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The Medical Benefits of Marijuana

The Herb Collective

Marijuana has long been demonized in the media and by law enforcement due to its psychoactive properties. One of the most commonly cited reasons for using medical marijuana is as a form of pain relief. Studies have shown that cannabis can provide relief from certain types of chronic pain, such as nerve pain or back pain.

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‘Too costly, not enough evidence it works’, says UK in blow to cannabis campaigners

Cannabis Law Report

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. The watchdog refused to allow its national health service to prescribe medical cannabis for children with severe epilepsy because there is “not enough evidence it works”, a decision which angered campaigners and parents who said their children will suffer as a result. AUTHOR: Mark Taylor.

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The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Relationship With Cannabis

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

Though currently the United States has reached its highest percentage of citizens ever in favor of cannabis legalization, it is still illegal under federal law. States began passing laws prohibiting cannabis use, and by 1937, President Franklin D. This was one of the first federal laws to ever restrict marijuana use. Nerve pain.

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The Variety of Health Conditions That Medical Marijuana can Treat

The Joint Blog

Those state laws allow medical marijuana to be used to treat ailments like Alzheimer’s, cancer, epilepsy, Crohn’s disease, seizures, hepatitis C and a host of others. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only cannabis use to treat two rare and severe forms of epilepsy: Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

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The legal status of weed in the Netherlands and Amsterdam: What does the law actually permit?

The Cannigma

It is against the law in the Netherlands to possess, produce or deal soft or hard drugs, but the use of drugs by people over the age of 18 is not a criminal offense. Under Netherlands law, soft drugs include hash, marijuana, sleeping pills, and sedatives, among others. What are the laws for tourists in 2021?

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Your guide to hemp, cannabis, and all things CBD.

StrainConnect

From cancer(11) to epilepsy(12), there seems to be very little that cannabis cannot help with. So individuals who are not allowed to have THC in their system, who might be drug tested, will need to abide by the law and resort to using a broad-spectrum or isolate product. Endocannabinoids and epilepsy - Science Direct.

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