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New PTSD study finds cannabis safe, but not as effective as assumed

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A fourth group received a placebo with almost zero active cannabinoids. They also wrote: The study sample included participants with a history of cannabis use. for the production of cannabis used in federally-regulated clinical trials. Wasn’t the DEA going to let others grow research-grade cannabis?

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Veriheal’s Innovation in Cannabis Scholarship 2020 Winners

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However, social and economic barriers like racial stereotypes and lack of access to care centers have historically barred Hispanic community members from seeking medical cannabis and participating in clinical trials. Supply chains are disrupted as a result, and consumers grow fearful of buying hemp.

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DEA Faces Lawsuit For Denying End of Life Patients the Right to Try Psychedelics Therapy

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Plant medicines and concoctions made from them have been utilized throughout the history of cultures around the world. In the last 100 years, many of the plant therapies that were embraced in history were outlawed by governments around the world and replaced by lab-made synthetic drugs we label medicine.

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The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act Has Passed

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This makes history by enacting the first piece of standalone federal cannabis reform legislation in U.S. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is now mandated to approve applications to be manufacturers of marijuana-derived, FDA-approved drugs under the bill. The law gives the U.S. The law gives the U.S.

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Guest Post: Is CBD Legal? Federal & State Laws [2019]

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All cannabis plants contain cannabinoids, which are a group of similar compounds. The industrial hemp plant happens to contain large quantities of special cannabinoids known as cannabidiol or CBD for short. One variation of cannabis is called hemp. This does not however, mean that all CBD products are now legal.

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Buzzes & Bummers: 2018 Was a Wild Ride in the World of Cannabis

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Marinol (synthetic THC) has been available by prescription since 1986, and other synthetic cannabinoid drugs are in the works, but Epidiolex is the first plant-derived pharmaceutical to reach the US market. On October 17, Canada made history by becoming the second nation (after Uruguay) to federally legalize adult-use cannabis.