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

CannaMD

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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Countries that have legalized CBD

Cannabis Law Report

Hemp cultivation was officially legalized thanks to the 2018 Agriculture Bill. This 2018 Agriculture Bill has allowed many farmers to grow certain types of cannabis plants that are used to produce cannabis products from cannabidiol. Cyprus follows European Union regulations and allows the cultivation of hemp.10 They have THC.

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Cannabis? Weed? Marijuana? Why what we call it matters

The Cannigma

Some are botanical (“cannabis sativa”), some steeped in history and discrimination (“marijuana”) and others just good for a giggle (“the devil’s lettuce”). According to historical estimations , cannabis cultivation began around the same time that agriculture itself was developing – around 9,000 BCE. Let’s start at the beginning.

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6 Historical Facts About Medical Marijuana

Leaf Science

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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The Hemp Standard is 0.3% THC. That Should Be Changed.

Canna Law Blog

To briefly summarize, the 2018 Farm Bill defined hemp as “[t]he plant species Cannabis sativa L. Cannabis had been subjected to different taxonomical treatments by Linnaeus in 1753 and Lamarck in 178. First by the European Union, whose Common Agricultural Policy caps THC concentrations at 0.2 and any part of that plant.

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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

Cannabis Law Report

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. organization to help advance scientific research into the potential medical benefits of cannabinoids.