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How medical marijuana could help you find the ‘new you’ in the New Year

Canna Care Docs

As with any prescription, marijuana does not offer a one-size-fits-all solution: there are a range of products available with different strains, chemical structures, dosages, and forms of consumption that all can impact the effectiveness for each user. Research is ongoing, but the existing data and anecdotal reports show potential.

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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

Greencamp

Even though these effects were observed on mice, all mammals have neurological and cellular similarities, and the team in charge of this study concluded that: “With respect to the treatment of ALS, from both a disease modifying and symptom management viewpoint, clinical trials with cannabis are the next logical step.

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Singapore’s Minister for Law & Home Affairs Says Medicinal Cannabis Companies Are Just In It For The Money

Cannabis Law Report

The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) did a review of 500 articles between 1964 and 2015 on the effects of cannabis. The IMH concluded that “cannabis consumption is associated with irreversible brain damage, brain shrinkage and serious mental/psychiatric illnesses. He said, “The research, in our view, is quite clear.

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New Study: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Cannabis Law Report

Studies of crash or driving data suggest that, although permissive marijuana policies are associated with higher prevalence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) presence among drivers [ 1 , 2 ], there is mixed evidence that these policies are associated with motor vehicle crashes [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ]. never vs. at least once). (2)

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Mixing weed and alcohol: the good, the bad and the ugly

The Cannigma

A clinical trial published in 2015 found that the test subjects had “significantly higher blood THC” levels when they used cannabis along with alcohol, and combining the two led to increased performance impairment. Drink or smoke first: Does ‘weed before beer everything clear’ really matter? arguing while drinking.

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

Cannabis Law Report

At the same time, the outlook on cannabis research data is largely positive. Researchers in Israel, Sweden, Estonia, and the USA have investigated media discourses about medicinal cannabis (Sznitman and Lewis 2015 ; Lewis et al. 2015 ; Kaiser 2011 ; Mortensen et al. Data collection.

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ElleVet Sciences Publishes Safety Study On CBD For Animals

Cannabis Law Report

The PK data on cats shows there are differences in absorption between cats and dogs and that dosing may be different between these two species and that our chew form is likely to be more absorbable than oils in general. This data gives us confidence in the use of both the chew and the oils as effective means for delivering CBD to your pet.”.

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