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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

These can include Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC, which are typically synthesized from CBD isolate that’s sourced from hemp. There’s also THCP, THCO, HHC, and others that can’t be made from CBD starter material and thus are outside the legal definition of “hemp.” percent THC. “The market crashed.

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10 Tips for Buying CBD Oil

Project CBD

In June 2018, the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) gave its blessing to “Epidiolex,” a purfied CBD pharmaceutical, for treating severe pediatric epilepsy. Six months later, Congress passed the Farm Bill, which legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp for many uses, including the production of biomass for CBD oil extraction.

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Medical Cannabis in the 2018 Midterm Elections

Americans for Safe Access

Ballot victories in Missouri and Utah transitioned these states’ low-THC CBD programs to significantly broader access. Thanks to Tuesday’s election, thirty-three states now have a comprehensive medical cannabis program. Voters in eleven Wisconsin counties and one city approved non-binding referendums supporting medical cannabis legislation.

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FDA Sends Warning Letters to Multiple Companies for Illegally Marketing CBD Products

NORML

Representatives of the US Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters on Monday to multiple companies for marketing CBD-specific products in ways that violate federal law. Currently, commercially available CBD products are not regulated by the FDA, despite the fact that some three in four Americans presume otherwise.

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ICRS 2018: CBD Shines in Leiden (Part 1)

Project CBD

Graft-versus-host disease ( GVHD ) is a common – and potentially fatal – complication following bone marrow and solid organ transplants. This life threatening condition can also occur after a patient receives a blood transfusion or other forms of transplanted tissue from a genetically different person.

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ICRS 2018: Report from Leiden (Part 2)

Project CBD

During the first week of July 2018, five-hundred-and-thirty-five delegates from five continents met at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands for the 28th annual symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society ( ICRS ).

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ICRS 2018: CBD Shines in Leiden (Part 1)

Project CBD

Graft-versus-host disease ( GVHD ) is a common – and potentially fatal – complication following bone marrow and solid organ transplants. This life threatening condition can also occur after a patient receives a blood transfusion or other forms of transplanted tissue from a genetically different person.

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