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Finding Rare Cannabinoids in Non-Cannabis Plants

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umbraculigerum, native to the eastern part of the country, where it was used in traditional medicine and fumigation rituals. 2011 Sep 23;74(9):2019-22. Epub 2011 Sep 8. In a 1979 paper published in Phytochemistry 2 , they analyzed the South African species H. umbraculigerum flowers. J Nat Prod. doi: 10.1021/np200500p.

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NORML Members Call On NFL’s Goodell To Allow Players Access To Medicine

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Drug and Alcohol Dependence found in 2011 that over half of surveyed NFL players used opioids during their careers, and a staggering 70% of those users abused the drugs. The NFL classifies cannabis as a banned substance and imposes extremely harsh fines and suspensions on players who test positive for cannabis.

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Medicinal Genomics Secures Funding for a Better Cannabis Reference

Medicinal Genomics

Medicinal Genomics recently secured funding from the DASH network to create a better cannabis reference genome for controversially patented TypeII plants. Most of the cannabis reference genomes that are available now, including the two Medicinal Genomics sequenced in 2011, are not complete.

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Medicinal properties of CBD

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This shows the growing interest on the medicinal properties of this molecule by the scientific community. Cannabidiol as an emergent therapeutic strategy for lessening the impact of inflammation on oxidative stress , published in the Free Radical Biology and Medicine journal, September 2011. Anti-inflammatory action of CBD.

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City Lights Bookshop & Synergetic Press Present Free 2 Day Event celebrating the pioneering legacy of Sasha and Ann Shulgin for the launch of the first Shulgin book since 2011, The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact. 

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Dr. Bill Richards – psychologist in the Psychiatry Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, consultant/trainer at sites of psychedelic research internationally.

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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

Psychedelics, medicine and ethics has always been a tricky thing and we’re suprised (or maybe not) that those who have held themselves up to be the paragons of perfection in the field over the past few years, have in fact been either arrogant, dumb or lazy when it comes to managing ethics at their organisations.

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Aspergillus: The Most Dangerous Cannabis Pathogen

Medicinal Genomics

The danger posed to medicinal cannabis patients exists solely through the practice of ingesting cannabis by smoking , and inhaling, the product directly into the lungs through combustion. Luckily for patients, there are methods of consuming medicinal cannabis that eliminate the risk of developing aspergillosis. Chusid, J.A.