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Biggest Benefits of Cannabis You May Be Missing Out On: Acidic Cannabinoids (CBDA / CBGA / THCA)

Healer

While the focus has been on neutral cannabinoids, new research –and my own clinical observations– indicate that cannabinoids in their original, acidic form possess incredible healing properties that work both together with and different from their neutral counterparts. What are Acidic Cannabinoids?

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GW suffers major blow as US sinks bid to patent cannabinoids for epilepsy

Cannabis Law Report

British firm GW Pharmaceuticals is licking its wounds after US judges tossed out its attempt to patent multiple cannabinoids for epilepsy treatment following an eight-year battle. The patent, which has been embroiled in dispute since 2010, is for “the use of one or more cannabinoids in the treatment of epilepsy”.

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Learn How Medical Marijuana can be Used to Treat IBS

FloridaMarijuana.net

Ethan Russo suggested that Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), along with fibromyalgia, migraine, and other related conditions, may be linked to an endocannabinoid deficiency ; treatable with cannabinoid medicine. Slowing down gut motility is not the only benefit that cannabis offers to people dealing with IBS.

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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

Across the eight studies they analyzed, the Australia-based authors identified increased levels of oleoylethanolamide and stearoylethanolamide (endocannabinoid-like molecules called N-Acylethanolamines that don’t bind with the cannabinoid receptors) in patients with these conditions compared to controls. 9,2 (2008): 164-73. 7,6 e1045.

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Can cannabis make you more empathetic?

The Cannigma

Cannabis can have an impact on a person’s ability to understand and share the feelings of others,“ explained Dr. Jan Roberts, psychotherapist and CEO of The Cannabinoid Institute, a medical cannabis education company. However, “this physiological response can be exacerbated with the wrong cannabinoid or dose,” Dr. Roberts explained.

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CBD: Antibiotic “Helper,” Fights Resistant Bacteria

CannaMD

Marijuana cannabinoids are either endogenous (inside the body) cannabinoids or exogenous (from outside sources) cannabinoids, which are produced either by plants such as Cannabis sativa or synthetically. The antimicrobial effects of cannabinoids have not been extensively studied nor have their mechanisms of action.

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Virginia, Marijuana, and How Medical Legalization May Unfold in the South

NORML

There are some minimum and maximum cannabinoid contents with the program. The terms CBD oil and THC-A oil speak to a codified minimum cannabinoid content that the product must have, in this section of the state criminal code, to allow for the affirmative defense. ” We later lowered the minimum cannabinoid requirement.

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