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Ode to a Vanishing Handcraft

Project CBD

At first glance, Cannabis Textiles is a quiet, unassuming book, without slick, staged photos or superlative descriptions of indigenous cultures. Such simplicity reflects the book’s inner beauty, which documents the history of a disappearing handcraft, that of traditional hemp cultivation and fabric production.

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A Brief History of Home Cannabis Extraction in the Modern Era

The Joint Blog

Science suggests that humans have been using psychoactive strains of cannabis for at least 2,500 years – if not longer – and for nearly as long, humans have experimented with ways to extract its compounds into a wide range of formulations. As a generation of homegrowers made cannabis more readily available across the U.S.

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A Founder Looks at 50: The Important Role of Medical Experts in Support of Legalization

NORML

For NORML’s 50th anniversary, every Friday we will be posting a blog from NORML’s Founder Keith Stroup as he reflects back on a lifetime as America’s foremost marijuana smoker and legalization advocate. This is the seventh in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement.

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A Founder Looks at 50: The Important Role of Medical Experts in Support of Legalization

NORML

For NORML’s 50th anniversary, every Friday we will be posting a blog from NORML’s Founder Keith Stroup as he reflects back on a lifetime as America’s foremost marijuana smoker and legalization advocate. This is the seventh in a series of blogs on the history of NORML and the legalization movement.

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History of the medicinal use of cannabis

Alchimia

As we mentioned about the therapeutic use of hemp, we know that it was already contained in the pharmacopoeia of Shen Nung , Chinese emperor and father of the Chinese medicine, who compiled his knowledge of medicinal plants in a book written in 2737 BC. The post History of the medicinal use of cannabis appeared first on Alchimia blog.

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Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine

Project CBD

He is the author of several bestselling books, including Spontaneous Healing (1995), Eating Well for Optimum Health (2000), and Healthy Aging (2007). NM: As someone who has been researching cannabis for decades, how do you feel about the current legalization situation worldwide and in Japan, in particular?

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California: Which Set of Books?

Cannabis Law Report

Let’s begin with an old joke…how many sets of books does a business need to keep? The new reality is that a California cannabis business needs to maintain FOUR sets of books in order to comply with the requirements of the agencies that regulate California’s cannabis industry. We all know how that story ends.