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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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Why we haven’t cured cancer

Otherside Farms

Differential effects of repeated low dose treatment with the cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212-2 in experimental models of bone cancer pain and neuropathic pain. full – 2007). Cannabis compound cannabidiol CBD ‘halts cancer’ & may bring relive to other illness’s (news – 2007). news – 2007).

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Former member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse (NACDA) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Joins Ehave, Inc; Ehave Appoints Psychopharmacologist, Board-Certified Psychiatrist, And Licensed Physician, Bankole Johnson To Its Medical Advisory Board

Cannabis Law Report

Johnson’s primary area of research expertise is the psychopharmacology of medications for treating addictions, and he is well known in the field for his discovery that topiramate, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) facilitator and glutamate antagonist, an effective treatment for alcoholism. ” About Ehave, Inc. Ehave, Inc.

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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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Nevada: Cannabis to overtake mining in state tax revenue on approx 20% of revenue

Cannabis Law Report

And while Nevada cannabis consumers are on the hook for very high taxes, the fact that mining gets away with paying negligible taxes illustrates the unfair, preferential treatment our most environmentally destructive industry gets.”. About half of the taxes derived from mining are returned to the counties where the extraction occurred.

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How Good Is Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?

Greencamp

For patients who don’t respond well to conventional MS methods, cannabis treatment seems like a very reasonable choice. Since so little is known about the exact cause of this condition, and a cure hasn’t been found yet, treatment options are limited but they do exist. What is multiple sclerosis? three days.

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Greenway – Article: Income Taxes and the Cannabis Business: The Impact of §280E

Cannabis Law Report

173 (2007)). 812). Deprecation reported in financials for equipment used in manufacturing, extracting, etc. Officers’ salaries that can be traced to the production, extraction, or manufacturing of cannabis or its extracted material. The production or sale of marijuana is still illegal under U.S. Allocation Methods.