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The history and science of psychedelics: from acid and shrooms to ketamine and salvia

The Cannigma

In 1983, Ken Nelson was likely the first person to extract and smoke Sonoran Desert Toad (aka the Colorado River toad, Incilius alvarius ) venom. Clinical research: Research is focusing on 5-MeO-DMT use in depression and anxiety. Bufo is extracted by milking the venom from the toad’s parotoid glands.

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Cannabis in Israel, with Itai Rogel

The Cannigma

I do want to say that when it comes to anxiety, sleep, I mean, what we do, for example, in Bazelet, which is quite unique, as far as oil products are concerned, this is something that is we have a lot of intellectual property on the use of terpenes in creating cannabis formulations. IR: Yes, at this stage, we do this through extracting oils.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Research into the plant’s chemical compounds has also revealed a rich array of terpenes and flavonoids that may also account for the plant’s therapeutic effects (Kotsirilos and McGregor 2021 ). It is unclear whether doctors are feeling completely reassured by laboratory and clinical trial research into medicinal cannabis.