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CBD Enhances Glucose Metabolism via Nuclear Receptors

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CBD, Psychosis & Glucose Metabolism A March 2023 study in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry 4 suggests that CBD may act through a PPAR receptor to enhance cerebral glucose metabolism, alterations of which are associated with a host of metabolic and cognitive disorders. 2023, doi:10.3390/ijms24076060 Karkhanis, Anil et al.

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Everything MMJ Patients Need To Know About Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Texas

MMJ Recs

While the state has traditionally held a conservative stance on cannabis, there has been a gradual shift in public opinion and legislative action, paving the way for a more inclusive and patient-centric approach to healthcare. Additionally, patients must have exhausted all other available treatment options without finding relief.

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Psychedelic Research Potpourri

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A March 2023 paper in the journal Biological Psychiatry 1 adds to the discourse by reporting that in a placebo-controlled study of 40 healthy male volunteers, microdosing LSD improved self-reported ratings of creativity, connectedness, energy, happiness, irritability, and wellness on dose days relative to non-dose days.

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Part 3: Adult-use legalization effects on medical prices

Illinois News Joint

According to statistics from the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), the price per gram for RSO for registered medical patients actually increased since adult-use legalization. Pritzker signed into law the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act on June 25, 2019, Edibles price per gram has steadily increased and peaked at $27.16

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Illinois: Medical Cannabis Expansion Measures Signed into Law

NORML

Senate Bill 2023 expands the state’s medical cannabis program by adding several new qualifying conditions, allowing physicians assistants and advanced practice registered nurses to recommend medical cannabis to their patients, allowing minor patients to have up to three caregivers instead of two, among other changes.

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Part 1: Adult-use legalization effects on medical prices

Illinois News Joint

After reporting that Illinois adult-use cannabis prices were highest in the country , we decided to publish a 3-Part Series highlighting how recreational legalization in Illinois has affected price per gram for medical patients. On June 25, 2019, Gov. in July 2023. On June 25, 2019, Gov.

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Cannabinoids for Tinnitus?

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The CBD she took may or may not have helped, but according to a recent survey of tinnitus patients, she wasn’t alone in trying — or at least in being interested in cannabis as a potential remedy. But many more patients were willing to try, perhaps as an indication of the intractability of chronic tinnitus. 32,1 (2019): 131-136.