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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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Is cannabis legal in Australia?

The Cannigma

This represents nearly double the level of support found in a 2007 survey (21%). There is nonetheless a wide range of unapproved medicinal cannabis products – including oil, tinctures, extracts, and flower – which are not included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG).

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About Vaping THC “Juice”

Otherside Farms

With a vaporizer, you have an effective way to continue heating the herbs to a temperature that’s high enough to extract the CBD, THC, or the other cannabinoids. With safe parts used in creating a vaporizer such as metal, glass which are formed into unique chambers like the straight bore, sequential venturi, or the venturi extraction chamber.

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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? CP: There you go.

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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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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

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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. An official investigation in 2007 found that the majority of individuals killed during the war had no connection to drugs.