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6 Historical Facts About Medical Marijuana

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While little is known about the successes of ancient Egyptian cancer treatments, cannabis continues to receive significant interest as a cancer therapy today. Label of 19th century cannabis extract made by Eli Lilly (Photo: Wikimedia Commons). Cannabis was used as a veterinary medicine in ancient Greece.

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World Cannabis Market Investments at a Glance

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If earlier cannabis was a taboo subject due to its psychedelic properties, then with the development of technologies that allow the extraction of pure cannabidiol, the situation has changed radically. Its effectiveness has already been proven as an analgesic and supportive component of therapy for oncology, AIDS/HIV, Crohn’s disease.

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CBD: Everything You Need to Know

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government classified all cannabis varieties, including hemp, as Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act (despite decades of agricultural research detailing its differences from marijuana). According to Project CBD : A huge amount of industrial hemp is required to extract a small amount of CBD. In 1970, the U.S. Glad you asked!

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Guest Post: Cannabis and Autism: A glimmer of hope?

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ASD is a worldwide problem that needs to be kept in check, and although currently there is no cure to the problem so many breakthroughs have been recorded via a couple of therapy procedures amongst which is the use of CBD. The major points critics bring up regarding this subject include: Uncertainties of the long term effects of the therapy.

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

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Media representations can offer insights into the nature of the discourse about new medical products and therapies and how ideas and understandings about social phenomena become constructed. Refractory paediatric epilepsy. Conclusions. Palliative care indications. Cancer pain. Neuropathic pain. Spasticity from neurological conditions.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

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However, there are indications from studies done with cannabidiol-rich cannabis extracts in Israel that indicate that less side effects (46%) are achieved with a natural cannabis plant extract containing a 20:1 ratio of CBD to THC. The CBD-rich extract group had a lower effective dose on average, 6.1