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The Top 7 Myths About Medical Cannabis Debunked

United Patients Group

The truth is that it’s impossible to fatally overdose on marijuana alone, as a study in the American Journal of Public Health found no deaths reported due to cannabis use between 1999 and 2007. The same cannot be said for alcohol or even caffeine (a more dangerous drug), which can lead to death if consumed excessively enough over time.

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Celebrating Those Loved and Lost as We Observe Rare Disease Day

Veriheal

Cannabis seems to help with many common diseases such as cancer, chronic pain, anxiety , PTSD , and more, but what about rare diseases? Alexis suffers from a rare condition called Dravet syndrome epilepsy. In 2007, there were no events for World Rare Disease Day. Could Cannabis Help With Rare Diseases?

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420 Investor Daily Publishes Simple Guide To Cannabis Laws In New Mexico

Cannabis Law Report

Also, the state allowed medical marijuana for certain medical conditions in 2007. New Mexico legalized medical cannabis in 2007 by approving the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act. Governor Bill Richardson signed the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act to allow the medical use of cannabis in April 2007. Severe Chronic Pain.

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Is weed legal in the UK?

The Cannigma

This is despite the fact that a 2007 report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse Drugs stated that “after a most careful scrutiny,” cannabis should remain a class C substance and that the harmfulness of it is closer to that of Class C substances and not Class B ones.

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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. Cancer pain. Neuropathic pain. Conclusions. Palliative care indications. 2019 ; Sarris et al.

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About Vaping THC “Juice”

Otherside Farms

Most medical marijuana patients that use vaporizers aren’t daily smokers but need medical marijuana to reduce the side effects of many diseases that exist to make life more painful and less enjoyable as opposed to not having marijuana in one’s system with a serious, chronic disease.

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Rationale for Genetically Guided Cannabis Therapy

Green Relief

The in vitro GcMAF effects on endocannabinoid system transcriptionomics, receptor formation, and cell activity of autism-derived macrophages. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2014, 11:78. Basavarajappa, B. Neuropharmacology of the Endocannabinoid Signaling System-Molecular Mechanisms, Biological Actions and Synaptic Plasticity.

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