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Remembering Wade Laughter, the Unsung Hero of CBD

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At that time, hardly anyone knew about nonintoxicating cannabidiol and its remarkable therapeutic potential outside of a small group of scientists who were studying the endocannabinoid system. He had been gifted this plant serendipitously, and he would gift it back to the community. He said he merely discovered it.

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Why and How Does Marijuana Work? Understanding Cannabinoids

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These complex organic molecules found in cannabis have a profound effect on our bodies if for no other reason than we naturally produce cannabinoids, called endocannabinoids, for a virtual cornucopia of physiological processes. Cannabis is not the only plant that produces cannabinoids. Guest post by Lanny Swerdlow, RN, LNC.

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Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine

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So, my feeling is that Japan is very out of step with other developed countries. But it fell into disfavor in Western countries probably starting in the 1920s and 1930s when recreational use of cannabis began and the plant was demonized and then eventually made illegal. NM: What characterizes cannabis as a medicinal plant?

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Which Terpenes Enhance the Cannabis High?

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And this month comes a brand-new paper in the journal Biochemical Pharmacology 3 by Israeli researchers who report that three cannabis terpenes — at concentrations similar to those found in actual cannabis plants — significantly boost THC signaling at the CB1 receptor. Limonene is practically a household name. And for good reason.

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CBD Enhances Glucose Metabolism via Nuclear Receptors

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Cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 are the definitive and best-known targets of endogenous and plant-derived cannabinoids, but they’re far from the only ones. The first evidence of an endocannabinoid interacting with PPARs came in 2002, when a research team in Tennessee showed that a metabolite of 2-AG activated PPAR- a.

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Cannabinoids: THC

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The cannabis plant has been harvested and used by humans throughout history for a variety of purposes. During the past several decades, scientists have studied and analyzed the entire cannabis plant. Science supports what humans have known for centuries: that the cannabis plant offers a variety of medicinal properties.

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Cannabis & the Bible

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Archeological evidence confirms the use of the plant in fumigation rituals in ancient Israel. “No other plant has been with humans as long as hemp,” says ethnobotanist Christian Rätsch. Wherever it was known, it was considered a functional, healing, inebriating, and aphrodisiac plant.