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What’s the Difference Between Hemp and Marijuana CBD Oil?

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As Leafly summarizes: Cannabis refers to a genus of plants which has three species: indica, sativa, and ruderalis. Hemp is a sativa species, while cannabis can be sativa, indica, or ruderalis. The United States government set the definition of hemp as a a Cannabis sativa L. Even the federal government gets mixed up!

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Why Is Cannabis Still Illegal Despite All of the Research?

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Alcohol, tobacco, pharma, private prisons, police unions, media, agriculture, fashion, etc. The short answer is that the federal government says so. The long answer is because of industry, power, corruption, greed, and profit. have all contributed to supporting cannabis prohibition in one way or another as well.

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Clever Leaves and Biopharmaceutical Research Company to Partner for Landmark Cannabis Research Study in Collaboration with the University of California, Davis

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The University of California, Davis (“UC Davis”), through an accepted research sponsorship from BRC, will lead the extraction and analysis of DNA to elucidate genetic variants taken from various genetic lines of Cannabis sativa. The UC Davis scientists will also test new approaches to extract RNA from dried material.

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6 Historical Facts About Medical Marijuana

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As the debate over legalizing marijuana heats up, many continue to dispute the value of marijuana as a treatment for various ailments. In 2737 BC, Chinese Emperor Shennong wrote a book on medicine that included cannabis as a treatment for many conditions. Ancient Egyptians were the first to use cannabis as a treatment for tumors.

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Medical Cannabis Approved for Production and Sale in Greece

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The bill is labelled “Production, extraction and distribution of final products of pharmaceutical cannabis of the species Cannabis Sativa L, containing over 0.2% Medical marijuana can relieve their diseases and help them respond better to treatments, if this is deemed necessary by the treating physicians.”.

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Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act: What The Proposed Federal Cannabis Laws Would Mean For Hemp

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Department of Agriculture (USDA) and FDA. The federal hemp framework was established by the passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). Any products intended for use or marketed as for use in the treatment or prevention of disease in humans or animals, whether cannabis or hemp, remain regulated as drugs.

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Higher education: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum

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But Canfield said students will learn to measure and extract medicinal compounds from plants such as St. UCLA’s Cannabis Research Initiative, which bills itself as one of the first academic programs in the world dedicated to the study of cannabis, has studies underway ranging from medical treatments to economic impacts.

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