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

Cannabis Law Report

Chronic pain or pain were the conditions most frequently mentioned in articles about cannabis, followed by epilepsy, cancer or cancer pain, and nausea and chemotherapy. It was also used as a topical treatment for haemorrhoids, ear infection, and wounds (Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ). Refractory paediatric epilepsy. Conclusions.

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AAFP ( American Academy of Family Physicians) Releases Marijuana, Cannabinoids Position Paper

Cannabis Law Report

In this position paper, cannabis is an overarching term used to refer to the plant Cannabis sativa. The cannabis plant, Cannabis sativa , is comprised of both non-psychoactive and psychoactive chemicals called cannabinoids. Cannabis sativa with less than 0.3% Cannabis sativa with less than 0.3% Call to Action.

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Cannabis in Israel, with Itai Rogel

The Cannigma

We have autism and epilepsy. When we divide oils, for example, between day and night, or sativa and indica, we do address these type of indications as well. I don’t know if we’ll have topicals initially, or later on. Because it’s not in the list and the doctors wants to give the prescription. END OF INTERVIEW].

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Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes

The Cannigma

I mean, it’s really interesting to see a lot of these sativas out there. I think that terpenes it’s probably less pharmacological than we think and it’s classically associated with a lot of sativas. So you look at these studies on CBD and epilepsy, I mean they’re not taking ten milligrams.