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Charlotte’s Web Announces Completion of One of Three Hemp Studies

SpeedWeed

announced on July 30 that the company’s CW Labs science division and Colorado State University’s (CSU) College of Agricultural Sciences have completed the first of three collaborative metabolomic hemp studies to decode the complex chemical profile of full spectrum hemp extracts—made from the company’s patented hemp cultivars. .

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How Charlotte’s Web Changed A Little Girl’s Life

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

In 2006, three-month-old Charlotte Figi experienced her first seizure, which lasted an exhausting 30 minutes. At the age of three, Charlotte tested positive for a gene marker that indicates Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that begins in infant or toddlerhood and causes more severe and more frequent seizures over time.

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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

Greencamp

The CBD cannabinoid is proven to be an exceptional seizure-controlling agent for epilepsy patients, and also shows great promise for treating Parkinson’s , Alzheimer’s and Multiple Sclerosis. Marijuana and Epilepsy: Here’s How Cannabis Stops Seizures (12 Studies). The first study I will reference is from 2006, conducted on mice.

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Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes

The Cannigma

What’s really cool about their Happy Camper is they’re using strange specific extraction processes. So yeah, they’re doing flower, like Elana had mentioned, but they’re also extracting that same strain or cultivar and then they’re re-infusing that extract into the blend, right? Just for reference.

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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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Article: Top 5 APAC Countries for Legal Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

Market research by Cannabis Access Clinics estimates that Australian patients spend an average of A$370/month on medical marijuana products, with epilepsy patients paying an even higher A$1,000/month on average. tonnes in 2006. Unfortunately, such costs can quickly become prohibitive. In fact, 26.6

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

Cannabis Law Report

However, there are indications from studies done with cannabidiol-rich cannabis extracts in Israel that indicate that less side effects (46%) are achieved with a natural cannabis plant extract containing a 20:1 ratio of CBD to THC. The CBD-rich extract group had a lower effective dose on average, 6.1