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Medicinal properties of CBD

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A study published in February 2015 in the Pharmacology & Pharmacy journal showed that a CBD-rich extract from cannabis plants is much more efficient than CBD used in its pure form , mainly due the presence of other cannabinoids, terpenes and other molecules that greatly increase the dosage/efficiency ratio of CBD.

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Just desserts: The Cookies and Cakes family genealogy

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Sherbinski” Guzman hybridized the best of the early 2000s OG Kushes to some truly exotic sativas. 2009: Cookies sees Ghost. Out in the residential Sunset District of San Francisco, he had crossed a “dark, dark, dark purple, stringy” sativa Burmese to the best OG Kush around the Bay Area, where pounds sold for $4,200 and $4,300.

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Citrus dynasty: A Tangie family genealogy

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A friendly sativa. Crockett also said Tangies offered something different than the typical old school sativas, which got you so high you felt uncomfortable. “In In my mind sativas were like psychedelic, sweating paranoia,” he said. Shatter-type extracts made with Tangie smelled amazing. rgbspace/iStock).

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Austria: Cannabidiol In Food And Cosmetics

Cannabis Law Report

The marketing of cannabidiol (CBD) extracts as food supplements is a relatively new trend and CBD is increasingly common in the food and beverage sector (e.g., In respect of the use of Cannabis sativa L. In respect of the use of Cannabis sativa L. However, with regard to the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa L.)

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Legalization of Cannabis 

Cannabis Law Report

As well as to make legislation allowing the smoking of crude cannabis sativa plant (also known as marijuana, weed, Mary Jane, pot, reefers, ganja, joint, and grass) for medical reasons (so-called “medical marijuana”). Recent research suggests that heavy cannabis usage is on the rise. percent or 16.7 million) than in 2008 (6.1

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Article – Hogan Lovells: Regulation of cannabis in Italy: Use in food and cosmetics

Cannabis Law Report

The cultivation and industrial use of cannabis sativa L. (“ hemp “), a particular genus of cannabis, has a long tradition in Italy. A recent judgment of the Italian Supreme Court, delivered in joint session, has the last word on the supposedly legal cannabis. Traditional cultivation of hemp in Italy .

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

Cannabis Law Report

The Cannabis sativa plant has an incredibly multi-layered, rich, and versatile history of human uses for food and fibre, as well as recreational, and religious and spiritual purposes throughout the world (McPartland and Hegman 2018 ; Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ; Li 1974 ; Bonini et al. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ).