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Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis: Is Cannabis a Nootropic that Boosts the Brain?

Leafwell

In the film How High (2001), the characters Silas (Method Man) and Jamal (Redman) use a magical cannabis strain that allows them to ace their college entrance exam. As farcical as it may seem, they may have been onto something.

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

Cannabis Law Report

Fifty-nine-year old Dragoljub Mrdjic has suffered from epilepsy for most of his life. Few medicines have helped him, but his condition drastically improved after he started treating himself with cannabis oil in 2001. “I I tried standard medicine, but there wasn’t much of a result.

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Is weed legal in Portugal?

The Cannigma

In 2001, in one of the most progressive social moves surrounding drug usage, Portugal decriminalized all drugs, weed included. Medical marijuana has been approved by the Portuguese government for use in treating pain pathologies, such as oncology, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy. Medical: Legal Recreational: Decriminalized.

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UK Baker & McKenzie Article – United Kingdom: London’s First Medical Cannabis Clinic Opens to Waiting List

Cannabis Law Report

As reported in the Guardian, Analytical Cannabis emphasises the importance of this for those suffering from conditions such as chronic pain, epilepsy and neurological and psychiatric disorders who have long been seeking access to what they hope is a transformative medicine. Prospect of a wider legalisation of cannabis in the UK?

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UK: Is Cannabis a Better Alternative than Prescription Opioids?

Cannabis Law Report

Javid also was influenced by cases of sick children who used cannabis medicines to control their epilepsy. It recommended moving cannabis from Schedule B to Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, which means it can be prescribed. Despite that, few prescriptions have been granted and fewer still (if any) have been filled.

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SciSparc Announces Positive Topline Results For Proprietary Pain Management Compound In Pre-Clinical Study

Cannabis Law Report

IMCA was founded in 1994 as a public, not for profit foundation, and in July 2001 it opened as an active medical center.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

Cannabis Law Report

This differs sharply from the conventional course of cannabis medicine, which is to use whole, clean plant extracts to treat epilepsy and to gradually discontinue use of conventional pharmaceuticals. An Israeli study of cannabis versus epilepsy, however, used natural extracts with a ratio of 20:1 CBD:THC. 25, November/December 2001.