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New PTSD study finds cannabis safe, but not as effective as assumed

SpeedWeed

For Veterans With PTSD, Medical Marijuana Can Mean a Good Night’s Sleep. for the production of cannabis used in federally-regulated clinical trials. Veterans groups advocating for more access to cannabis, meanwhile, are applauding the newly-published study. Then they were re-randomized in the four cohorts.

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Medical cannabis studies offer hope to opioid users

Healer

The results were published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science, an open-access general medical journal known for its use of crowdsourcing in its peer-review process. . The researchers stressed the need for large, well-designed clinical trials. Those findings have, again, been inconsistent and sometimes contradictory. .

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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

Greencamp

The ECS plays an important role in managing numerous processes, ranging from sleep, mood, immune functions, metabolism, movement and pain. Our body produces internal cannabinoids called endocannabinoids, and the compounds from the cannabis plant access the ECS in a similar manner as our own endocannabinoids.

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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

Reporter Elise Worthington also investigates the dark side of this form of therapy where disturbing cases of abuse and malpractice are emerging in both clinical trials and the underground. The charity was eventually instructed to pull an advertisement for the study by the ethics committee that conditionally approved the trial.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

SMPL

In the absence of oversight, the push to get more patients access to cannabis medicine — and bona fide CBD — has been co-opted by a push to make as much money as possible off the next big wellness fad. “At Alas, Mr. Gardner wrote in 2005, that would require access to expensive testing equipment. 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

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. Patients can legally access medicinal cannabis through a doctor, via the TGA’s Authorised Prescribers and Special Access schemes.

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Psychedelic Invest’s 100 Most Influential People in Psychedelics List

Cannabis Law Report

Rick, and MAPS, have published hundreds of research papers, articles, and reports over the past several decades in addition to participation in dozens of clinical trials and international studies. He is the chairman of Drug Science, a non-profit which he founded in 2010 to provide independent, evidence-based information on drugs.