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Marijuana Terpenes: What They Are, Why You Need Them, How To Use Them

Cannabis Cheri

Forget About Indica and Sativa: How Terpenes Affect Your Cannabis. The old school conventional wisdom used to divide cannabis into the broad categories of indica, sativa, and hybrid. And conventional wisdom used to say that indicas were better for relaxing and sleep, while sativas were more energetic and creative.

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German Government Now Funding Research Into CBD Extracts

SpeedWeed

The German government is now funding cannabis research on cannabinoid extractions and additives to food. Until last fall, the reality, technically, was that the entire plant (Cannabis Sativa L) was considered a “narcotic” at the European level. View original article. That is a big story. .

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Marijuana Terpenes: What They Are, Why You Need Them, How To Use Them

Cannabis Cheri

Forget About Indica and Sativa: How Terpenes Affect Your Cannabis As research into cannabis and terpenes progresses, it is changing a lot of what we used to think we knew about marijuana. The old school conventional wisdom used to divide cannabis into the broad categories of indica, sativa, and hybrid.

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New Amendments Could Delay Passing Of Greek Medical Cannabis Bill Until Next Year

Cannabis Law Report

In May this year the Greek Parliament passed the draft production, extraction and distribution of final products of pharmaceutical cannabis of the species Cannabis Sativa containing over 0.2% Read the full article at [link]. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Greek Bureaucracy To Blame.

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Beta-Caryophyllene: Terpene Powerhouse

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And a December 2022 article in Current Neuropharmacology, 9 by researchers in Brazil, investigated BCP’s potential “as a new drug for the treatment of substance use disorders.” Cannabis sativa terpenes are cannabimimetic and selectively enhance cannabinoid activity.” Biochemical pharmacology vol. 212 (2023): 115548. 15 355-366.

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Global Legal Chronicle Article: Medical Cannabis regulation slowly advances in Brazil

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extracts, the number of countries with specific regulations also increases. In Brazil, the initial step to allow the use of cannabis sativa for medical purposes was taken in 2014, when the Judiciary granted the first injunction to authorize a patient to import and use cannabidiol-rich oil (CBD) for the refractory epilepsy treatment.

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Largest Human Trial To Date Will Review Safety Of Full Spectrum Hemp Products

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As is the case in the United States, Europe lacks sufficiently reliable scientific data to support the safety of products infused with full spectrum hemp extract. In January 2019, the European Union (EU) reclassified extracts of cannabis sativa L. Read the entire article at The Fresh Toast. View original article.

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