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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

Greencamp

The first study I will reference is from 2006, conducted on mice. Our body produces internal cannabinoids called endocannabinoids, and the compounds from the cannabis plant access the ECS in a similar manner as our own endocannabinoids. Choosing the perfect strain for ALS is difficult, because of the complicated nature of the disease.

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Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes

The Cannigma

We’ve got our regular segment with our Co-produces on this podcast with Americans for Safe Access. So I did, I open up a dispensary in Eagle Rock in 2006 with a couple of partners called Cornerstone Research Collective. MB: Well, I mean, the thing is, is that the truth is in 2006, they were all LCM strains.

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The Future of CBD Strains

Corante

This concept was introduced by Ethan Russo who, in 2006, performed research on the genetic analysis of cannabis plants in a paper entitled, Phytochemical and genetic analyses of ancient cannabis from Central Asia. The Introduction on Hemp. Along with greater publicity for CBD came the growing popularity of hemp products.

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

Cannabis Law Report

In this position paper, cannabis is an overarching term used to refer to the plant Cannabis sativa. Surveying marijuana use is essential to gauge public health implications of increased access to marijuana, cannabinoid, and cannabis products. Cannabis sativa with less than 0.3% Accessed August 20, 2019. 2018;49:7-11.

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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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Here’s What Neuroimaging Can Tell Us About the Psychedelic Experience

SpeedWeed

This isn’t like the indica and sativa of cannabis (which actually doesn’t even exist ). 2006): Another fMRI-enabled psychedelic study investigated the idea that MDMA users may be more impulsive than people that haven’t consumed the substance. I’m not sure why that is, considering shrooms are by far the most accessible.

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Shemshemet: Cannabis in Ancient Egypt

SpeedWeed

As noted in The Mummy Congress: Under the reign of the pharaohs, Egyptian traders had bartered avidly for seeds of Cannabis sativa. sativa—the flowering tops and leaves that yielded marijuana or the dark resin that produces hashish. But the Egyptians made little mention of the other parts of C. Pringle, 2001).