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Terpene Spotlight: Phytol

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Edition (2001): Medicinal plants contain a variety of bioactive compounds such as terpenes, which are composed of essential oils. When terpenes and cannabinoids interact together, there is a heightened efficacy for medical marijuana patients. Terpenes are can be thought of like the essential oils of the cannabis plant.

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Terpene Spotlight: Pulegone

FloridaMarijuana.net

Edition (2001): Medicinal plants contain a variety of bioactive compounds such as terpenes, which are composed of essential oils. As with all medicinal interventions, terpenes and strains may affect each person and medical condition differently. According to P.M. Dewick in Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosynthetic Approach.

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Survey Reveals Almost Half of Canada’s MMJ Patients Reduced Their Alcohol and Opioid Consumption

Veriheal

New data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research claims that almost one in two authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada managed to either completely stop or reduce their intake of controlled substances, such as alcohol and opioids , by using cannabis. As of 2020, the market was worth CAD $2.6 billion (USD $2 billion).

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Serbian Patients Face Jail as Medical Marijuana Legalisation Stalls. so far 20 have gone to jail

Cannabis Law Report

Balkan Insight is reporting… eople with long-term illnesses are still being given prison sentences in Serbia for using cannabis to treat medical conditions, as the government has been stalling on legal reform while vowing even harsher anti-drug enforcement. Patients are in a terrible situation.

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Marijuana for Nausea: Helping Cancer Patients for Decades

Greencamp

Marijuana for nausea became FDA approved and available for medicinal use in 1985 in the US, and Canada legalized it for these purposes back in 2001. Since then, countless patients found relief in cannabis, even though most of the times doctors would only recommend it when all other “mainstream” options were exhausted. References.

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Doctors to Debate Medical Pot as More Patients Expected to Ask for Prescriptions

Puff Puff Post

VANCOUVER — Doctors with opposing views on whether medical marijuana should be prescribed for various conditions agree on one thing: their profession is ill-prepared to deal with patients asking for a drug that lacks adequate clinical research. “So I think a lot of the claims are false.” And this is dangerous.

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Doctors Get New Clinical Guidelines for Managing Chronic Pain With Cannabis, Courtesy of Canadian Researchers

Veriheal

Chronic pain —a condition that affects 50.2 annually — is one of the most common reasons why medical marijuana is sought out by patients in the United States, Canada, and beyond. The team peered into the findings of numerous articles published between 2001 and 2019. million people in the U.S.