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Cannabis Was First Domesticated in East Asia 12,000 Years Ago, New Study Finds

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Humans have been domesticating cannabis plants to use as medicine, fiber, and food for at least 12,000 years , researchers have recently discovered. . There really hadn’t been much in the way of publicly available sequences from many of the countries they sampled—I’ll certainly be downloading their data and reanalyzing it.”.

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Why is US Cannabis Research Funded to Focus on Adverse Effects?

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Daniel Mallinson, a cannabis policy researcher, reviewed the funding analysis provided to Science Magazine and stated that, “The government’s budget is a political statement about what we value as a society. The data for this graphic was provided by Jim Hudson at Hellth.com. . The results are as follows. Canada, and the U.K)

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Is weed legal in Iceland?

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In 2020, the first major piece of “pro” cannabis legislation came out with the government providing Icelandic Medicines Agency (IMA) the legal rights to import industrial hemp seeds for farming. Iceland was ranked 29th place in cannabis consumption internationally, as reported by Iceland Magazine. THC or less. 3% THC global standard.

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FDA Warns Against Unregulated CBD Products for Dog Anxiety Amid Fireworks

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine sounded the alarm on Thursday—pleading with pet owners to avoid using unregulated cannabidiol (CBD) products for dogs dealing with anxiety due to scary fireworks noises. They can also hear sounds four times farther away than humans.

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Research Shows College Students Who Use Cannabis Have Greater Motivation

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Magazine made a significantly accurate and strong statement on the impact of the pandemic on education, stating, “Schools are still battling everything from poor internet service to low attendance. Harvard Ed. The post Research Shows College Students Who Use Cannabis Have Greater Motivation appeared first on Cannabis Central.

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The Epidiolex Effect: Will Other CBD Drugs Receive FDA and DEA Approval?

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Frontier Data predicts total sales of all CBD products in the U.S. Frontier Data predicts total sales of all CBD products in the U.S. If you enjoyed this Freedom Leaf article, subscribe to the magazine today! A month later, on May 16, the Department of Health and Human Services approved the FDA’s Epidiolex recommendation.

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An Australian Study Reinforces That Cannabis Breathalyzers Are Poor Indicators of Intoxication

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As part of the research, the team took data from 28 publications involving ingested or inhaled forms of cannabis consumption. This is a particularly pressing problem for the rapidly increasing number of patients in Australia who are using legal medicinal cannabis yet are prohibited from driving.