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Meet Stefanie LaRue: Cancer Survivor and Medical Marijuana Advocate

MedicalJane

In 2005, when Stefanie was only 30, a lump was found in her breast. In 2005, Stefanie’s world came to a halt. Despite her job in commercial real estate being very stressful, she was expected to work through her cancer treatment. Stefanie declined the treatment. Every day she celebrates the time she may not have had.

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In states with legal cannabis, teen use triggers concerns

Cannabis Chronicles

In the Denver area, visits to Children’s Hospital Colorado facilities for treatment of cyclic vomiting, paranoia, psychosis and other acute cannabis-related symptoms jumped to 777 in 2015, from 161 in 2005. Each poses serious risks to adolescents’ physical and mental health.

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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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Marijuana and HIV: Much More Than Palliative Aid

Greencamp

Drugs used for the treatment of HIV and AIDS are called antiretroviral medications, and there are several different classes of these drugs: Fusion/Entry Inhibitors (they prevent, or more precisely slow down HIV from entering healthy cells). Cannabis concentrates for HIV. How classical pharmaceuticals fight HIV.

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Understanding the American Heart Association’s Statement on Marijuana

CannaMD

The authors do note that “compared with smoking tobacco, smoking and inhaling cannabis regardless of THC content has been shown to increase the concentrations of blood carboxyhemoglobin 5-fold with a 3-fold increase in tar.” In contrast, CBD reduces heart rate and blood pressure, improves vasodilation, and reduces inflammation.

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What are cannabis chemovars and chemotypes?

The Cannigma

Researchers conducting survey based studies today often only have access to the THC concentration of the cannabis that their participants are using. The THC and CBD concentrations in Small’s research (on naturally growing cannabis) were remarkably low (around 1%), but the logic stays the same today (i.e. Type V: Zero cannabinoids.

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

The Cannigma

A shortage of fluids makes a severe hangover the next morning more likely, and dehydration can require medical treatment in severe cases. A 2016 study used data from the 2005 and 2010 National Alcohol survey and found that simultaneous use “approximately doubled the odds of drunk driving, social consequences, and harms to self.”