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Oregon is Setting the Foundation for its Psilocybin Therapy Program

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A psychedelic therapy program like Oregon’s could help provide relief to millions suffering from conditions that currently don’t have effective treatments. It may seem like a new concept to some, but there is a long history of psychedelic medicine in the United States and in the world.

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Cannabis Tied to Lower Blood Pressure in Hypertension Patients, Study Finds

The Cannigma

The participants were given a baseline evaluation including a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), ECG, blood tests, anthropometric measurements, demographics, and medical history. A 2008 review of existing literature found that chronic cannabis use was tied to lower blood pressure and heart rate overall.

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Study: CBD “Promising” Therapy for Cocaine Addiction

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Most studies were published in the last five years, while the rest were published between 1994 and 2008. Conditioned place preference. CBD also reduced experimental anxiety and prevented the development of high impulsivity in rats with an alcohol dependence history. mice/rats). Brain-stimulation reward. Neuronal proliferation.

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Is cannabis legal in South Africa?

The Cannigma

Cannabis has a long history in indigenous cultures in South Africa. million people used cannabis in 2008. Getting a medical cannabis card in South Africa is a fairly straight-forward process and qualifying conditions are left to the physician to decide. Decriminalization is not the same as legal. Cannabis in South Africa.

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Doctor Block…….”A Physician Botanist’s Insight to Cannabis species: The Naming of Plants and Products”

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Despite its cultivation as a source of food, fiber and medicine, and its global status as the most frequently used illicit drug, plants in the genus Cannabis currently experience an inconclusive taxonomic organization and evolutionary history. 2010) History of Taxonomy – Lecture from Dept. Retrieved 2008-06-20.

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Cookies Humboldt Grown Initiative Pays Tribute to Famed Cannabis of Emerald Triangle

Cannabis Law Report

Cookies Celebrates Renegade Cultivators and Region’s Decades-Long History With The Launch of New Craft Cannabis Line. With a history dating back to 1960s counterculture, the Emerald Triangle has long been considered the top cannabis growing region in America. About Cookies.

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Minority owned cannabis company, TheraTrue Inc., announces new CEO Victor Mancebo, $50 million in funding, and applies in Georgia and Virginia

SpeedWeed

As the company’s founder, I am keenly aware of the history of cannabis and how it has disproportionately impacted black Americans. Georgia made the production of medical grade pharmaceutical medication containing low levels of THC to treat specific medical conditions for patients registered with the state’s Low THC Registry legal in 2019.