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The history and science of psychedelics: from acid and shrooms to ketamine and salvia

The Cannigma

And while most psychedelics are currently illegal in the United States and around the world, researchers are exploring their use in medicine to treat conditions such as depression, PTSD, addiction, anxiety, OCD, migraines, end of life acceptance of mortality, and eating disorders. It became illegal in the US in 2009.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

SMPL

And though a few outliers responded well to CBD alone, GW’s data showed that for relieving pain and inflammation, helping with sleep and alleviating seizures and spasms, most patients got the most benefit from an equal mix of CBD and THC — a drug the company called Sativex. But the research wasn’t enough. But the research wasn’t enough.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

Medicinal cannabis has been legalised for use for a range of specified medical conditions in Australia since 2016. We also used manifest textual analysis to search for word frequencies, and specific conditions referred to in the articles retrieved. Spasticity from neurological conditions. Background. Conclusions. Bonini et al.

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First ethics at MAPS in question and now Australia’s Mind Medicine look to have some serious integrity issues too

Cannabis Law Report

“There’s everything from people being dosed without their consent, to people being encouraged to sleep with practitioners in exchange for services, to people being pressured to participate in group contexts, and so-called rituals that they otherwise wouldn’t have engaged in.” ” Underground researcher.

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Psychedelic Invest’s 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics List

Cannabis Law Report

Originally a lawyer, Yang began working in startups and early stage growth companies as a founder or executive from 2000 to 2009. David John Nutt is an English neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and sleep. Healing Advocacy Fund.