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Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes

The Cannigma

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. So you look at these studies on CBD and epilepsy, I mean they’re not taking ten milligrams. CP: What year is this?

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

Cannabis Law Report

Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. Refractory paediatric epilepsy. Conclusions. It was also used as a topical treatment for haemorrhoids, ear infection, and wounds (Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ).

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

Cannabis Law Report

www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2006/018677s011lbl.pdf (www.accessdata.fda.gov). Cannabidiol: pharmacology and potential therapeutic role in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders. FDA approves first drug comprised of an active ingredient derived from marijuana to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy.