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Epilepsy and MMJ: Exploring the Promising Treatment Benefits

MMJ Recs

While traditional treatments like antiepileptic drugs exist, they may not always provide adequate relief for all patients. While research is ongoing, some patients have reported remarkable improvements in their seizure control when using MMJ. Some patients have shared their experiences with using MMJ to manage their condition.

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Medicinal cannabis users in the UK could be unfairly criminalised as study finds failures in roadside drug testing

Cannabis Law Report

The double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial took place over two years between 2017 and 2019 at the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California. As many patients use cannabis-based medicines to aid with sleep, the current detection window is of significant concern.

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

The Cannigma

Using integration or psychotherapy along with these medicines allows patients to incorporate the positive effects permanently. Current clinical trials are underway using a synthetic nasal spray of 5-MeO-DMT in patients with major depressive disorder. As such, there have been numerous clinical trials using ketamine.

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First ethics at MAPS in question and now Australia’s Mind Medicine look to have some serious integrity issues too

Cannabis Law Report

Reporter Elise Worthington also investigates the dark side of this form of therapy where disturbing cases of abuse and malpractice are emerging in both clinical trials and the underground. He is an outspoken commentator on Climate Change and Security using community advocacy to raise awareness of the potential costs of inaction.

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A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze

SMPL

Miller spent the months after this meeting leading hundreds of CBD seminars for farmers; Dr. Kerr began informal patient surveys to track how CBD made people feel; and as he finished his book, Mr. Lee often traveled around with Mr. Laughter and Mr. Ringo’s high-CBD plants and seeds, spreading the gospel at pot shops across the West.

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

Cannabis Law Report

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. Patients can legally access medicinal cannabis through a doctor, via the TGA’s Authorised Prescribers and Special Access schemes.

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Cannabis in Israel, with Itai Rogel

The Cannigma

It doesn’t mean, necessarily, that the market should go to full legalization within a year or two, because it won’t happen so fast, but you can have more patients with other medical indications that were not given cannabis before. Obviously, that means that there are more patients and there are more products to sell.