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Dr. Andrew Weil on Cannabis and Integrative Medicine

Project CBD

Andrew Weil is the founder and director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. NM: Please tell us about the history of cannabis use in folk medicine. Dr. Weil: Cannabis has a long history of use in folk medicine throughout the world.

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Cannabinoids: THC

FloridaMarijuana.net

Cannabis contains chemical compounds that have varying pharmacological and medicinal properties. Science supports what humans have known for centuries: that the cannabis plant offers a variety of medicinal properties. Cannabinoid Receptors , referred to as CB1 and CB2, are an essential part of the human body’s endocannabinoid system.

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Study Finds Healthcare Providers Need More Education On Cannabis

MedicalJane

As more and more states legalize cannabis use, the demand for medical cannabis products and cannabinoid-based therapies continues to grow. Unfortunately, almost half of the group (40–50% depending on subject) felt unfamiliar with cannabinoid pharmacology and clinical applications. A total of 43% favored legal recreational cannabis.

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Wisconsin NORML: Presenting a United Front of Advocacy, Education and Reform

NORML

After a long day of meetings and presentations, what republican policymakers seemed to be continuously asking for was evidence, proof, more information and testimony about the efficacy of cannabis for medicinal purposes in particular. Norah Lowe has Rhett’s syndrome which makes it difficult for her to control her movements or speak.

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Cannabis Education is Key

Cannabis Law Report

EDUCATION (noun) ed· u· ca· tion | ?e-j?-?k?-sh?n n — Definition of education (Merriam Webster – 2020)1a: the action or process of educating or of being educatedalso : a stage of such a processb: the knowledge and development resulting from the process of being educated. AUTHOR: Heather Allman. Heather Diers.

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What are cannabis coaches and how can they help close the cannabis education gap?

The Cannigma

And in the absence of reliable, well-informed advice from healthcare professionals, how can medical cannabis patients be confident that they have the knowledge and guidance they need to find the medicine that will work best for them? And once they do find a medicine that works for them, how will they know the right dose to take?

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Getting to Know Cannabigerol with Bonni Goldstein, MD

Project CBD

She is the medical director of Canna-Centers Wellness & Education and the clinical advisor to Cannformatics. She is also the author of Cannabis is Medicine: How Medical Cannabis and CBD are Healing Everything from Anxiety to Chronic Pain. You have said that cannabigerol, or CBG, is one of your favorite cannabinoids.