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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

Researchers have been investigating the use of cannabis to treat fibromyalgia’s constellation of symptoms for decades, with early clinical trials in the 2000s 1-4 suggesting a possible benefit of both pure THC and flower in managing the disease. 9,2 (2008): 164-73. It’s not a new idea. That seemed to make all the difference.

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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

Puff Puff Post

She placed 4th in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 She is a seven-time Olympic trials qualifier in three sports: marathon (three), triathlon (three), and swimming (one). Our results need to be replicated in larger studies and clinical trials. Study co-author Joanna Zeiger, MS, Ph.D.

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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

Puff Puff Post

She placed 4th in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 She is a seven-time Olympic trials qualifier in three sports: marathon (three), triathlon (three), and swimming (one). Our results need to be replicated in larger studies and clinical trials. Study co-author Joanna Zeiger, MS, Ph.D.

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Cannabis for IBS: Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Medical Marijuana

Greencamp

Cannabis research still has a long way to go regarding this topic, and it will take more clinical trials to fully understand how cannabis helps with IBS. Neuroendocrinology Letters; April 2008; 29(2):192-200. Another study also had positive results, but this time using just one compound—CBD. (

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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. His findings are sure to alarm medical cannabis professionals and patients alike. Funding of Marijuana Research.

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NZ Cannabis Company Attains B Corp Certification

Cannabis Law Report

Rebuilt in 2008, Greenfern’s crowdfunding campaign in 2020 enabled the firm to buy the power station outright. Historic Normanby Hydropower Station was one of the first publicly available electricity supplies in New Zealand. The station generates surplus to Greenfern’s electricity needs, with the excess sold back to the national grid.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

Cannabis Law Report

This year, we are completing the second Phase 3 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD , the final stage prior to requesting FDA approval for a new prescription treatment to help heal trauma. For over three decades, we’ve been working to achieve mass mental health throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.