigma

In 2003, the Netherlands legalized medical cannabis. Possession of small quantities of drugs is illegal in the Netherlands, but Dutch authorities do not prosecute the possession of small amounts for personal use and low volume sales via strictly regulated retailers.

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Rationale for Genetically Guided Cannabis Therapy

Green Relief

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 4, 873-884 (November 2003). Clinical endocannabinoid deficiency (CECD) revisited: can this concept explain the therapeutic benefits of cannabis in migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and other treatment-resistant conditions? Watters, E.(2008) 2008) DNA is not destiny. Piomeli, Daniele (2002).

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Canada: The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker

Cannabis Law Report

If a rule of criminal law precludes a person from obtaining appropriate medical treatment when his or her life or health is in danger, then the state has intervened and this intervention constitutes a violation of that man’s or that woman’s security of the person …. Publisher: Law Now. MAY 1, 2020 BY PETER BOWAL AND DUSTIN BODNAR.

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World Leaders in Medical Cannabis

Medical Cannabis Seedbank

Synthesized CBD, and carried out the first study on its effects on epilepsy patients over 30 years ago. The purpose of the ICCI is to enable the scientific examination of cannabis compounds and their relation and interaction on the human body in the treatment of specific ailments. He first isolated THC more than 50 years ago.