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U.S. Funding Focuses on Marijuana’s Harms, Not Benefits

CannaMD

research funders, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) , spent over $1 billion between 2000 and 2008, with a heavily slanted focus on cannabis abuse and misuse, as well as the negative effects of cannabis. Non-profit organizations like the Canadian Consortium for Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC) were also formed to do research.

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Update on Industrial Hemp Legislation in California

Cannabis Law Report

In AB 228, the state, by declaring that food and cosmetics are not adulterated by the inclusion of hemp (including cannabinoids, extracts, or derivatives), essentially finds that hemp-derived products, including products containing CBD, are safe for human and animal consumption. DEA cases in the early 2000s.

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Treating Menstrual Cramps and PMDD with Medical Marijuana

MedicalJane

Dr. Ethan Russo published an online review of cannabis treatments for women in 2008. There are even suppositories, medicated bath soaks, body balms, and various other products infused with cannabinoids sourced from the cannabis plant that reportedly help to relieve period pain and improve overall mood during this daunting time.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

Cannabis Law Report

International Cannabinoid Cancer Research Institute (Draft 5). This paper seeks to answer why refined cannabinoids have more side effects than the natural cannabis product, as well as the possible etiology of said adverse reactions. Also discussed are other attempts at affecting the cannabinoid system from a singular standpoint.

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What is THC? Here’s everything you need to know

The Cannigma

There are a lot of different molecules in nature, and though cannabinoids are rather rare, they are extremely abundant in cannabis (hence the name). THC is the most prevalent, famous and researched cannabinoid by far. What is THC? THC is short for tetrahydrocannabinol.

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Further Consideration of the STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

It is worth noting that Marinol ® (dronabinol) is an FDA-approved synthetic cannabinoid that was placed in Schedule III under the CSA in 1999.). The DEA has made previous requests–in 2001 and 2006–to the FDA for an evaluation of marijuana. 15, 2008 , 122 Stat. 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, Nov. 262 , 270; Pub.