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What Is Cannabis Induced Psychosis?

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These include genetics, family history of psychosis, pre-existing mental health conditions, and regular, heavy cannabis use. A family history of psychosis also adds to the risk. Mechanism of Action Cannabis-induced psychosis occurs due to the interaction between cannabinoids, such as THC, and the brain’s cannabinoid receptors.

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Exporting CBD Food Just Got Harder: The European Union Makes a Move

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Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), recently changed guidance on cannabinoids, declaring that all new food products infused with the plant or its derivatives should receive a pre-market approval under the European Union “novel food” regulation. This also applies to extracts of other plants containing cannabinoids.

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Doctor Block…….”A Physician Botanist’s Insight to Cannabis species: The Naming of Plants and Products”

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Despite its cultivation as a source of food, fiber and medicine, and its global status as the most frequently used illicit drug, plants in the genus Cannabis currently experience an inconclusive taxonomic organization and evolutionary history. A burgeoning medical Cannabis industry currently provides both marijuana for therapeutic ?-9

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Ninth Circuit Rules Delta-8 THC Is Legal

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The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp, defined as cannabis, including its derivatives, extracts, and cannabinoids (among other things), with a delta-9 THC concentration of no more than 0.3%, from the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”). Kelsey Middleton. Brett Schuman. Hemp is federally legal while cannabis is not.

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Cannabis laws in Japan: Is weed legal?

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Japan has some of the harshest drug policies on Earth, including for cannabis — and is one of the worst places on Earth to get arrested on marijuana possession charges. In 2018, Epidolex became the first plant-derived cannabinoid prescription medicine to receive FDA approval. Shutterstock). How much does CBD cost in Japan?

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U.S. Chemist Roger Adams Isolated CBD 75 Years Ago

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In my opinion, this drug is bad for human consumption and should be painted so,” he lectured. But Adams never actually isolated THC directly from the plant; instead, he synthesized it in the lab by tweaking the molecular structure of other cannabinoids, principally CBD. This followed the work of Roger Adams. occupation there.

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Is It All In The Tea Leaves? The Hemp Tea Ruling In German Federal Court

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The BGH ruled, contrary to the regional court, however, that Germany’s Narcotics Act does not “generally prohibit” the sale of hemp flowers and leaves for human consumption. A History of The Hemp Tea Case. And if nothing else, that can get complicated, if not legally messy. Next Steps and Needs.

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