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Best strains and terpenes for focus and flow state

The Cannigma

A flow state is when all of your attention is concentrated on the task at hand, to the point that the world outside flows away. Increased stress will increase cortisol levels, which can quickly overstimulate the RAS , making it nearly impossible to concentrate. Being focused is not the same thing as being in a flow state.

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Best strains and terpenes for creativity

The Cannigma

Type I cannabis’ high concentration of THC can increase anxiety or drowsiness in some people, which isn’t conducive for artistic creation. 15 Multiple clinical trials have shown that linalool in ylang ylang oil and lavender oil “significantly increased calmness.” Best terpenes for creativity.

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Marijuana and HIV: Much More Than Palliative Aid

Greencamp

But I haven’t seen any clinical trials looking at the direct effects of THC on the virus. Cannabis concentrates for HIV. What’s very disconcerting (and expected at the same time) is that absolutely no research was performed on any concentrated forms of cannabis. That’s a good thing if there is a lower amount of the virus.

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Mixing weed and alcohol: the good, the bad and the ugly

The Cannigma

A clinical trial published in 2015 found that the test subjects had “significantly higher blood THC” levels when they used cannabis along with alcohol, and combining the two led to increased performance impairment. Drunk driving, self-harm: the other risks of mixing marijuana and alcohol. arguing while drinking.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Authors of texts may use more surreptitious, and sometimes unconscious, literary devices such as rhetoric, trope, metaphor, or juxtaposition—techniques that evoke moral positions, predictions of possible effects, and prescribe solutions (Entman 1993 ; Johnson-Cartee 2005 ; Weaver 2007 ). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 2005.

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ElleVet Sciences Publishes Safety Study On CBD For Animals

Cannabis Law Report

Wakshlag is well-known in the veterinary medicine community as the first doctor to conduct an efficacy study in dogs in a clinical trial at Cornell using ElleVet CBD/CBDA on dogs with multi-joint discomfort. The clinical trial results confirmed more than 80% of dogs showed significant or dramatic improvement.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Recent studies on the effectiveness of cannabidiol in the rare seizure disorders Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome have prompted a biopharmaceutical company to perform clinical trials of its own to bring a cannabidiol based drug to the American market through the process of FDA approval. Medical Hypotheses (18 aug 2005).