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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

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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

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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. I mean, it’s really interesting to see a lot of these sativas out there. CP: What year is this? MB: Well, it was.

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

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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. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). Palliative care indications. Cancer pain. Neuropathic pain. 2019 ; Sarris et al.

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

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In this position paper, cannabis is an overarching term used to refer to the plant Cannabis sativa. The cannabis plant, Cannabis sativa , is comprised of both non-psychoactive and psychoactive chemicals called cannabinoids. Cannabis sativa with less than 0.3% J Epilepsy Res. Call to Action. and 2.3%, respectively.

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

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Due to it’s high temporal value, EEG shines at detecting epilepsy, sleep disorders, dementia and any other structural brain disease or disorder. This isn’t like the indica and sativa of cannabis (which actually doesn’t even exist ). There are a multitude of applications for electroencephalography. Valdes et al.