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Best strains and terpenes for pain management

The Cannigma

One of the most common uses of medical cannabis is to treat chronic pain. In fact, modern research on cannabis and pain dates back to before 1975. Over 10% of US adults have suffered from some degree of daily pain for at least three months, so the need for improved treatment is clear. THC is very helpful for this.

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Medical cannabis studies offer hope to opioid users

Healer

That is, until a “forward-thinking” primary care physician suggested medical cannabis for his chronic pain, which Gresh, 54, said set him on a new path that has changed his life for the better and helped him stop using virtually all drugs classified as highly addictive. . “I I never thought that would have been possible,” he said.

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Ringo’s Gift Cannabis Strain Review

Miss Marijuana

The world of CBD flowers has brought a whole new avenue of treatment to medicine. After realizing the worth of high-CBD strains to the medical community in 2010, Lawrence began to focus specially on producing high-CBD strains of cannabis and created a library of CBD genetics that everyone in the industry knowingly or unknowingly pick from.

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THC & CBD-Rich Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Project CBD

In the absence of an answer — or a cure — treatment is the name of the game for fibromyalgia. No single drug yet exists to address all of the disease’s effects on the body, which can include widespread aches and pains, sleeplessness, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. It’s not a new idea.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. It was also used as a topical treatment for haemorrhoids, ear infection, and wounds (Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ). Conclusions.

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NO BRAINER: CBD AND THC FOR HEAD INJURIES

Green Relief

As yet there have been no FDA -approved clinical trials to determine the efficacy of CBD -rich cannabis oil extracts for traumatic brain injury. Treatment modalities for TBI are limited with few satisfactory pharmaceutical options available. An estimated 4 million to 6 million Americans are on disability because of TBI.

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Meritas Law Firms Worldwide Article: Global Cannabis Industry: The Essential Primer

Cannabis Law Report

Many experts believe it can lead to beneficial treatments, reiterated in a report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in January 2017. In Arizona, medical use has been legal since 2010, with 130 dispensaries now open across the state after two rounds of licensing.

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