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This free cannabis hotline answers all of your plant questions

The Cannigma

Realm of Caring was founded in 2013 by two mothers whose children had epilepsy (the daughter of one of the founders was the namesake for Charlotte’s Web CBD.) What started as providing information quickly grew into a network of organization, advocacy, research, and education. . All of this research and advocacy adds up.

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Colorado Benefit Concert To Honor The Memory Of Charlotte Figi

SpeedWeed

The legacy of Charlotte Figi, the young Colorado girl whose struggle with epilepsy made CBD known worldwide, will be remembered next week with a benefit concert taking place in her honor. Charlotte gained global notoriety after being featured on “Weed,” a 2013 CNN documentary by Gupta, the network’s chief medical correspondent.

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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. Refractory paediatric epilepsy. Epilepsy or epilepsies were mentioned in 39% of articles. Conclusions. Palliative care indications. Cancer pain.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

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Mr. Gardner, the writer whose CBD advocacy eventually inspired the 2011 summit at Ms. Clarke, and which conducted the research in the ’90s that spurred Mr. Gardner’s CBD advocacy. But the research wasn’t enough. Although the drug has been approved for use in around 30 countries, the F.D.A.

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

Cannabis Law Report

According to the 2018 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF), daily, past month, past year, and lifetime marijuana use among 8 th graders has declined, and remained unchanged in 10 th and 12 th graders, when compared to the 2013 MTF survey. J Epilepsy Res. and 2.3%, respectively. N Engl J Med.