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NZ Cannabis Company Attains B Corp Certification

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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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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

Norman Smith: “Since I am the only successful patient in the clinical trial, to take away something that’s been part of a successful regimen does not make any sense” In September 2010, Smith became eligible for a liver transplant, but after testing positive for marijuana in February he was removed from the transplant list.

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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

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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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Why we haven’t cured cancer

Otherside Farms

abst – 2008). 2008] – PubMed result. Endocannabinoids in endocrine and related tumours (full – 2008). JunD is involved in the antiproliferative effect of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol on human breast cancer cells (abst – 2008). abst – 2008). full – 2008).

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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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Goldfinch Bio Strengthens Leadership Team with Appointment of Jeff W. Jacobs, Ph.D. as Chief Scientific Officer

Cannabis Law Report

“We look forward to Jeff’s significant contributions heading into another year of continued growth and progress for Goldfinch Bio, including a planned interim data readout from TRACTION-2, the ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of our lead precision kidney medicine candidate, in mid-2022.”.