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Cancer patients medicate with cannabis with or without clinical trials

Cannabis Life Network

Clinical evidence, however, has yet prove that cannabinoids, terpenes, or cannabis treat cancer. With or without clinical trials, though, cancer patients who medicate with cannabis remain optimistic in Canada and The Netherlands. (1, 1, 2) Before legalization in […].

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Best strains and terpenes for pain management

The Cannigma

There have been a number of preclinical and clinical trials studying cannabis’ effects on pain. The best type of cannabis for dealing with chronic pain tends to be type I or type II strain with a terpene profile that includes linalool, pinene, beta-caryophyllene, limonene, or myrcene. Can topical terpenes alone help with pain?

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South African Research Team Says Cannabis is ‘Very Promising’ as an Opioid Replacement

Veriheal

Clinical trials into cannabis’ potential as an opioid replacement are well underway in South Africa. Quite frankly, the clinical trials couldn’t have come at a better time. What’s more, the soon-to-be-introduced strain is laden with myrcene and beta-caryophyllene terpenes.

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5 foods that can affect your high

The Cannigma

4 The researchers concluded that a practical implication of this “is that the amount of marijuana needed for medicinal purposes may be decreased by using it with chocolate.”. That may be a bit of a stretch, but increasing anandamide levels could enhance the blissful feeling of marijuana. These terpenes can have a variety of effects.

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Study Examines “Encouraging” Evidence on Medical Marijuana Treating Psychiatric Disorders

The Joint Blog

Marijuana may be use “in the treatment of a range of psychiatric disorders”, according to a new study published in the journal BMC Psychiatry. The study is titled “Medicinal cannabis for psychiatric disorders: a clinically-focused systematic review.”

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Meredith Fisher-Corn, MD…….”Are You Able to Answer Your Patients’ Medical Marijuana Questions”

TheAnswerPage

Are you able to answer your patients’ medical marijuana questions? During my tenure, I have found the medical marijuana educational gap to be one of the most significant educational gaps that impacts a very broad range of healthcare providers. million medical marijuana patients nationwide.

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New Study From UNM Shows Full Spectrum Hemp Oil Effective in Treating Chronic Neuropathic Pain

MedicalJane

Animal studies are not only valuable, they can also be superior to clinical trials in some cases because they can circumvent human biases and expectancy effects, or perceptual and cognitive reactions to participation in cannabis-based experiments. The Hemp Farming Act of 2018. percent on a dry weight basis.”.

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